Jonathan Fairfield Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Chris Evans to be new Top Gear presenter LONDON:-- TV and radio personality Chris Evans will replace Jeremy Clarkson as the lead presenter of an all-new Top Gear line-up, the BBC has announced. Evans said he was "thrilled" to get the job, describing the motoring show as his "favourite programme of all time". "I promise I will do everything I possibly can to respect what has gone on before and take the show forward," he added. Clarkson was dropped in March after punching a producer while on location. Car enthusiast Evans, who has signed a three-year deal with the BBC Two show, had been tipped to replace his good friend Clarkson but had previously insisted he was not interested. An "all-new" line-up means Clarkson's co-hosts Richard Hammond and James May will not be involved. Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-33158464 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tatsujin Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 This is terrible news ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soutpeel Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 This is terrible news ... always found Chris Evans an irritating little turd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaeJoMTB Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 I worked with him for years and he was a great guy, and very funny. Very generous to his co-workers, always throwing parties at his own expense. Not very forgiving of incompetents though. But then, who is? Top gear has a great chance with him at presenter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 About as welcome as a fart in a spacesuit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cylon Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Let it go. Its over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little mary sunshine Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Wonderful!! So sick if that: No talent, over the hill, self important Clarkson!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English 1 Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 So pleased Clarkson has been booted out as he has no talent unless you think being a Big Mouthed Fat Slob who thought he was bullet proof is a talent. Such an immature little boy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 This new format will not work, no one can replace the rough charm of the 3 amigos... they have big, big shoes to fill..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Moved to Motoring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiang mai Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 A good and popular choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tx22cb Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 The Orangutan, the Hamster and Capt Slow are not indispensable. The last few years have been too scripted and lacked real spontaneity. Hope his co-presenters will be less public-schooly than their predecessors, and will include a lady. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOUTHERNSTAR Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Let the people speak - lets wait for the ratings/viewership numbers. My guess would be 50% less than the good, the bad and the ugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAS21 Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 I sometimes watch a recording of the show ...even then I usually fast forward to the Celeb in a Reasonably Priced Car bit...then that's it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickJ Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 What???? Not Ashton Kucher????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMHO Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 RIP Top Gear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraday Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 He's been a very sucessful man, but he is, & always will be, an annoying <deleted>. No doubt he'll push the the ratings up, get a nice bonus & shaft the show into nothingness. Is he also part of the Chipping Norton set? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaldPlumber Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 (edited) He's not giving up his radio 2 slot, he must know it's not going to last. Locked in for a three year contract. Obviously a shrewd businessman, no one ever accused him of being stupid. Edited June 17, 2015 by BaldPlumber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc46 Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 This is going to stuff the show Who likes this ginger turd? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i claudius Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Wonderful!! So sick if that: No talent, over the hill, self important Clarkson!! Funnty he speaks highly of you ,anyway i will watch him in his new show ,never was interested in second best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neilly Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 The Orangutan, the Hamster and Capt Slow are not indispensable. The last few years have been too scripted and lacked real spontaneity. Hope his co-presenters will be less public-schooly than their predecessors, and will include a lady. Guess you've never watched BBC's Fifth Gear then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jip99 Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 This is terrible news ... always found Chris Evans an irritating little turd An opinion, of course, that many held of Clarkson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
empireboy Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 I liked him and clearly, so did many others. Time will tell if it can survive his absence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakhonandy Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Well that will be off my watching list then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Grumpy Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 So who else, Danny Baker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MESmith Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 (edited) So who else, Danny Baker? plus Gazza Edited June 17, 2015 by MESmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remi080 Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Hm no sorry, i'll pass. Top gear " was my favourite" . I walk on to something more fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mutha289 Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 One of my favorite things about the show was the inter-play between the three hosts. That's a hard thing to accomplish not to mention duplicate. Just look at the U.S. hosts versus Clarkson, Hammond and Mays, the Brits win hands down. I hope that the replacements the BBC comes up with are able to come close to what we've seen from the originals! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnglishJohn Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Yet again the BBC and it's lefty management proving just how out of touch they are. Evans is a self-centred egotist who craves attention like a drug. It will be a complete flop. While I was trying to like his radio show, I made a rule I would listen until he mentioned money or someone famous. I rarely got past the first track he played. Now I hate it and am left with Alex Lester on Listen-Again. And they have just reduce him to 3 shows a week. The BBC had it open for comments today and they got truly spanked over the decision. So they closed that one down, rewrote the article (thinking adding the fact that he will have a female co-presenter will make it so politically correct that everyone would be obliged to love it) and opened it for comments again. Then got spanked again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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