Jeremy Clarkson suspended from BBC

[jetpaczx]

Why does it appear James May lives in some sort of terraced lockup garage with windows?

IIRC he lives a pretty simple life.

 

[Judgeneo]

IIRC he lives a pretty simple life.

With Ferraris

 

[jetpaczx]

With Ferraris

Very true I should have been more clearer he lives in a standard 3 bedroom house.

 

[shifty_uk]

IIRC he lives a pretty simple life.

Can't be that simple, he owns like 6 cars(including a Ferrari...or 2) and something insane like 64 motorbikes.

 

[MooMoo444]

Can't be that simple, he owns like 6 cars(including a Ferrari...or 2) and something insane like 64 motorbikes.

There was me thinking the top gear team were against anything with less than four wheels.

 

[Ranger07]

Top Gear is past its sell by date now, probably time they all moved on to something else.

I agree. The specials are still quite entertaining but the normal show has run its course.

 

[Firestar_3x]

Why does it appear James May lives in some sort of terraced lockup garage with windows?

The main house is to the right of the garage and double door.

 

[ubersonic]

With Ferraris

Maybe that's why he drives Ferrari's, because he owns a crap house.

TBH that's how I would do it, if I only use it to sleep/**** in I wouldn't care what it looks like, as long as I get fast internet and space to park my Ferrari's I'm good

 

[Mr Jones]

There was me thinking the top gear team were against anything with less than four wheels.

JC is the one against it. Both May and Hammond are bikers. (Vietnam episode!)

 

[ElliorR]

At the recent MCN bike show in London they had a selection of Hammonds and Mays bikes there. They've got a lot of classics between them.

One thing no ones mentioned, if the program ends what will happen to The Stig, will he go to the dump?

 

[humbug]

At the recent MCN bike show in London they had a selection of Hammonds and Mays bikes there. They've got a lot of classics between them.

One thing no ones mentioned, if the program ends what will happen to The Stig, will he go to the dump?

He will write a book.

 

[CircleFaust]

Top Gear is past its sell by date now, probably time they all moved on to something else.

I think so. I used to watch it but rarely do these days. it's the same old stunts rehashed, or them trying to be even more controversial
they need to either jig it around or come up with something else entirely
when I watch it now I just think, waste of my money

JC is a funny B***er though, he makes the show
but if he's truly hit someone then he should get what anyone else would get

 

[Cosimo]

Why does it appear James May lives in some sort of terraced lockup garage with windows?

It's a sort of town house with a garage where the front room should be. Small and very unobtrusive.

 

[ubersonic]

The Stig, will he go to the dump?

He will write a book.

Will it be an autobiography? of the Stig? of the dump?

What would he call it...?

 

[thep02]

The thing is though he has never been openly racist, not sure if your refering to the time the media accused him of using the N word when in fact not only had he not done so but gone to lengths not to do so. Or the bridge comment which is totally excusable as it wasn't known as an offensive term in this country at the time (hence it's usage in childrens shows).

And accepting that there was a slope to the bridge.

 

[Castiel]

Moving to Sky would be career suicide for them. The most watched Sky One Show ever only got just over a million viewers. Top Gear on BBC gets over 6 million every week.

Furthermore Sky One has no presence in the States unlike the BBC America which promotes their DVDs to Americans.

People keep suggesting that the Beeb 'need' Top Gear/Clarkson and they do, but believe me Top Gear needs the BBC just as much.

Top Gear, Doctor Who, Sherlock. Just three shows that are massive in the US . Now name me a single British Sky One show that is……

Except for 20th Century Fox who own about 40% of Sky and who are all essentially owned or run by Robert Murdoch and have a small network channel called Fox TV in the US, you might not have heard of it!...

Sky could very easily market Top Gear (or rather a version of it) just as well as the BBC do, probably better as they have better funding and more direct access globally....which is why some BBC America shows such as Fleming are co-produced by Sky as are a significant portion of HBO through their deal with Sky Atlantic.

 

[zuludawn]

The thing I dont get is this, Top Gear go out on location and make their film, I presume it then goes to an editing suite and the final product must be approved by someone at the BBC before airing. So if all the little gaffs etc are left in is this not 100% the fault of the BBC and the BBC only? In Clarkson's defence it must be (well you left it in).

 

[Mr Jack]

If even a very successful season still isn't getting as many viewers as it was getting in 2009, I am not sure how that is supposed to prove that it has not passed it's peak popularity-wise.

It's passed it's peak; that doesn't mean it's experiencing declining popularity or isn't popular.

 

[antijoke]

I'm going to bet this all a publicity stunt, just seems odd how the contracts are up soon and then this happens.

 

[madindehead]

The thing I dont get is this, Top Gear go out on location and make their film, I presume it then goes to an editing suite and the final product must be approved by someone at the BBC before airing. So if all the little gaffs etc are left in is this not 100% the fault of the BBC and the BBC only? In Clarkson's defence it must be (well you left it in).

This is what annoys me about the whole damn thing regarding Clarkson's "controversial" moments. All of the comments that Clarkson has made on Top Gear have been through an editing suite, and someone senior (and I'm guessing it's not just Andy Wilman) has to to ok it.