The "Top Gear", Season 24/25/26 thread
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Caporegime
I would quite happily have half my face shaved off for 9 million.
Man of Honour
It would probably be an improvement for my face and definitely my bank balance
Soldato
9 million, nice. Looks like he's still suffering though. 
Soldato
Shouldnt there be some element of personal responsibility though? If your employer told you to jump off a cliff you wouldn't just do it would you.
Soldato
I'm guessing he wasn't wearing a full face helmet, so some of that responsibility is on him.
Soldato
You ain’t on 4.5 million a year though are you...
Only 4.
As I said…allegedly
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Soldato
Top Gear: BBC flagship show will not return for 'foreseeable future'
The last series was halted after Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff was hurt in an accident while filming.
www.bbc.co.uk
To the surprise of no one, officially now not returning 'for foreseeable future'
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Not surprised I've barely watched an episode since Clarkson et al departed its one thing to try and recreate the stunts but without the basic knowledge of motoring or journalistic background its just a jolly boys outing "hey lets smash this up/do daft stunt here!". Brainless fodder for couch potatoes.
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i guess i am a boring old fart but top gear was decent when doing serious journalism. i would happily dump all the clowning around.
there was some good stuff in the later clarkson et al stuff in among the drivel, but the show was at its best in its older iteration in the 90s and before imo.5th gear ended up a much better program... but i guess the viewing figures show i am wrong!.
given 5th gear IS topgear in the original format (complete with some presenters) to be honest BBC should have let it keep the name, but then i guess its all about the money and topgear i suppose had the pull.
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Soldato
Quite, when TG started employing village idiots then it was doomed to failure..
Slight disservice to Chris Harris who has been a motoring journalist for probably 20 years.
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All the serious car journalism (and some not so serious) has gone to Youtube now.
Top Gear included:
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Soldato
Yup, Top Gear at its best tbh...
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it surprises me that there isnt a place on mainstream TV to have this sort of stuff on. i mean i am happy to watch fully charged for instance on youtube, but a lot more folk would be exposed to it on bbc , even if it was only bbc 2. (in truth i am less interested in fully charged for car stuff, but more interested in the renewable energy stuff on that now).
my 1st "performance" car obsession was thanks to an early Clarkson top gear episode as it happens.... i remember watching it back in the day as a teenager thinking "i want that car"..... it took a while but i got it in the end
Fiat Coupe - Top Gear 1994
This is a very hard to find video of the original Top Gear review of the Fiat Coupe by Jeremy Clarkson. It hails from the days of poor video, sorry for the q...
www.youtube.com
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Quite sad it's been shelved. I might get flak for saying this, I can't remember such an outcome for a stunt going wrong when hammond damaged his brain, different times I suppose.
Edit: I agree with the comments that TG was better when it had less of the stupid articles/stunts and more reviews/information on cars.
Edit: I agree with the comments that TG was better when it had less of the stupid articles/stunts and more reviews/information on cars.
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The problem is that the viewing figures showed exactly what happens if you have a show focussed on reviewing cars and lamenting such thrilling information as how many litres of storage the boot has with the seats up... no one watches it.
OG New Top Gear had some really good features over the years amongst all the messing about. Even the latest trio had a few segments that were really informative and interesting. IMO it was starting to find its feet after the cringe worthy antics early on so its a shame its gone but no huge loss really.
OG New Top Gear had some really good features over the years amongst all the messing about. Even the latest trio had a few segments that were really informative and interesting. IMO it was starting to find its feet after the cringe worthy antics early on so its a shame its gone but no huge loss really.