Chris Evans to do Top Gear.who will join him

[Tonsko]

I am Guy Martin, and that's my spanner.

[R666]

The million people who voted to have clarkson re instated should boycott it as should everyone else.

Let it fail and send the Beeb another message that their brand of st political correctness isn't wanted by a large silent majority in this country

Besides it will be st

[R666]

The million people who voted to have clarkson re instated should boycott it as should everyone else.

Let it fail and send the Beeb another message that their brand of st political correctness isn't wanted by a large silent majority in this country

Besides it will be st

[johnxjsc1985]

R666 said:

The million people who voted to have clarkson re instated should boycott it as should everyone else.

Let it fail and send the Beeb another message that their brand of st political correctness isn't wanted by a large silent majority in this country

Besides it will be st

I would imagine the vast majority of License payers are working class so next Sunday at 8pm the BBC show is about fake Art WTF.
It needs demolishing down to the last brick

[nikaiyo2]

I would really love to see Darrell Waltrip doing it, he ticks the boxes so well... He can drive and is a great presenter, might be a bit in PC for the Beeb!

[MissChief]

'Their brand of political correctness' being to effectively sack someone for assaulting a fellow member of staff, as you would expect for any other company to do if it happened anywhere else? Or would you expect the BBC to let him away with it 'because he's famous/makes the BBC a lot of money'?

[johnxjsc1985]

MissChief said:

'Their brand of political correctness' being to effectively sack someone for assaulting a fellow member of staff, as you would expect for any other company to do if it happened anywhere else? Or would you expect the BBC to let him away with it 'because he's famous/makes the BBC a lot of money'?

where have you been this has been done to death more than once

[Challo]

Evangelion said:

Don't know if anyone's mentioned Guy Martin yet, but I seem to remember reading somewhere, quite recently, that he's been quoted as saying he wouldn't want to do TG.

Jody Kidd ... tolerable.
Suzy Perry ... tolerable.
VBH ... tolerable
David Mitchell ... are you serious?
Dermot O'fking Leary ... I'd never watch it again.
Steve Coogan ... he'd be OK
Phil glenister ... also OK.
Ed China ... would be fantastic.

Can't think of a single female I'd really want. Oh yes I can - Rachel Riley. (mmmmm.....)

With regard to the Stig, doesn't Clarkson still own the rights to that?

Guy Martin gets mentioned every second comment. I don't think any of your choices would be good, and I'm not sure who would.

[Moonhawk]

Challo said:

Guy Martin gets mentioned every second comment. I don't think any of your choices would be good, and I'm not sure who would.

I don't know either. The thing about TG was the interaction between the presenters. They worked as a trio. Sequences with only two of them never worked as well.

The new Top Gear will fly or fail based on the interaction and genuine rapport between the presenters - not based on how good any of them are individually.......and that cannot be known until we see them all on screen together (assuming that is the format they go with).

Look at how TG started way back when. It was quickly realised that Jason Dawe just didn't have the chemistry with Clarkson and Hammond - and so May was brought in instead. The new TG may have the same teething issues and we just have to hope that:

1. It can be recovered by replacing one or more of the presenters who just don't gel.
2. The producers have the balls to make such a call ASAP.

Edited by Moonhawk on Sunday 28th June 23:22

[XRS]

Amanda Stretton for the female part. Good knowledge, racing experience, presented car shows in the past. Ticks all the boxes as far as I'm concerned.

[soad]

XRS said:

Amanda Stretton for the female part. Good knowledge, racing experience, presented car shows in the past. Ticks all the boxes as far as I'm concerned.

Not a bad looker either.

[Moonhawk]

XRS said:

Amanda Stretton for the female part. Good knowledge, racing experience, presented car shows in the past. Ticks all the boxes as far as I'm concerned.

Watched a couple of her car reviews on Youtube - her delivery is a little flat.

[pjfamilyguy1]

what about Idris Elba ? he did what I thought was a decent car series a year or so ago....

[gowmonster]

What about, Tiff Needell and Vicky Butler Henderson? or Mike Brewer and Penny Mallory or even Noel Edmunds and Quentin Wilson.

I'll get my coat

[Funkycoldribena]

pjfamilyguy1 said:

what about Idris Elba ? he did what I thought was a decent car series a year or so ago....

What a good idea,no-ones mentioned him before.

[p1stonhead]

Funkycoldribena said:

pjfamilyguy1 said:

what about Idris Elba ? he did what I thought was a decent car series a year or so ago....

What a good idea,no-ones mentioned him before.

Surely not his dire 'King of Speed' where he showed himself to be anything but?

[pjfamilyguy1]

point taken but the old line up had a "captain slow", but his passion I thought came across and seemed a likable chap IMHO

Edited by pjfamilyguy1 on Monday 29th June 12:17

[Smollet]

p1stonhead said:

Surely not his dire 'King of Speed' where he showed himself to be anything but?

He's got a new show coming out next Monday. I hope it's an improvement of the last one which was pretty poor. It was more about him than anything elsse which I guess was fair enough but good viewing it wasn't. Excellent actors do not necessarily make good TV hosts

Edited by Smollet on Monday 29th June 12:54

[Europa1]

Smollet said:

p1stonhead said:

Surely not his dire 'King of Speed' where he showed himself to be anything but?

He's got a new show coming out next Monday. I hope it's an improvement of the last one which was pretty poor. It was more about him than anything elsse which I guess was fair enough but good viewing it wasn't. Excellent actors do not necessarily make good TV hosts

Edited by Smollet on Monday 29th June 12:54

I have to say I am finding his blokey/matey/cool routine on the Sky adverts rather wearing.

[P-Jay]

Smollet said:

p1stonhead said:

Surely not his dire 'King of Speed' where he showed himself to be anything but?

He's got a new show coming out next Monday. I hope it's an improvement of the last one which was pretty poor. It was more about him than anything elsse which I guess was fair enough but good viewing it wasn't. Excellent actors do not necessarily make good TV hosts

Edited by Smollet on Monday 29th June 12:54

Either way, I doubt Idris Elba would sign on for a long running series like TG - if you believe IMDB he's got 3 films in post-production, there's 3 more currently filming to be released next year and he's got another film coming out in 2017, plus more 'Luther' in the pipeline and whatever else.