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its great value where else can you get a years babysitting for £145.50 :)

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l think the BBC does a excellent job still given it has to please everybody and even though l am not a lover of the TV license it still represents good value for money in my book.

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Katie Hopkins the new JC? There is not much to separate the two...

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well i'm not so sure - last week i had the option to watch top gear [not that i do watch it ] but i had the option now i don't is that value ?

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Well that's one programme Papa and there are many more excellent programmes to watch despite Top Gear being took off

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but that decision affect's millions what would they do if jezzer was off sick carry on with the other two idiots or can the series ?

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The series does not revolve around one person and if JC goes then so be it as l am sure there are many talented people out there who will jump at the chance to replace him.

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Very rarely does a tv series work as well if the main presenter leaves or is replaced .The reason why Top Gear works is because the main presenter (JC) uses the other two presenters as side kicks like Eric Morecombe used Earnie Wise .If JC leaves then the program changes and then you might as well watch that boring rubbish that is 5th gear

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Yes, that's so popular you can now find it on the History Channel!

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I assume you signed the petition not to sack (JC) then?

It's only a TV show. I'm sure we can move on and not mourn too much if (JC) went.

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Nope ,I like Top Gear and JC as a presenter but it's not that important .If he went the show would not be the same and I believe would lose a large portion of viewers with a new main presenter

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There may be others BUT the show will be finished without him, mark my words.

:clap:

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Whatever the bbc decides to do with him, they'll lose out big time.

The beeb won't tolerate threatening or bullying behaviour.... Oh wait, it's the beeb who send out millions of threatening letters and use bully-boy tactics to get our hard earned money to pay for their Hobsons choice service.

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yes, because that is just like punching someone.......

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Angela Rippon was the first of many lead presenters when Top Gear first went on air in 1977. It was considered a highly successful programme long before Jeremy Clarkson made his first appearance in 1988. Perhaps it will be just as successful (though probably different) under a different anchor person.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_G...7_TV_series%29

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And the same BBC who tried to cover up Jimmy Saville and his crimes, and the same one who sent cameras to cover Cliff Richard's home being raided. They are hypocrites.

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He won't receive a cut

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I actually think in this case it does, the list of potential replacements doesn't make good reading so far either

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The original series was boring in comparison with today. The reality is that present day Top Gear is a look into the minds of 3 middle aged men who still think there kids. I can relate to that completely ;)

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Whether or not the current series is less boring than the original format is a matter of opinion.

I like the tongue in cheek presentations such as the recent one on Peugeot cars and their owners but in my opinion most things drag on far too long. I would prefer it if they made a point, had a laugh and moved on, probably shortening each programme by 20 minutes.

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This Top Gear 'controversy' is starting to look very orchestrated.

If the Beeb reported that someone farted in the canteen there'd be a petition/endless news coverage/a debate about who did it/a men v women who-can-fart-the-best discussion/a lesbian-transgender-homo-hetero-disabled-mentally challenged-bake-off. Strewth.

It's just cars with over-enunciated and predictably boorish presentation. Alf Garnet could do the job.

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Absolutely.

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I smelt a rat when JC announced this series would be longer than any other....

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Or in short hand "BBC" :D

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its not just cars its cars no one can afford ;)

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Unless you cash in your pensions ;)

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The only ever review i found useful from Top Gear was the review on the Vauxhall Vectra that showed that the steering was awful above 40mph. I was actually looking to buy one new until i saw the review and opted for a Renault Megane instead.

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That's really interesting and informative, thank you.

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The beeb will always need a "middle aged men behaving badly" type of show. I doubt this is the end for TG.

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That was "old" Top Gear, IIRC. Clarkson did his review to a soundtrack of "We were never being boring" by the Pet Shop Boys and accused GM of "industrial arrogance" for producing such a lacklustre vehicle. Vauxhall refused to talk to him for months afterwards. :D

Old Top Gear reviewed ordinary cars in order to help ordinary consumers make informed choices. New Top Gear cooks up crazy stunts to give ordinary consumers a vicarious thrill from cars they could never afford, and situations they never encounter.

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I dont think he liked my little car. He smashed one up with a sledgehammer, to show what he thought of it. I love it though, cheap to run and gets me from A-B. Its a Perodua btw

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It'll probably just feel longer... :D

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Yep looks like a middle-aged, rich Yorkshire Tory voting man who acts like a teen who thinks he can do and get away with anything while driving expensive cars which we can only dream of owning.

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You're in good company, he hates Metro's as well. At least mine is the GTi 16v rather than the old biddy version.:D

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I used to have the MG Turbo version back in the day and when I went along to Top Gear Live a few years ago he was asking people in the crowd about which car they drive and one person mentioned the MG Turbo. Clarkson screwed his face up and said any kind of Metro was a “festering boil on the rotten sphincter of Satan”.

I might have missed or added a few words there but it’s fairly close to what he said and you got the impression he didn’t like Metros. Ever.

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is he still Rich following his divorce?

