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Originally Posted by Chris
Viewing figures and global earnings say you're wrong about that.
Make no mistake, the BBC will try very hard indeed to keep it going with new presenters.
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Yes, it'll be interesting to see the direction they choose - male or female for example? There'll be plenty of pressure from within (and without) the Beeb to mollify all the testosterone with a dose of oestrogen.
Then there'll be personality - will JC's replacement have one or will they opt for yet another bland, inoffensive, left leaning, 'face which fits'? I dare say that female German Nurburgring specialist Sabine Schmitz would tick a number of boxes, including diplomatic ones, but would have the downside of inducing within the male viewers and presenters certain traits the Beeb might deem unsuitable for a family show...
Anyway, it'll be a hard act to follow for whoever they choose. JC's humour was a big part of the show - anyone who tries to copy it will be accused of just that and if they don't, the show will have lost a key element of its appeal.