I know there've been many threads about TG on here, but there was an article by a female motoring journalist in the DT on Saturday which considered whether or not TG needs a female presenter. This was discounted on the grounds that the programme already has Clarkson who "drives like a girl".
Then this morning I remembered the programme title "The car's the star" and began to wonder what a really good car programme would include, starting again from scratch.
For me, there would be some decent, detailed coverage of cars within the financial reach of most of the population. This doesn't rule out coverage of the exotic.
Starting from scratch rules out any existing car presenter. So who would people like to see?
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Have a look at some of the mid to late 90's TG shows some very good content on there.
I would like to basicaly see this site televisied if this makes sense?
We could have Geezer's Top Deals where Bellboy tells us what to what out for on second hand cars and also tells us tricks sellers get up to at auction.
We could have "Mr X's big moan" where Mr X gives us a light hearted review of what the police and government have been upto for motorists in the last week.
We could then have some DIY features presented by a varity of HJ members. This would include ten minutes of health and safety warning and about 30 seconds of the actual content.
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And something on Classics/Vintage... starting with my Maxi!! ;)
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how about some different angles like:
car related holidays....send a presenter on one and report back
e.g. off road holidays, Winnebago up West Coast of States, classic car trips....that sort of thing that we all might dream about....and could easily get off our butts and do it if it had a favourable report
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A real mechanic for a presenter with pots of grease, oil and so on.
He would start each program with the words
"Now then - `buzz` off if you don`t know what a spanner is, Its not Formula 1 where the idiots guide is trotted out every race"
The producer would then be sectioned under The Mental Heath Act - and a presenter wheeled on who could talk about ipod connections while braying like a donkey - and receiving a hideous braying back from the audience.
This would be further reflected back from the nations sofas to the extent that heads would turn in Northern France and shiploads of turnips and carrots would be be prepared for export.
Formula 1 would then come on and again someone would explain how tire pressures would be less because they had gone cold.
You would switch to the gardening program only to find the presenter didn`t do actual gardening anymore but it was all about presenting plants that had been grown elsewhere - by someone else.
The `Weather` would then come on and you would notice that `wind` was now too technical and producers were thinking of putting the presenter into a mac and brolly or swimsuit - instead of the over complicated map.
A member of the general public would have the door wrenched on her car - blame the manufacturer because despite a gale blowing `she was not to know, and it was the car makers fault`
Sooner - rather than later, you would avoid all producers and presenters by emigrating to deepest France and only go outside to hunt truffles and shoot wild hogs.
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vicky butler henderson.....oh wait.....doh !!
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TV isn't a very good medium for talking about cars. The information, when there is any, just evaporates. And the spectacle of people driving the things soon palls, after inspiring the usual combination of envy and irritation.
Our Leader's video tests are all right though, being restrained and rational... neither one a quality guaranteed to grab a mainstream TV producer.
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Lud,
"sir" (wrings cap & tugs forelock) will never succeed on tv. His videos start at the beginning and end at the end. They go from "a" to "c" and visit "b" along the way. They're concise and not spread over 30 minutes (sorry, maybe closer to 22) with "other subjects" and two other presenters interspersed. So I agree with you - not appealing to a mainstream TV producer.
JH
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not appealing to a mainstream TV producer...
... despite the very pretty non-driving passenger and magic hat business...
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ah well, you can go far with a very pretty non driving passenger. Hang on. How many interpretations of that are there? I think I'm about to find out!
JH
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