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Clarksons replacement is Chris Evans. Has signed a 3 year deal.
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No doubt it will be very different. May and Hammond will not be in it, as presenters anyway. Not sure I will watch, maybe the first one, but Evans is too annoying.
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Evans annoying? Sounds just like JC.
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I'm waiting to hear just who the BBC is going to parachute in as co-presenters, we all know their agenda so who does the panel think are the likely candidates?
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Guy Martin
Robert Llewellyn (ex Scrapheap Challenge)
'Jay Kay' from Jamiroquai
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Guy Martin
Robert Llewellyn (ex Scrapheap Challenge)
'Jay Kay' from Jamiroquai
Guy Martin - half the population won't understand what he's on about.
Robert Llewellyn - Why?
Jay Kay - Might end up smacking a producer, not renowned for having a lot of patience.
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Guy Martin - half the population won't understand what he's on about.
Do you mean the half of the population who know nothing about the technical details of cars or the half of the population who can't understand accents of anyone from North of Watford?
The latter half usually manage to comprehend the natives when on holiday in France/Portugal and other foreign parts, puzzling why they have problems "oop North". :-)
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Guy Martin - half the population won't understand what he's on about.
Do you mean the half of the population who know nothing about the technical details of cars or the half of the population who can't understand accents of anyone from North of Watford?
The latter half usually manage to comprehend the natives when on holiday in France/Portugal and other foreign parts, puzzling why they have problems "oop North". :-)
You have to admit that a truck mechanic/motorcyclist who has a broad Yorkshire/Lincolnshire (I forget which) accent is going to need subtitles just to get a cup of coffee in the BBC canteen -darn sarff!
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I'd vote for Guy Martin. Jay Kay is vacuous.
Maybe what you need is three huge egos so they start fighting.
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Evans annoying? Sounds just like JC.
Evans is annoying, squeaky voiced, with a huge ego. Clarkson is a knob, but often very witty, and willing to be made fun of by others.
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it wont be the same without Clarkson.
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I think Evans will be fine. Glad he has been chosen. Just need a VBH to join him. And Mark Webber. Line up sorted.
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The truth is that the new co presenter will be Oisen Tynan. His ambition will be fullfilled!
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I think Evans will be fine. Glad he has been chosen. Just need a VBH to join him.
And there was me thinking there could be no-one more annoying than Evans, and you prove me wrong. Do we need her constant gurning, and "Look at how sexy I am, you can't keep your hands off me, can you" behaviour.
Let's throw in Piers Morgan, for the perfect trio. :)
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Great, so the BBC have replaced a presenter who was self opinionated, a bully with a big ego, but was at least amusing and entertaining....with someone who is self opinionated, a bully with an even bigger ego, but actually has little knowledge of cars other than the fleet of supercars he has been able to buy with his vast fortune.
A real man of the common people, who incidentally said categorically on his breakfast show, that he was not in talks with the BBC and did not want to be a Top Gear presenter. Would make a good politician. I bet he's added a few little additions to the contract like, he gets to choose the other presenters, has a big input into the production and is the 'main' presenter.
Rumours of other presenters are Jodi Kidd and Philip Glenister (omg)
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I believe the sucess of the original top gear was down to three relatively unknown middle age guys who f***ed about with cars - which became a hit with the viewers. They never changed their formula and it continued to be a success even though the 3 are now big names.
So bringing in a multi-millionaire playboy with 12 ferraris (or whatever he has today) seems like a pointless step. Now we have some super rich people living out their fantasies at our expense.
I think the bbc (small letters intended) have missed the point - top gear appealed to a broad audience because of the hosts. Look how top gear usa struggled to get anywhere near as popular.
So its game over for me, I'll just watch For the Love of Cars, Car SOS and Brian Johnsons Cars that Rock for my motoring fix. And Sin City motors if that ever comes back.
(Edit: My obscured word above was not the really rude one, it was the one relating to the expulsion of gas from the bottom area....)
Edited by Snakey on 17/06/2015 at 14:00
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How ironic, I thought your post was far ruder, until you explained the swear filter amendment!
I am sure you are right about why TG was a success. But, if Evens creates a chat show with a few car related clips thrown in, it might work for some. The problem is, will the car bits be like Hammonds car reviews i.e. take themselves too seriously? And what will happen to the inventive and amusing challenges? And where will the inter-presenter dynamic come from? I think he will change the format, more of a "Sunday Evening with Chris Evans" than TG.
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What about Ant Anstead from The Love Of Cars.
Someone who is a real petrol head, a designer of cars and presenter experience.
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So bringing in a multi-millionaire playboy with 12 ferraris (or whatever he has today) seems like a pointless step. Now we have some super rich people living out their fantasies at our expense. I'll just watch For the Love of Cars, Car SOS and Brian Johnsons Cars that Rock for my motoring fix. And Sin City motors if that ever comes back.
Brian Johnson not a multi millionaire playboy as well though?
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JC too owns many posh cars as do his co presenters
Evens comes from a council estate and did not go to a private school like JC!
I am not a fan of CE but feel he is one of the few presenters that can make this show better.
Now for his co presenters, I guess the BBC will put in a female presenter because of political correctess, it took me ages to think of a female presenter I thought could do the job well, wouldn't Sabine Schmitzbe cool choice?
Edited by julie page on 18/06/2015 at 01:13
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JC too owns many posh cars as do his co presenters
Evens comes from a council estate and did not go to a private school like JC!
I am not a fan of CE but feel he is one of the few presenters that can make this show better.
Now for his co presenters, I guess the BBC will put in a female presenter because of political correctess, it took me ages to think of a female presenter I thought could do the job well, wouldn't Sabine Schmitzbe cool choice?
School is irrelevant.
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JC too owns many posh cars as do his co presenters
Evens comes from a council estate and did not go to a private school like JC!
