Scully Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 (edited) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-32437814 Wilman has quit and May reckons he isn't going back without Clarkson,so that's that by the look of it. The BBC however, have stated Clarkson will be returning to the corporation. How that sits with them morally, having already sacked him for assaulting one of it's employees I have no idea, but like they say, money talks. Edited April 23, 2015 by Scully Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjpainter Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 It's all in the technicalities. they've cancelled his contract for Top Gear, and only Top Gear. So they're happy to lap up the viewing figures when he's on Qi, Have I Got News For You and all the other serious things he's done (arctic convoys and the like) but won't have him running amuck on his own show! They can't relaunch it without Wilman, Clarkson or May. If they do, it will have to be so totally different that it won't appeal to its heartland viewership. Their one shot would be getting a woman on who could do the blokey, ridiculous stuff, but also has credence in her own right. Jodie Kidd? Glamour model, Top Gear history and a massive petrol head Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntsman Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 I notice that both presenters clarkson and May are outspoken,whilst the hamster has very little to say,.............quite wise the little hamster is quite humble :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick miller Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 It was good while it lasted, but let's been honest, the format had started to go a little bit stale don't you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keg Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 (edited) I really don't care, none of them are on benefits, no one is injured or going to starve. Edited April 23, 2015 by keg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 I had to laugh at the 'who is going to replace Clarkson' threads on here, fb and just about everywhere else. Who in their right mind thought he would be replaced and they would just carry on? Even after James May said they are a team, people kept on discussing who the new 3rd presenter might be Amazing really... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun4860 Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 Nobody will replace him The whole show will have to be revamped As for Jodie Kidd? Please no, she co presents the Classic Car show with Quentin Wilson, Far too wooden, doesn't come across well at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psyxologos Posted April 24, 2015 Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 I was talking to May the day before yesterday over a pint (he was here on some private business). He led me to understand that there is a lot of background we are not told and the particulars of the whole thing are not the way they seem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted April 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 Top Gear is finished. No one can take over or recreate it. The BBC may want to, but whatever they come up with, and I think they would be foolish to even try, it will be a poor parody of TG. Another programme could well be relaunched in the future, for another generation, with contemporary presenters, but this generation will simply compare anything produced now with TG, and it will suffer as a result. It was the writing of Clarkson and the production of Wilman and the chemistry of the presenters which made the show the success it was. All that has now gone. I'm looking forward to see what they come up with next...if anything. And the book, of course. I only wish Wogan would retire while he still has time to write his. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted April 24, 2015 Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 Really enjoyed the first For the Love of Cars though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted April 24, 2015 Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 Good Riddance-the whole program had become dull, pointless and repetitive - about 3 years ago to be honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grrclark Posted April 24, 2015 Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 I get a feeling we have seen this discussion before and can confidently predict the outcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnphilip Posted April 24, 2015 Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 I get a feeling we have seen this discussion before and can confidently predict the outcome i think our scully will get the job, do you not think he looks a bit like him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grrclark Posted April 24, 2015 Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 His avatar is the spitting image and Scully is not afraid to court controversy. He has my vote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aris Posted April 24, 2015 Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 Good Riddance-the whole program had become dull, pointless and repetitive - about 3 years ago to be honest. Indeed - stopped watching it years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted April 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 i think our scully will get the job, do you not think he looks a bit like him His avatar is the spitting image and Scully is not afraid to court controversy. He has my vote Compiling my CV as we speak; a true work of fiction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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