Clarkson on HIGNFY

ChroniC · 2 Oct 2015 at 20:33

I am suprised to see this, I thought that he had pretty much burnt all bridges with the BBC, although up to them it does seem to be a Uturn since he hit one of their employees.
It's on BBC1 tonight at 9.

snips86x · 2 Oct 2015 at 20:37

I heard about this on the news earlier this evening, surprised to hear it too! Should be good

stoofa · 2 Oct 2015 at 20:42

He was lined up to host last series - but they mutually agreed to hold off until this one.
No reason the BBC wouldn't take him on - he's a free agent these days and they know he still draws the viewers, especially as it's almost certain Paul and Ian will make him the butt of all jokes tonight.

ChroniC · 2 Oct 2015 at 20:58

stoofa said:
He was lined up to host last series - but they mutually agreed to hold off until this one.
No reason the BBC wouldn't take him on - he's a free agent these days and they know he still draws the viewers, especially as it's almost certain Paul and Ian will make him the butt of all jokes tonight.

I would imagine assulting an employee would be considered enough for them to not put him back on their channel, without it coming across like they didn't care. Why cancel Top Gear if you are happy to have him?

Glanza · 2 Oct 2015 at 21:22

Yet the BBC said 'and guess who's back' just before it started. Richard Osman is coming over abit of a pillock on it so far though.

robfosters · 2 Oct 2015 at 21:32

Didn't get half the treatment that Deayton got after the coke and hookers scandal.

I like Richard Osman, but he was pulling unfunny cheap shots to try and get laughs and just made himself look stupid. That's what I thought of his performance anyway.

ChroniC · 2 Oct 2015 at 21:33

It asn't very funny tbh, all the joke against him sounded very scripted. I hate Richard Osman.

Vonhelmet · 2 Oct 2015 at 21:38

The bbc don't produce hignfy, they buy it in, so the producers are at liberty to choose clarkson in spite of his troubled relationship with the bbc.

squerble · 2 Oct 2015 at 22:08

Watching now; really poor shots from Richard Osman.

"What are they going to do, ******* sack me?" - Clarkson

G-MAN2004 · 2 Oct 2015 at 23:16

What an annoying ***** Richard Osman is. Sounds like he's jealous of Clarkson tbh.

wmb · 3 Oct 2015 at 08:50

G-MAN2004 said:
What an annoying ***** Richard Osman is. Sounds like he's jealous of Clarkson tbh.

Thought it was going to be just be with this opinion, but yes smug annoying and downright unfunny. Probably deserved a punch from Clarkson.

scorza · 3 Oct 2015 at 10:15

G-MAN2004 said:
What an annoying ***** Richard Osman is. Sounds like he's jealous of Clarkson tbh.

He was poorly advised prior to last night's show that's for sure.

GAM8LE · 3 Oct 2015 at 10:50

robfosters said:
Didn't get half the treatment that Deayton got after the coke and hookers scandal.

I like Richard Osman, but he was pulling unfunny cheap shots to try and get laughs and just made himself look stupid. That's what I thought of his performance anyway.

I thought the exact same. Cheap digs that fell flat..

G-MAN2004: What an annoying ***** Richard Osman is. Sounds like he's jealous of Clarkson tbh.

I got that impression as well, especially when he started talking about Clarksons new deal

js58426 · 3 Oct 2015 at 15:29

C35799Gamble said:
I thought the exact same. Cheap digs that fell flat..

It was painful to watch after a while. Everyone else just looked so uncomfortable.

Paul Merton hardly got a word in.

aardvark · 3 Oct 2015 at 16:45

quite funny but Richard Osman overplayed it and it started to look vindictive after the first few jabs.

elmuzzy66. · 3 Oct 2015 at 20:55

aardvark said:
quite funny but Richard Osman overplayed it and it started to look vindictive after the first few jabs.

Did feel vindictive because of Osman's delivery of the jibes. Other's that have got the treatment on the show but this fell weird.

Robosapien · 3 Oct 2015 at 23:57

Pitiful, truly pitiful. All five of them were just unfunny, smug, obnoxious, narcissistic, egotistical...truly unlikable personalities living in a media fantasy land. For me it was a car crash episode that has turned me off for good from what used to be unmissable viewing, albeit in obvious decline over the past few years. Well past it's sell-by date and also so blatant in it's perpetuation of media bias it was the only thing about it that was actually laughable, (for instance when Clarkson avoided talking about Brooks).

rids57 · 4 Oct 2015 at 00:24

not watched it for several years now and it used to be one of my favourite shows, it just lost that special something that made it so good.

robfosters · 4 Oct 2015 at 00:41

Sometimes Hislop has very good moments where he goes into not giving a toss mode and speaks the truth, often quite uncomfortably for the BBC.

sityeuropa · 4 Oct 2015 at 00:57

Paul Merton has ran out of things say I think.