I am not a fan of CE but feel he is one of the few presenters that can make this show better.
Now for his co presenters, I guess the BBC will put in a female presenter because of political correctess, it took me ages to think of a female presenter I thought could do the job well, wouldn't Sabine Schmitzbe cool choice?
School is irrelevant.
If you mean that we should not despise someone because they went to St Custards, or some other fee paying school, I agree. I think modern Britain does not despise someone because they have a particular accent. Unless it's a Brummie one of course. :)
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JC too owns many posh cars as do his co presenters
Evens comes from a council estate and did not go to a private school like JC!
I am not a fan of CE but feel he is one of the few presenters that can make this show better.
Now for his co presenters, I guess the BBC will put in a female presenter because of political correctess, it took me ages to think of a female presenter I thought could do the job well, wouldn't Sabine Schmitzbe cool choice?
School is irrelevant.
I was responding to a post that made out that Chris Evens is some rich kid and JC was an ordinary block. Pointing out that JC had a more privaladged back ground then CE
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JC is an ordinary bloke from Donacaster. His father was a salesman while his mother was a teacher.
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JC is not an ordinary bloke from Doncaster. Having wealthy parents and going to public school makes a huge difference to your outlook and life chances. That said, I want JC back, and I want TG with JC back. I don't care if he is a posh chap who had a helping hand from mummy and daddy, he makes me laff. There is too much misrerable shiite around :)
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Looks like Jodie Kidd is a strong contender for either May or Hammond's replacement
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...add in a female with large breasts and long lovely legs and an alluring smile I might condescend to watch.
Evans.......complete knob.
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Evans.......complete knob.
And member of the Zero talent club, along with Ant and Dec.
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Looks like Jodie is an unlikely candidate. It could be me or you.
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Are you two famous then?
Keep up. The co-presenters don't have to be.
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James May was a minor celebrity before TG, since he wrote a regular column in the Telegraph, and no doubt wrote elsewhere too. I think Hammond was a DJ for a radio station.
Co-presenters don't have to be celebrities, but how likely are they to choose someone with no public persona, no experience in the media? Remember Jason Dawe, aka Fat Boy? He writes for papers on cars, but was dropped from TG, just didn't hack the presenter role, too nervous I think, poor chap. Or maybe he'd never gone more than 10 minutes without a biscuit, and DT set in. ( Sorry Jason ...)
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There are some very bitter and cynical comments in this thread. So a handful in here wont be watching TG again, so what, who cares? The BBC? I think not. Me?......even less
Was never a big fan myself, particularly in the latter years but I wil reserve judgement until the programme returns and I have actually seen the new format. If like many other TV programmes it fails to entertain me it I wont be making a habit of watching it again....AND I DONT CARE WHO KNOWS!!
Incidently, all this criticism for Evans, I seem to remember something similar being said by the cyncis 5-6 years ago when (the supposedly irreplacable) Terry Wogan retired and Evans took over his radio show......what a disaster for the BBC that was!!!
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I believe 8.15 this morning on Radio 2 is the time to find out more.
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HJ, I believe Sofia is too young.
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How about Sabine Schmitz. Attractive and a proper petrol head that does speak English too. She has appeared on TG before.
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My biggest fear after the terrible lineup choice will be that it follows the trend of 'reality tv' / 'audience participation'.
Edited by Hamsafar on 18/06/2015 at 21:21
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It won't be me!
Anyway, we'll all be watching the new motoring show on whichever TV channel hosts the new Clarkson, Hammond & May motoring programme, broadcast in the same time slot so to make it easy for loyal fans
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Yes , It'll haveb to be the same time slot, just to annoy the BBC if nothing else!
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I might even subscribe to some carpy pay channel just to watch three idiots behaving like idiots. TG was for me one of the few things worth watching on TV. Most seems to be reality TV.
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Surely in the spirit of the rather marvelous and frighteningly true to life "W1A", the female presenter could be Clare Balding. Or Carol Vorderperson.
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Suzi Perry?..
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And as I suspected, Evans now seems to be taking control by holding auditions for the other presenters and turning it into a competition.
Back to the 90's when he accrued too much power. Perhaps he'll have another drunken/drug fuelled meltdown and disappear to LA with a 16 year old for 8 years.
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Surely in the spirit of the rather marvelous and frighteningly true to life "W1A", the female presenter could be Clare Balding. Or Carol Vorderperson.
You've given me a thought, how about Harriet Harperson? The ideal candidate if you ask me, none of that Calarson silliness, we'd have responsible motoring journalism, dedicated to making our lives better, more equal and more diverse. Top Gear sales would mushroom, it'd be an advert for the greatness of this country.
I wonder if Kevin McCloud has an interest in cars?
Not sure about that Life on Mars chap, I've seen him in one car show, and he puts on a weird macho front. Is that really how he is?
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Surely the best thing to do is to support both Chris Evans 'Top Gear' and whatever show Jeremy, Richard and James come up with? Then we have two, in addition to Wheeler Dealers, Fast n Loud, Misfit Garage, Street Outlaws, For the Love of Cars, Car SOS, The Classic Car Show, Classic Car Rescue, Countin Cars, etc, etc. Remember, Evans took over Wogan's Radio 2 spot and more than doubled the audience. He seemed to come up with his CarFest idea spontaneously on his Breakfast Show. he does a lot of stuff for Children in need. He makes things happen. If he gets the right people on his version of Top Gear it's more likely to work than not work.
HJ
Maybe, but I find it increasingly difficult to support the bbc, with their thuggish attitude to license fee collection. They're a poxy tv channel who collect a tax from the public regardless of how poorly they perform.
About time the bbc stood up on its own content and survived without state backed extortion. Although, of course they probably wouldn't survive.
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