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I prefer the old top gear where the show used to be about general cars...would be nice if they did 2 shows as there isn't anything on the market covering this...have to resort to parkers for car info

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Well Clarkson should sue the person who made that comment I would if anybody compared me to a dirty peado, and give and money to the relevant charities.

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I too would like a more sensible car show dealing with the sorts of questions and issues ordinary people have when buying cars. Having said that there's a lot of info, reviews etc. on the web now so maybe TV just isn't the place for boring, practical stuff like that... :shrug:

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5th gear ,the original top gear before it was renamed ,now shown on the History channel if you can put up with that annoying bint Vicky Butler Henderson

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Top Gear's appeal is it's audacity, their stunts and their hosts. Doing their races across countries, provoking locals in Argentina or the American south, reviewing a Ford Fiesta by doing an assault on a breach with the army or blowing stuff up. When they reviewed Tesla they said it ran out of battery and got sued by Tesla, they have diagnostics which showed it still had over half a charge left, but the judge threw it up as it's not a factual program.

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All teeth and squeals she is... :D

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The problem is that the general public don't seem to want a serious programme about cars people can reasonably afford. They'd be reviewing Focuses, Astras, Civics and Yarises the whole time, which would bore most of the public. Clearly, it did. When Top Gear was a serious car programme, they got viewing figures so low that the programme was axed.

I like Top Gear, and I personally don't think of it as a car programme as such. For me, it's about watching three middle aged men making complete arses of themselves and taking the mickey out of each other.

Going back to Jeremy, I don't know what happened. I think what happened is that he got to the hotel, found no hot food and shouted at a producer. I say I think this is what happened as I find it odd that none of the papers have published a photo of the producer with any kind of injury. Even if the UK papers have not published a photo, Jeremy has been papped before, so I would have thought a foreign paper would have published them.

I also think there is a faction in the BBC trying to get him out. They can't easily remove him at the moment because he brings in a *lot* of money, but there have been things leaked that could only have come from within the BBC.

Don't get me wrong. I am not defending him. If he did hit the producer, he deserves whatever punishment the BBC rules, and the law require. There can be no excuse for violence in the workplace, and I speak as someone who was once hit round the head by their boss (thankfully one of our directors was standing behind her, called my boss to her office and offered two choices - resign or go through the company disciplinary procedure, then called me into her office and offered to help me if I wished to press charges, which I didn't).

If he did just shout at a producer, that, depending on what was said, may also require disciplinary action, but it may not.

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You pansy. You should have smacked her in the gob :D.

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Don't really care if he is.

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Clarkson needs to grow up.
crying because he can't have steak!

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:D That guys teeth had me spellbound. I bet what really happened wasn't half as entertaining.

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Personally I don't really want a car show. Car's are metal boxes with wheels and an engine.

Top Gear is much more like an entertainment show that centres around cars. My wife and I generally enjoy the show but not when it gets to "cary".

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Indeed its the 3 middle aged men larking about that i find funny. The cars dont interest me as much.

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The only problem i have with Top Gear and the show is the money put into it.

They do rediculous things like see who can get to italy fastest a car or a train and its all on the tax payer + not to mention the salaries.

What also ive found strange is BBC are meant to be impartial and not advertise products yet this show does the opposite.

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From what i have read the show funds it's self via the overseas element. It makes a hell of a lot of money via BBC worldwide.

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Top Gear makes far more than it spends by several millions.

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Yeah it helps pay all those left leaning, PC infected, expense claiming executives who hate JC and his ilk.

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Why is everyone trying to defend Clarkson. There are witnesses to the offence. No its not of me saying where are the facts.

Its Gross Misconduct, and should be sacked. And its assault. Its typical of all these big stars, they seem to think that they are bigger than the show

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Some say he hit the guy (they weren't there.)

Some say he didn't hit the guy (they were there.

So I know who I believe.

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Whatever the truth is it's a multi-million pound disaster for the BBC apparatchiks.

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Well who cares - it's only our money after all... :rolleyes:

The bloated, out of touch BBC hierarchy whose inflated wages and lavish expenses we pay have to live up to their PC credentials don't they? Since when did licence payers really matter to these people? They're only interested in perpetuating their political message and looking after themselves and their own.

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Whilst I am not 'defending' him by any means. We don't know the full facts of what actually happened so claims that he punched the guy are a bit over the top.

Where are these so called witnesses then? I wouldn't call it gross misconduct.

Look at it this way, Clarkson could have had a long day and was tired and wanted something decent to eat but to then get told no hot food just a salad bar and a cold meat platter.

I would probably be rather angry and giving people what for as well. I know thats also probably not acceptable to you but its how a lot of people would probably react.

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I'm fed up with the whole issue..It's a good time to bury bad news.

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Or Clarkson.

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Why should the BBC worry if they lose their Top Gear cash cow? All they need to do is go cap in hand to their even bigger cash cow the poor old TV tax payers. They will put on a sad face and the money will be given to them.

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Yes maybe we will get something better..Frankly I'd rather have them keep Ripper Street and have abandoned Top Gear..

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Well no top gear the BBC would lose over £50,000,000 in profits from the show.

