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:)

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Well, to be fair to the Beeb, their money-maker punched his way out of the job and you can't have a-holes like that around. Perhaps if his mummy had been stricter with him, he could have reached puberty and kept his job.

No, out with the old and in with the new. Too much British TV just goes on and on and on - someone ought to have refreshed this show ages ago.

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Well it seems over on the Top Gear forums the selection of the new host has not gone down well. Time will tell but i will have to read about it as i have no intention of watching Chris Evans make a mess of it. :LOL:

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Now come on, you know you'll be having a sneaky peek. You're just worried you might like it :D

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I only watched top gear because of Clarkson, Hammond and May. It was the interaction between them. I can't stand Evans

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Well, they're gone. Only ginger people will be on in future with Ed Stig Sheeran and Ronald Weasly being the first 'ginger star in a car' :).

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Well thanks for adding Merit as to why I will not be watching it 😀

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My red top carried the headline: "Carrot top gear":D

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I'm almost hoping Chris Evans won't turn it into an actual car show.

Yes, I know that Top Gear was supposed to be a car show, but I don't think most of it's fanbase watched it for the cars. They watched it to see three middle aged men do increasingly stupid things. Remember as a proper car show, it lost enough viewers that it was axed.

Don't get me wrong. I have nothing against Top Gear going back to being a car show, I just don't think it will survive.

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Hahaaaarrr! I reckon Sirius is a redhead :D.

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Greyhead due to age :)

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Frankly this is absurd in my opinion.:td::(

http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...-graham-norton

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Well it's not going to be 3 middle aged guys messing about anymore.

Quelle surprise.

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Yeah, not shocked that James May would consider returning. He always struck me as the two faced one of the lot of them. That is what a lot of people like about Clarkson, he doesn't hold back from saying what he thinks.

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How is it?

He will be doing two different presenting roles and also producing TG. So surely thats fair for three jobs?

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I'm not sure Lineker's worth that much - would the viewing figures drop if someone else was hosting the show? I doubt it very much. At least TG brings home the bacon.

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No, he didn't say that at all.

I was listening and he said that there will be "Female involvement", be it a co-presenter, driver or contributor.

I personally think there will be a woman involved as a co-presenter (Suzi Perry being my personal choice as not only a petrolhead but someone who knows motorsports very well and has great connections in that field) and there's nothing wrong with that.

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We are being told that the BBC must cut costs well it appears that those at the top are immune from that then.

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I present "The Stigette" :D

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Indeed

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2015/06/6.jpg

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The Guardian report quoted above contained this:



---------- Post added at 09:25 ---------- Previous post was at 09:23 ----------

:D

I guess a lot depends on whether Evans wants to do something new or just carry on where the old crew left off with a few tweaks...

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My own personal preference out of Suzy Perry and Jodie Kidd. Not knocking Suzy at all, but while I know she is a petrol head and knows her stuff regarding motor racing, I find her style of presenting grates slightly. I prefer Jodie Kidd because she is also a massive petrol head, actually races cars (as well as going to various formula 1 races) and I find her more entertaining.

I've also seen her handle the kind of laddish banter Top Gear is known for brilliantly, should they wish to go down that route again.

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Sabine Schmitz?

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Was trying to think of her name. She'd be brilliant as well.

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... and an olive branch gesture to the Germans... :)

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Well, the Guardian are talking nonsense then. Evans even said himself that the Newspaper reports of open auditions for co-presenters wasn't accurate either.

As always, don't believe what you read unless if it is from the horses mouth. of course, as Evans has shown himself, don't always believe that either.

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Sabine Schmitz would be good.. Here is some video of her driving a nervous looking Hammond around the Nurburgring in a Transit and also trying to beat the time Jeremy set when he drove around in an S-type. She gets bloody close. A brilliant attempt, considering how much larger and how much less powerful the transit is.

http://www.topgear.com/uk/videos/1845376209

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I don't always believe stuff that IS from the horse's mouth. IIRC it wasn't that long ago that Evans ruled himself out of the TG running...

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I said that too! :p

Hell, I don't even believe myself half the time! :)

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We could have Bruce Forsyth do a few, You have the entertainment value of NICE TO SEE U TO SEE U NICE!!, he can review cars for the older folk and also he can entertain in traffic jams around London.

