Top Gear Season 22 & Xmas Special

Diddums · 25 Mar 2015 at 21:27

Get a room fellas.

I think it's sad what's happened, I've always been a bit apathetic when it came to Clarkson but I did admire his cojones. In a world where everyone's trying so hard to be PC it's nice to have someone call a spade a spade now and then, although some of his stuff is cringeworthy. I suppose you have to take the bad with the good.

I can only hope that we get something decent now. Got forbid I have to watch Tiff Needell and that semi-hot chick bang on about the latest Golf for ages!

I like Tiff and the semi-hot chick btw, they're just not half as entertaining as TG.

Conscript · 25 Mar 2015 at 21:28

Quite an interesting piece by Chris Harris in Jalopnik. I think he's hit the mark quite nicely.

http://jalopnik.com/how-top-gear-made-us-all-care-about-cars-1688464737

George Hincapie · 25 Mar 2015 at 21:34

Housey said:
I think you need to get a sense of perspective and grow up, your diatribe is as I say from a standpoint of tabloid stories and ignorance.

Behave, it isn't me that needs to grow up and I'm not ignorant. Re-examine your post and try again.

Housey · 25 Mar 2015 at 21:35

George Hincapie said:
Behave, it isn't me that needs to grow up and I'm not ignorant. Re-examine your post and try again.

I suggest you move on sunshine, I have.

Housey · 25 Mar 2015 at 21:36

Conscript said:
Quite an interesting piece by Chris Harris in Jalopnik. I think he's hit the mark quite nicely.

http://jalopnik.com/how-top-gear-made-us-all-care-about-cars-1688464737

I think this opens the door for Harris on TV. I don't think Evans will stand in unless Clarkson gives his approval as they are mates and his interview today was supportive.

Conscript · 25 Mar 2015 at 21:43

Housey said:
I think this opens the door for Harris on TV. I don't think Evans will stand in unless Clarkson gives his approval as they are mates and his interview today was supportive.

Maybe, but I hope not on TG. I'd much rather he stick to his excellent, in depth analysis of cars (both performance and technical), which I think he wouldn't be able to if he was on Top Gear.

Housey · 25 Mar 2015 at 21:46

I think Guy Martin might have a part to play...

Freefaller · 25 Mar 2015 at 21:46

Last warning

Blackhawk47 · 25 Mar 2015 at 21:53

Housey said:
I think this opens the door for Harris on TV. I don't think Evans will stand in unless Clarkson gives his approval as they are mates and his interview today was supportive.

I love Chris Harris but not sure I could watch him for one hour on a Sunday evening...think my brain would be overloaded with information.

Great content but probably better doing what he does now.

Kenai · 25 Mar 2015 at 21:56

Housey said:
I think this opens the door for Harris on TV.

Doubtful, nowhere near the mass appeal to be anything more than an even lesser viewed Fifth Gear.

I think he knows he's best off where he is at the moment, doing his own thing, his own way where people can watch at their leisure.

He's not mass market TV material IMO.

Housey · 25 Mar 2015 at 21:56

Blackhawk47 said:
I love Chris Harris but not sure I could watch him for one hour on a Sunday evening...think my brain would be overloaded with information.

Great content but probably better doing what he does now.

Id agree, frankly its a very hard act to follow, time to end it and start something new as whoever comes in it can't be the same.

Jono8 · 25 Mar 2015 at 23:11

shauncr91 said:
Interesting: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ng-loyal-hard-working-producer-not-again.html

Good lord. How disgustingly patronising that is.

Blackhawk47 · 25 Mar 2015 at 23:55

Jono8 said:
Good lord. How disgustingly patronising that is.

I think Piers Morgon would make a very good Ocuk forum member and part of the top tier motors crew.

Certainly has the same style of writing.

Princey · 26 Mar 2015 at 00:16

Rowan Atkinson is the only person I could see filling in, however with Hammond and May most likely to abandon ship I feel it doesn't matter who replaces them now. Shows rekt.

Yaayuh! · 26 Mar 2015 at 06:45

Joe T said:
That's actually worth reading, thanks!

No it's not, and you know it.

Too Tall · 26 Mar 2015 at 07:07

Chris Harris along side Guy Martin and a female presenter?

m4cc45 · 26 Mar 2015 at 07:25

As soon as I read Piers Morgan I closed the link. Horrid man. The World would be a better place without him.

Clarkson and May will be on another station soon enough. Hammond may well try and stay as he, no doubt, sees himself as the main focus of the show.

Rightly or wrongly I'm disappointed with someone wasting A&E's time over a bruised lip. Until we know the entirety of the story then it's pure speculation. If I'd been working for 16 hours, for example, then I would be ill tempered - I'm not condoning anything but there can be extenuating circumstances that haven't been mentioned by the BBC. Hell they managed to keep all of the other scandals hidden for 30 odd years so why would they be transparent now.

M.

Tinders · 26 Mar 2015 at 07:46

Primarily JC is an entertaining journo, thats how he started out anyway, same for may. So there must be other funny auto journos out there. Ive alway enjoyed the writing in Evo.

fadetoblack · 26 Mar 2015 at 07:50

Fox could do it?

[TW]Fox · 26 Mar 2015 at 07:51

If you wanted to reduce viewing figures to single figures, sure.