BBC Top Gear - Series 23 discussion thread

tom_e · 5 Jul 2016 at 15:49

cyber69 said:
Are the BBC really expecting to still make money by selling this new top gear show to a global audience? I mean who would want to watch this new series even on Dave in a couple of years time?

I'm sure I read somewhere that this has been the most profitable series yet in terms of selling it off to other countries.

geekman · 5 Jul 2016 at 16:19

MagicBoy said:
What in the 80s? It's wig!

Well their neighbour is about 70, so it wouldn't surprise me if it was even longer ago than the 80s.

chroniclard · 5 Jul 2016 at 16:24

Mike Brewer? Seriously, he is a ******* of the highest order and the most useless salesman I have ever seen. (Having Edd locked up in his garage is the only thing that makes that show)

Brewer : Were looking for 10 grand for this car today.
Punter : I will offer you 5k.
Brewer : Meet me in the middle, 4k? Go on! Old out yer aaaand!
Punter : er, yes, I will gladly pay that.

Combat Fighter · 5 Jul 2016 at 16:34

chroniclard said:
Mike Brewer? Seriously, he is a ******* of the highest order and the most useless salesman I have ever seen. (Having Edd locked up in his garage is the only thing that makes that show)

Brewer : Were looking for 10 grand for this car today.
Punter : I will offer you 5k.
Brewer : Meet me in the middle, 4k? Go on! Old out yer aaaand!
Punter : er, yes, I will gladly pay that.

LOL

Have to say it can be like that sometimes on Wheeler Dealers!

After all the hard work and effort just for a couple of grand (or less!)
And poor old Edd does all the donkey work.

Wish they would come back to the UK though and stop doing up silly American cars.

JanM · 5 Jul 2016 at 16:43

Combat Fighter said:

That made me lol for some reason hahahaha

Rroff · 5 Jul 2016 at 16:46

Fr0dders said:
keep rory reid, keep mlb, keep chris harris. Work on those 3 as a formula and give them time to develop.

The chemistry between the 3 top gear hosts wasn't there from the first season, especially since may wasn't even in that 1st season ! With time, it prove to be very entertaining.

Observe the way they set up the "characters" in the end compettion. Chris harris the serious racing driver tinkering with aerodynamics, matt the american not wanting the stig to drive off with his sandwich, etc...

They are finding their top ger personas the same way james may was always the grumpy captain slow, and clarkson the shouty loud one. it can work. mark my words.

Those 3 had a bit of a laugh going in the second half of the last extra gear - I don't really think Reid fits the main show as a permanent feature though - keep him on extra gear IMO.

BananaDunka · 5 Jul 2016 at 16:49

Rory is alight, he's young and pretty enthusiastic. Matt being the main host on his own now is a good sign.

lucarocks92 · 5 Jul 2016 at 18:25

chroniclard said:
Mike Brewer? Seriously, he is a ******* of the highest order and the most useless salesman I have ever seen. (Having Edd locked up in his garage is the only thing that makes that show)

Brewer : Were looking for 10 grand for this car today.
Punter : I will offer you 5k.
Brewer : Meet me in the middle, 4k? Go on! Old out yer aaaand!
Punter : er, yes, I will gladly pay that.

Omg I laughed so hard at this! Thanks for making my day

Angilion · 5 Jul 2016 at 21:29

Maybe Chris Evans was hired as the fall guy to take the criticism that was inevitable with the change in presenters.

titaniumx3 · 5 Jul 2016 at 23:12

Despite having some major doubts about the new show, I think Matt Leblanc is pretty decent. Sure he is dry but at least he is not faking it, he just seems honest and laid back. I also think he is funny, he just doesn't force it like the other presenters.

Good thing he doesn't have this Chris Evans **** to get in his way now. You could almost feel him cringing everytime that idiot talked.

Puzzled · 6 Jul 2016 at 00:52

mrk said:
Rory is alight, he's young and pretty enthusiastic. Matt being the main host on his own now is a good sign.

Matt does a good job at introducing segments and doing the pre-recorded parts but I don't know how he would be with the celebrity interviews as he tends to talk quietly and subdued (you can see him do it in Extra Gear or when he's on a chat show).

Rory might do quite well at the interviews, does a good job on Extra Gear but then they've just been comedians rather than some of the big stars that come on the show occasionally.

Perhaps they should just ditch the star in the car bit

rare · 6 Jul 2016 at 06:33

The last episode was fantastic, some great segments which were really nicely shot. Especially when you watch it after its aired so you can skip through the celebrity part

Malevolence · 6 Jul 2016 at 06:39

cyber69 said:
The BBC director who made the decision to fire JC also needs to get fired himself.

That's the thing though, Clarkson wasn't fired. His contract just wasn't renewed.

ZG002 · 6 Jul 2016 at 07:28

Malevolence said:
That's the thing though, Clarkson wasn't fired. His contract just wasn't renewed.

Tbh, he didn't really give them much choice. You can't go around punching people at work. Especially in such a public facing company, once it was out in the open what happened it was game over really.

Freefaller · 6 Jul 2016 at 08:00

Let's not start that debate again as it was riddled with speculation, spin and subjectivity.

cyber69 · 6 Jul 2016 at 10:15

ZG002 said:
Tbh, he didn't really give them much choice. You can't go around punching people at work. Especially in such a public facing company, once it was out in the open what happened it was game over really.

If Hollywood fired it's actors which threw a strop then some great films would not have been made.

I watch the old episode's of top gear and to me Clarkson is one of this country's stars and should have been treated better even though he did what he did it should have been kept quiet and not made public.

Armageus · 6 Jul 2016 at 10:27

-Ad- said:
Similar to a Mercedes possibly.

When there's a problem it compromises your entry into corner 1, then miraculously comes back for corner 2, but forces the driver to be unable to turn at said corner.

My best guess as a british Engineer

Seemed to go over most people's heads but I lolled

MissChief · 6 Jul 2016 at 11:03

cyber69 said:
If Hollywood fired it's actors which threw a strop then some great films would not have been made.

I watch the old episode's of top gear and to me Clarkson is one of this country's stars and should have been treated better even though he did what he did it should have been kept quiet and not made public.

And if it ever became public then the BBC would have been crucified in the press for treating him differently because he makes them money.

AHarvey · 6 Jul 2016 at 11:09

MissChief said:
And if it ever became public then the BBC would have been crucified in the press for treating him differently because he makes them money.

It didn't need to be made public, it could have been sorted out between the two of them, a final written warning for Clarkson to show it was taken as serious. The other guy wanted it public so he could get a payout.

lucarocks92 · 6 Jul 2016 at 14:17

Well its the BBC's loss. If they were smart they would have kept it under wraps and compensated the victim.