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I thought he said on The One show last night the co-hosts will be 2 members of the viewing public, who must show they are car nuts, and a mechanic would be a good change.

Which implies the planet wide treks are still on.

I've been winding up work saying I've applied, all I need is a Lotto win so I can quit saying I got the job :D

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A short list is being compiled for a replacement for Mr. Hammond.

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:rofl:

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I wonder if they mean by viewers they mean Youtubers who have experience at presenting and wont have to be trained.

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Paywall linky But I've quoted the salient parts for those without access.

Seems the Beeb had looked at the loss of £millions and wanted them all back.

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May be the top brass have had to start using a cheaper coffee and they want the good stuff back. :LOL:

They will continue to lose millions because the new version of top gear will never make that sort of money again.

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Well certainly not with Evans hosting. Personally I can't stand the Guy so I won't be watching. TG is dead, no need to reanimate the corpse.

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Agreed

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The last ever Top Gear will be shown tonight. (I now it carrying on but the show has in my eyes ended)

It is expected to be the biggest viewed ever.

I only hope the trio don't go to Netflix, as I won't buy a subscription for one program.

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Hammond and Clarkson both say they won't watch it as they feel the final editing was rubbish.

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Turned off half way through as it was indeed edited badly. Would not surprise me if they did that on purpose and reinforcing why i will not be watching the new top gear. I am now waiting for the announcement of who will be producing the new program with Clarkson Hammond and May in it.

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Some say the Beeb had a vested interest in making the final show look poor so as to make it seem past its sell by date and make the new format look like an improvement...

... and on that bombshell... :)

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I liked the elephant in the room.

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Thats what i was thinking as well.

Indeed :)

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I noticed the elephant right away lol.

However I also noticed that it was not the usual studio, but a smaller room with as many of their 'props' squeezed in. Hammond and May also didn't look to happy or comfortable at all.

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B-b-but the format was getting really tired...

There's only so many fourth form jokes you can do before things get stale. Don't get me wrong, I think they did ok for a long while but it all became a bit of a yawn.

The show needs a nice bit of crumpet on it to keep me awake.

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Ann Widdecombe it is then :D

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Ooooo what a babe but I wouldn't stig her with yours :D. I was thinking someone with no teeth would be nice or someone with varicose veins.

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Trouble is, for all the faults of Clarkson, Top Gear is not going to be the same without him.

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I'm not knocking your preferences but for many like me the show had become boring.

There was the overweight, overpaid punchy one who was ignorant to just about everyone; the little one for all the 'I'm little' jokes (gawd) and the other one who 'was-his-own-man-and-did-things-his-way-no-matter-what-the -others-thought-of-him' (yawn). Do they all still live with their mums?

It was a very tired show. Like Eastenders or Coronation Street. Why do the British public like to make institutions out of things?

Change is good. Go ginger!

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As far as top gear goes my feelings are they will run it for a season. At first it will get high viewing numbers whilst people check it out. Then the decline in to nothingness will start because they cannot make it work.

Cannot wait to see who has signed Clarkson Hammond and May for the real fun car show ;)

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I think in the last episode they should just have revealed who the stig actually was.

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Top Gear had become stale. Yes it was still attracting big audiences for BBC2. Yes it had become a worldwide cash cow.

This final episode showed how the presenters and producers were struggling to come up with any fresh ideas and ultimately were a parody of themselves. For me Top Gear had stopped being must see TV. It was recorded on the TiVo and inevitably much of it was watched fast forward.

BBC now have an opportunity to refresh Top Gear.

Clarkson, Hammond and May, along with the defecting production team have the opportunity to re-invent themselves and tout their new production to alternative TV companies.

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Chris Evans.

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It'll certainly be interesting to see how well (or badly) the new version will fare against the old crew doing their thing.

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There are some certainties:

1. Everyone, despite what they say, will tune in to see the new format;

2. Before the intro finishes, there will be much grinding of teeth and much further lament about Jezzexit;

3. The new show will feature cars more than the old show featured has-been personalities. :D

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I just watched the last episode (downloaded from iPlayer to watch on the plane).

It was fun, but my life won't end if Jezza et al don't make any more..

