February 16, 201610 yr Author Was it known as Wheelbase in its infancy. The name David Hardcastie had some part in it years ago..i
February 16, 201610 yr What a rum lot they are. Sabina is the only one worth watching.....and that's because she has DELETED and can drive!
February 16, 201610 yr are there any other decent UK car shows ? Top Gear was great because it was NOT just a car show , more like the 3 stooges driving around doing stupid things or maybe Myth busters with cars....... But it was FUN and if the new crew forget the FUN part and the joking around it will fail , it will be interesting to see both the new show and Clarksons show , and try not to compare them !
February 16, 201610 yr are there any other decent UK car shows ? Top Gear was great because it was NOT just a car show , more like the 3 stooges driving around doing stupid things or maybe Myth busters with cars....... But it was FUN and if the new crew forget the FUN part and the joking around it will fail , it will be interesting to see both the new show and Clarksons show , and try not to compare them ! Fifth gear has been around for a long time as well:
February 16, 201610 yr The level of animosity, in the UK at least, regarding the new TG is simply amazing. The BBC is not trying to replicate the old show, simply because it cannot be done and if they tried, it would surely lead to even more derision and scorn being heaped on it. As far as I am aware, no one watched Clarkson and crew for their motoring expertise, there are no end of boring magazines and articles by well intentioned nerds satisfying that market already. It sort of reminds me of the time when the UK banned smoking in pubs, when a huge number of people said the only reason they did not visit pubs was because of the smoking and were it outlawed, then they would definitely go. The result? the pub trade is in its knees with lack of customers with more and more pubs closing each week, never to be replaced. The promised newcomers never appeared. I predict pretty much the same for the new TG. The old TG diehards will hate it regardless and there won't be swathes of new viewers, except of course for the first episode which the BBC will spin out of all proportion. I'd give it two seasons tops to wither and die. Meanwhile, the Amazon show will assume the old TG mantle, and be loved or hatred in exactly the same way as before. Amazon will make money and the BBC will end up looking like the meddling, PC bunch of bureaucrats that they actually are. All IMHO opinion of course.
February 16, 201610 yr Fifth gear began as a continuation of the previous version of Top Gear - it was the production team taking the format to channel 5 that prompted the BBC to retool the show. One thing Chris Evans is unlikely to do is play it straight, it's simply not his style, and not why he got the job. I'm all for giving the new format a chance before condemning it. It won't be the same as the old version, but it might turn out to be a pretty good show. The initial pressure won't help though. It took the previous version a few seasons to hit its stride - they didn't even settle upon the 'classic' three man presenter lineup until series 2.
February 17, 201610 yr Author If watching Amazon involves joining up ,credit Cards and form filling I will never see the 3Stooges.You Tube is my max effort or any free to air stuff.
February 17, 201610 yr If watching Amazon involves joining up ,credit Cards and form filling I will never see the 3Stooges.You Tube is my max effort or any free to air stuff. Will have to keep looking, feel sure it will be on 'Dave' or 'Quest' sometime
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February 17, 201610 yr If you haven't watched Chris Harris before, you are in for a treat. As long as he's allowed to be himself...
February 17, 201610 yr If you haven't watched Chris Harris before, you are in for a treat. As long as he's allowed to be himself... Pretty sure I've seen him on Fifth Gear before...
February 17, 201610 yr He worked for autocar then EVO then Drive and then his own channel. As far as I know this is his first outing on terrestrial tv
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