Weihrauch17 Posted June 5, 2022 Report Share Posted June 5, 2022 Anybody watch it, I thought it was absolute garbage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted June 5, 2022 Report Share Posted June 5, 2022 Tried watching it - truly dire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlaserF3 Posted June 5, 2022 Report Share Posted June 5, 2022 I decided after watching most of the last series, no more for me.🥱 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokersmith Posted June 6, 2022 Report Share Posted June 6, 2022 The worst episode from that particular team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blitzking Posted June 6, 2022 Report Share Posted June 6, 2022 It's never been the same since Clarkson and Co moved on to pastures new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted June 6, 2022 Report Share Posted June 6, 2022 Hello, maybe the BBC think it's going to appeal to kindergarten children 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted June 6, 2022 Report Share Posted June 6, 2022 11 hours ago, Weihrauch17 said: Anybody watch it, I thought it was absolute garbage. Agreed. 11 hours ago, Gordon R said: Tried watching it - truly dire. The same here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.C Posted June 6, 2022 Report Share Posted June 6, 2022 1 hour ago, oldypigeonpopper said: Hello, maybe the BBC think it's going to appeal to kindergarten children 🤔 Surely that's exactly the level of "humour" that the provocative fat shouty one employed in the original series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted June 6, 2022 Report Share Posted June 6, 2022 WARNING! It is NOT for OLD people! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead eye alan Posted June 6, 2022 Report Share Posted June 6, 2022 Turned it off after 10 minuets got better things to do utter rubbish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted June 6, 2022 Report Share Posted June 6, 2022 14 minutes ago, Mr.C said: Surely that's exactly the level of "humour" that the provocative fat shouty one employed in the original series. That's why I never watch this TV series, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udderlyoffroad Posted June 6, 2022 Report Share Posted June 6, 2022 It's weird, isn't it? The beeb were desperate, absolutely desperate, to get rid of it. Then the accountants pitched in and stopped them, using goose/golden egg-style arguments. Then Clarkson did the job for them, and thumped a colleague (sidenote: The rest of us could expect to lose our SGCs/FACs for such an incident). Then they....brought it back with a litany of 'famous' people with extremely limited aptitude (Chris Evans for Crissakes). Now presumably, with international sales in the toilet, it's costing them (our) money to make and no-one is watching it. Actually, wait, that fits perfectly with the BBC's model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted June 6, 2022 Report Share Posted June 6, 2022 Quote Actually, wait, that fits perfectly with the BBC's model. Harsh, but accurate. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted June 6, 2022 Report Share Posted June 6, 2022 People do shows/series and really it is the 'stars' people watch - the show is only a vehicle for the stars to do what they do best. Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise - did - Morecambe & Wise - a huge hit, and you couldn't drop two others in their place and have the same show Ronnies Cornett and Barker - did - The Two Ronnies - a huge hit, and you couldn't drop two others in their place and have the same show Top Gear was in effect the Clarkson, Hammond and May Show. You can't just drop in different people and have the same show. The fact that the same "Clarkson, Hammond and May Show" team worked quite well for Grand Tour shows that really it is the people - and not the show/script/antics that 'work' as entertainment. Also all of the Clarkson, Hammond and May team have done solo work, with varying success, but I liked Clarkson's Farm immensely, and Hammond's current short series on British Rivers I have also enjoyed, though it is In my opinion) rather lightweight. May's solo stuff is also OK, though I have not watched much of it, when I do see it I usually watch until the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted June 6, 2022 Report Share Posted June 6, 2022 3 hours ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: WARNING! It is NOT for OLD people! Brilliant, if it's still Flintoff and Paddy then we'll happily watch, it's far from a serious car program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted June 6, 2022 Report Share Posted June 6, 2022 2 minutes ago, Mice! said: Brilliant, if it's still Flintoff and Paddy then we'll happily watch, it's far from a serious car program. Exactly, it's never been about cars since the Clarkson days, cars/vehicles just form part of the silliness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted June 6, 2022 Report Share Posted June 6, 2022 It hasn’t been a car consumer programme since the days of Angela Ripon. It’s a light entertainment programme about three blokes larking about in cars, and has never really worked at that either since Clarkson was fired and took May and Hammond with him. Clarkson revolutionised Top Gear, and he and Andy Gilman turned it into the BBC’s biggest money spinner. Their fame, popularity and capacity to attract income via tv ratings hasn’t diminished one bit, especially that of Clarkson. The same cannot be said of their substitutes on the current programme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord O War Posted June 8, 2022 Report Share Posted June 8, 2022 James May did a short series about Japan and it really was quite funny. The cooking show he did wasn't bad either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ordnance Posted June 8, 2022 Report Share Posted June 8, 2022 They needed to change the program in some way, just dropping in new presenters was never going to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rimfire4969 Posted June 9, 2022 Report Share Posted June 9, 2022 I quite liked it maybe because it was in one of my favourite places, Florida. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redial Posted June 11, 2022 Report Share Posted June 11, 2022 Run its day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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