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Well the only certainty is l won't be watching it.:D

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Only the first episode to see Chris Evans make a tit of himself

I will make you a wager.

If by the end of season one they are hitting or exceeding the average viewer figures for the old series i will pay £10.00 to charity. Do you want to match me if they are not hitting those figures. ?

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A tenner? On a Top Gear bet? I wouldn't bet a penny on anything on the telly. But I like your style and will make a donation to my favourite children's charity to respect your challenge regardless of viewing figures.

I'll even make sure to give a tenner more than usual - it's a charity very close to my heart.

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:tu:

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£10 quid to the RNLI. You don't know when you might need them. In addition to my normal donation.

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Looks like the beebs lawyers slipped up:

linky

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If abroad need to make it in a country where they drive on the proper side of the road.

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Good news.

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Prime gear?

http://m.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s265/to...pjUKJCDEf0x3jp

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How about an entirely new format? They could call it "Three Men in a Car" :)

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I have Amazon Prime and I approve of this message.

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I wonder if people will sign up for it?

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I suppose it depends on cost, and what else there is to watch.

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This will sell a few subscriptions for sure.

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I will now get Amazon Prime, I can justify it because I use Amazon for online shopping.

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I will.

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Jenson Button rumored to be joining Chris Evans.

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I think they paid to much for them to...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34167864

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Yes they certainly did pay over the odds that's for sure but if it gets them quite a few new subscribers they will see it as money well spent.

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Plenty of people have been condemning what the Beeb paid Clarkson and his chums, do we know what they're going to be shelling out for Evans and Co.?

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Quite a bit one would imagine.

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Sky seem to have had the same attitude as the BBC: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s265/...poRBTxeOOGvine

It's probably right. I wonder who actually was bidding for them to force Amazon to pay so much? ITV and Sky seem to have had no interest at all due to the reason he/they were dropped in the first place. I assume it was Netflix who pulled out because of the cost which suggests there was a price at which they would have considered it.

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Well that's what they are saying now. Bet theey did bid and lost.

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How much you betting? Sky said from day 1 they wouldn't be signing him, I assumed it was because they'd blown all their cash on football but it could be they just have higher ideals than I'd credited them for

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I can only imagine how low the ideals you credited them with must have been for you to think they could have higher ones.

Sky's primary job has been siphoning money from those obsessed with watching 22 blokes kick a football in ever increasing amounts and handing that cash to clubs to fund obscene wage bills and transfer fees, an enterprise in which they've been joined by our biggest telecomms provider.

The secondary one being using their financial clout to monopolise as much of other sports as possible.

The tertiary one using said financial clout to monopolise other TV and movies.

They've no ideals but know how to extract money from people - which is why our pay TV is among the most expensive in the world.

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Well with rumours about Jenson Button's F1 future being decided as early as this weekend Japanese GP, and talks of retirement.

A Top Gear move could be on the cards.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/mot...rmula-One.html

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I'm currently watching Have I Got More News For You.

JC is hosting it, and Pointless's Richard Osman is being a bell end to JC, even Camilla Long notices it.

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Richard Osman is a bell end AFAIC.

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Ian had banter with him Richard seemed to attack him

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I thought Clarkson got off quite easily too be honest. HIGNFY can be savage when they want to be.

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Don't forget what didn't they show.

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:tu:

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Attack him, did he punch him

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No just verbally, snide comments

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He was, is and remains a complete Richard.

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Snide comments with the aid of a gag writer

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...o-charmer.html

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So the new co-hosts have been announced and it could be worse.

http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/top-gea...-be-surprised/

Didn't they joke years ago about getting Sabine Schmitz to replace Hammond?

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I must say I am completely underwhelmed by the line up. :(

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I'm waiting for the Clarkson one.

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More trouble at 't BBC mill:

Linky

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Its doomed............

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Not really sure it's new trouble. They would have known Evans wasn't as big as Clarkson, they can't replicate the former show.

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That's it. The original Top gear followed Tiff over to channel 5 and was just as bad there. Clarkson's top gear won't change a bit on Amazon and I think Evans will drum out heavy viewers in the first weeks and fall apart after that before being axed completely. I think everyone's intrigued to see how Evans will do this and what style of show the new top gear is going to be. Again though, I can't see past it ever being as good as Clarkson's show.