New top gear lineup..

rjk · 23 Jun 2015 at 14:33

which is exactly the reason that a contract should be flying through brewers letterbox.

perfect for the job.

Firestar_3x · 23 Jun 2015 at 14:35

rjk said:
which is exactly the reason that a contract should be flying through brewers letterbox.

perfect for the job.

Is he your long lost lover, do you stalk him at night?

chroniclard · 23 Jun 2015 at 14:42

rjk said:
which is exactly the reason that a contract should be flying through brewers letterbox.

perfect for the job.

Ranks alongside Russell Brand, Davina Mcall, Piers Morgan and the bald one from the Gadget Show as most annoying TV "personality" in the world.

EddScott · 23 Jun 2015 at 15:04

Brewer isn't signed to BBC though.

Mike, Edd and the guy that doesn't speak who holds the gearbox as Edd points to perished oil seals.

That would probably do me. I quite like the guy.

Housey · 23 Jun 2015 at 15:20

spudbynight said:
BBC seem to have missed why people watch Top Gear.

It isn't about the cars, it is about blokey banter and bonhomie. Stick a women into the mix and that is destroyed.

Unless it's Megan Fox in thigh boots, that's OK every week....she doesn't even need to speak.

rossk26 · 23 Jun 2015 at 15:25

rjk said:
which is exactly the reason that a contract should be flying through brewers letterbox.

perfect for the job.

Mike Brewer is up there with the most annoying TV presenters there are.

So he'd be ideal to go along with Evans, who is equally as frustrating

Scania · 23 Jun 2015 at 15:52

Whilst he's a marmite character, I actually think Evans could bring a lot to TG, he's unquestionably an out & out car / motor freak, the feature TG themselves did with May driving his Ferrari underlined this IMO, also, his part in the recent Dambusters anniversary, he has a huge love of engines, be it in a Ferrari or an Avro Lancaster!

Who he has around him will be what makes it sink or swim I think, who they will be though, I don't know.

I'm looking forward to it, the old TG was getting a bit stale IMO (although the last series up until the JC incident was much improved I thought) I hope the new show is just that, new, and does not try to emulate the old one, that won't work and it'll be on another channel in all but name anyway at a guess.

Guerrilla · 25 Jun 2015 at 10:43

Natalie Pinkham?

Top Gear: Formula 1 presenter Natalie Pinkham in pole position to join Chris Evans

Natalie Pinkham is in pole position to join Chris Evans on Top Gear following a flurry of bets.

The Sky Sports F1 presenter looks to be nearing ever closer to the driving seat after bookmakers Ladbrokes cut her odds of joining the new-look show from 8/1 last week to just 6/4 today.

Punters have been piling into Pinkham over the last week but one presenter they're not keen on is Dermot O'Leary, who this morning ruled himself out of the job .

zootfloot · 25 Jun 2015 at 10:47

Punters have been piling into Pinkham over the last week

I re-read that a few times to make sure it said what I thought it did.

Ive heard daft rumours about the grid going through her, but punters is another thing altogether!

Firestar_3x · 25 Jun 2015 at 10:59

Oh dear.................

Terminal_Boy · 25 Jun 2015 at 11:08

I can forgive female presenters being thick as mince if they're easy on the eye.

Clueless and munting? No thanks.

DAIR · 25 Jun 2015 at 11:10

^pmsl

DAIR · 25 Jun 2015 at 11:11

Guerrilla said:
Natalie Pinkham?

Top Gear: Formula 1 presenter Natalie Pinkham in pole position to join Chris Evans

If she knows about cars then why not.

ci_newman · 25 Jun 2015 at 11:32

Because based on her time in Sky Sports F1, she doesn't know about cars

DAIR · 25 Jun 2015 at 11:42

Sod that then lol.

Why even consider her.

Gambisk · 25 Jun 2015 at 11:59

They may as well transfer the cast of the one show or country file over for all that its worth. Now that Clarkson etc have left, the show has lost what made it appealing in the first place, not the cars but 3 best friends having stupid amounts of fun with the kind of budgets most can only dream of.

BBC could hire the two greatest presenters <clarkson_voice>in the world</clarkson_voice>, but I don't think they will be able to form the same kind of report that the other 3 had. It takes many years to create that sort of deep genuine friendship.

slick rick · 25 Jun 2015 at 12:09

I think they will get some one completely unexpected, like that creepy dude from bargain hunt.

fastwunz · 25 Jun 2015 at 15:55

Gambisk said:
They may as well transfer the cast of the one show or country file over for all that its worth. Now that Clarkson etc have left, the show has lost what made it appealing in the first place, not the cars but 3 best friends having stupid amounts of fun with the kind of budgets most can only dream of.

BBC could hire the two greatest presenters <clarkson_voice>in the world</clarkson_voice>, but I don't think they will be able to form the same kind of report that the other 3 had. It takes many years to create that sort of deep genuine friendship.

THIS - it quite literally sums up the shows appeal. Seeing them galavanting across the globe clearly having the most amazing time together was fantastic. Its a whole package with those three hence why Richard and James walked.

Chris Evans is a good guy and clearly loves his cars and deserves support from all of us but sadly (and not unsurprisingly) there are not many out there that actually think any degree of magic can be reclaimed.

MooMoo444 · 25 Jun 2015 at 16:42

Gambisk said:
I don't think they will be able to form the same kind of report that the other 3 had.

Rapport, not report

but yes, I completely agree. The banter between them and the pranks on each other were what made it good.

Gambisk · 25 Jun 2015 at 17:08

Haha I thought that it looked wrong, but I went with auto-correct.