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Originally Posted by denphone
Yes they do make a lot from sales of the show world wide but actual viewing figures in this country were in a six year decline until 2014 as its peak audience was in 2008.
l have no doubt they will keep it going but its going to be very hard for them to get someone with a certain aura and gravitas in my opinion.
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As Osem says, you're ignoring issues like audience share and catchup.
Absolute figures have been dropping for all terrestrial channels for decades. Doctor Who was cancelled at the end of the 1980s for "low" viewing figures which many episodes of the new series have achieved, and are now considered average-to-good.
Even in the last 6-7 years there has been a marked decline, but the BBC has access to iPlayer stats that BARB does not.
Top Gear is immensely popular. It is shown in goodness knows how many countries worldwide and the format has been franchised and remade in others. It really is not past its sell by date and the BBC is going to try extremely hard to re-cast, re-invent and re-start it as soon as possible.