Where the trio go I will follow.

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That would be so cool.

do the right thing BBC. stick to your morals.
sack Jeremy!

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Same here. :tu:

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Do you think that would shut him up?

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Only if you bury him alive.
I'm sure Russ will kill him first before burying him.

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I say bring back Blankety Blank and The Generation Game!

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I can't stand Terry Wogan

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Me too.

As for Clarkson returning to the BBC, I very much doubt he'll be going back.

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No indeed as the bookies have Jodie Kidd as the strong favourite this morning to replace Clarkson.

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:nono::nono::nono: Not that freak.

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Lets put it this way. I Joe Bloggs go into work tomorrow. I 'assault' my boss or supervisor. That is instant dismissal - or Gross Misconduct.

The only one thing wrong is that the Producer didn't call the police, he reported the matter to his boss.

And as l have said before No one is bigger than the show. Clarkson has been asking for this for years, he is an arrogant oaf

He even went onto a stage and started to criticise his employers

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Wrong again, Clarkson reported the incident not the producer.

Do you EVER check the facts out first before you start ranting.

http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...ear-suspension

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You really do ignore the FACTS fon't you Arthur.

clarkson himself reported the incident and NOT the producer.

The producer has never logged a complaint or reported what happened.

Also the FACTS have still not been made public, so its still speculation at the moment. I highly doubt that there was any punches thrown or anything else for that matter.

The show would not survive or continue WITHOUT Clarkson.

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Arthur and facts have the same relationship as water and a duck's back.

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According to the Telegraph, Clarkson is to be sacked. Apparently, he will be sacked and the remaining episodes will be aired as normal, with Chris Evans stepping in.

If true, then wonder what Hammond and May will do, as they refused to carry on with the last shows without Clarkson, so will they remain loyal or let money do the talking?

The article is heavy on rumour.

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If they had kept Clarkson i was going to declare a national lamp a co-worker day.

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If he did actually assault the producer then the BBC don't really have a choice.

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Yes if its true they sacked him then its RIP Top Gear. I feel Hammond and May will give the BBC the finger. As for any new episodes i will not be watching them if there is no Clarkson.

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One would hope they remain loyal and stick a finger up at the BBC.

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He has not been sacked. BBC have confirmed, no decision has been made.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s265/...p7VFSrNEpbRFD6

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I wish they would hurry up. The matter should be simple. Did Clarkson assault the man? If so then he should be fired. If not then, depending how serious the verbal 'fracas' was, no.

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I wonder how long they are going to stretch this out.

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I heard that the man who does the sums is still on holiday in Spain.

and he took the calculator with him.

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The fact that Clarkson reported the incident and the Police don't seem to be involved would suggest to me that he probably just shouted at the producer, not actually hit him. There seems to be a group at the BBC that wants Clarkson out (after all, how would the papers have got access to the recording of him saying the N word?), and I have no doubt that if they had evidence, or even reasonable suspicion of violence, they would have encouraged the producer to go to the Police, and the Police would now be looking into it. Even though the Police can't confirm or deny who they have in custody, they normally release a vague statement along the lines of "We are questioning a 54 year old man in connection with a possible assault". AFAIK, We've had no such statement.

Don't get me wrong. I don't know what happened any more than anyone else here, but the fact that Clarkson himself reported it to the BBC, and no further action appears to have been taken since either by the Police or the BBC suggests that it's not as bad as been made out.

I could be wrong, though.

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That's what I thought, if an assault had taken place then it would be reported to the police. Nobody would cover up an assault.

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Hopefully we'll see what actually happened now. The BBC's statement says the staff member went to A&E so if was that serious you do wonder why the police aren't involved.

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I am hoping Hammond and May tell the BBC to go forth in short jerky movements, that will create the biggest lose for the BBC. :D

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That said the BBC has claimed there were witnesses who confirmed it was a physical assault, that Clarkson didn't deny it and provided no one else who would say otherwise.

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Now comes the bidding war for Clarkson.

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If it was he hit the producer then he should be sacked, however i have said i would hope that Hammond and May tell the BBC to go stuff it's self. I am pretty sure there will be calls being made even now to there managers from other broadcasters.

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You can't go around punching people at work and owning up to it does not make you a goody two shoes.

Good riddance to an overpaid, overgrown schoolboy and hopefully his bonzer chums. I nominate Kelly Brook and Amber Heard to replace the lot of them :)

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Indeed if Clarkson, May and Hammond are offered a postion with another channel i will follow them to that channel. If it ends up on Netflix i will pay for a subscription to watch it there.

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Same here however it is because i hope they all move to another channel and it hits the BBC in its fat bloated pocket. :D

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The investigation found, and it is noted that nobody is claiming to dispute it's findings, that Clarkson not only hit the other guy, to the extent that a visit to A&E was warranted, but also verbally abused him for some time even after he was pulled away after the assault.

The BBC had no choice but to get rid of Clarkson. One cannot have any sympathy, or get upset that he had to go.

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Gone the way of the Dinosaurs.

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l bid one penny for his services.;)