[Updated] New BBC Top Gear trailer released

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by MarkC1984

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

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

[Stephen]

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

[MovedGoalPosts]

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.

[Kursk]

Originally Posted by Stephen

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

Chris Evans.

[Osem]

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

[Kursk]

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.

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..

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Kursk

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.

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

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by Kursk

There are some certainties:

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

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. ?

[Kursk]

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.

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by Kursk

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.

[heero_yuy]

Originally Posted by Sirius

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. ?

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

[heero_yuy]

Looks like the beebs lawyers slipped up:

The spanner thrown in the works of Jeremy Clarkson’s plans to take a Top Gear-style show to ITV could be successfully removed after lawyers for the petrolhead presenter claimed to have found a way out of attempts by the BBC to stop him working for competitors until 2017.

It is understood that a clause in Clarkson’s BBC contract stops him and his co-presenters James May and Richard Hammond from working for a rival terrestrial British broadcaster for at least the next two years.

However, Clarkson is reportedly trying to get around the contractual ban by making a new show in America – and then selling the programme to other broadcasters worldwide including ITV.

linky

[tweetiepooh]

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

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by heero_yuy

Looks like the beebs lawyers slipped up:



linky

Good news.