Top Gear 2016 Official TV show thread *contains spoilers*

[Rich_W]

swisstoni said:

You must love Sky then. Such wonderful original content. And so cheap!

I don't watch very much BBC content at all. (Not much outside of the Olympics or occasional cycling or Triathlon event) But I'm not saying get rid of the BBC. I'm saying make them pay their own way. They run effectively ads between their shows now anyway.

Saying that,

Homes under the hammer? High art indeed.

Whereas Sky Atlantic is essentially HBO UK. And that's just amazing TV. BBC cannot compete because they piss their money away because there's always some more on the way.

[simonrockman]

So, Grand Tour is 18th November: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK0lkrtYvVs

12 weeks

[MarshPhantom]

simonrockman said:

So, Grand Tour is 18th November: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK0lkrtYvVs

12 weeks

Friday not Sunday. Used to like TG when it was on over Christmas, they haven't done it for years.

[r11co]

MarshPhantom said:

Friday not Sunday.

Logical for a streamed program. Makes it a weekend event!

[davepoth]

LDM said:

Not sure why people are so stuck on keeping the old £ presenter set-up, yes it worked for Clarkson but it doesn't mean you have to stick with it - embrace change I far preferred the extra presenters it should in time give more depth!

It's about the right number IMO. Too many presenters and you get into a situation where they don't get enough screen time, as we got with the Chris Evans Top Gear - nobody had a chance to really explain who they were.

[Pesty]

r11co said:

Logical for a streamed program. Makes it a weekend event!

Would you mind explaining that to me.

[Pesty]

simonrockman said:

So, Grand Tour is 18th November: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK0lkrtYvVs

12 weeks

Good trailer.

[r11co]

Pesty said:

Would you mind explaining that to me.

Do you know the difference between broadcasting and streaming?

[johnxjsc1985]

The Burma special was on this morning and it was extremely funny even without the joke at the end. I wonder how close the new show will be to the old format I am looking forward to it.

[Rich_W]

johnxjsc1985 said:

The Burma special was on this morning and it was extremely funny even without the joke at the end. I wonder how close the new show will be to the old format I am looking forward to it.

From the trailer linked earlier. Much the same. Whether that's a good thing or not, will depend on your pov. I'm inclined to think they had the opportunity to change a few things around. (to a degree Evans/LeBlanc had the same option, but chose not to) So we'll see after the first couple episodes.


Only it wont be current as it's being filmed weeks in advance. From what I can determine from the internets, the first episode fro South Africa is already finished. And we're still weeks away from it being shown.

Non official vid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-Ht_iQzQSk

[droopsnoot]

johnxjsc1985 said:

The Burma special was on this morning and it was extremely funny even without the joke at the end. I wonder how close the new show will be to the old format I am looking forward to it.

I was watching that last night, I try to catch quite a few of these as they're always (well, usually, but I can't think of a duff one) a good watch. Another thing I've got on DVD and could watch any time I like, but choose to watch while they're on and I can never quite see the whole thing.

[FiF]

Watched the race between steam train Tornado, XK120, and Vincent Black Shadow. Siarpc Michael Schumacher.

Do episodes get much better than that one?

[suffolk009]

^^^ That one was up there with the North Pole film.

[johnxjsc1985]

FiF said:

Watched the race between steam train Tornado, XK120, and Vincent Black Shadow. Siarpc Michael Schumacher.

Do episodes get much better than that one?

It was great fun and a I wonder if Hammond ever really recovered from it. How great would it be to drive an X120 all that way.

[r11co]

FiF said:

Watched the race between steam train Tornado, XK120, and Vincent Black Shadow.

Do episodes get much better than that one?

"Don't it always seem to go, that you don't know what you've got......"

I've got the terrible feeling that one thing TGT will lose is quintissentially British stuff like that.

[johnxjsc1985]

r11co said:

"Don't it always seem to go, that you don't know what you've got......"

I've got the terrible feeling that one thing TGT will lose is quintissentially British stuff like that.

I think they will find stuff like that to do but they already film all around the world and upset people everywhere they went...cant wait

[Blib]

FiF said:

Watched the race between steam train Tornado, XK120, and Vincent Black Shadow. Siarpc Michael Schumacher.

Do episodes get much better than that one?

Just watching it now. What I'd forgotten was the Stig 'revealing' himself as Michael Schumacher. Very poignant.

[johnxjsc1985]

Michael Gambon was the guest this morning from 10 years ago !!!!!!. Also the Citroen feature made reference to "Cheese eating surrender Monkeys" wonder who he was referring to.

[RemyMartin]

Blib said:

Just watching it now. What I'd forgotten was the Stig 'revealing' himself as Michael Schumacher. Very poignant.

My favourite 'race' was that one in that episode. Seeing Schuey actually make me quite cut up :'-(

[Hitch]

So a chap called Paul Hollywood turned down a role on Top Gear to go to Channel 4 with his popular cookery contest programme. Shame that, I think I would have enjoyed the Great British Brake Off....boom boom!

Does show that the BBC still don't have a plan for the show though.