Jeremy Clarkson suspended by BBC...

[illmonkey]

Snozzwangler said:

illmonkey said:

Welshbeef said:

Randy Winkman said:

And I thought it was only on the BBC that people were "overpaid".

Well one is 63m population the other is up to 7 billion...

No, they sold TG around the world. So still par on par.

Not with equal coverage/accessibility.

His figures are still wrong. It's more like 350m world wide who watch it.

[FourWheelDrift]

The Last of the Summer Wine.

[anonymous-user]

Doesn't matter what they call it... There's only about 12 people with Amazon Prime to watch it.

[Vaud]

OpulentBob said:

Doesn't matter what they call it... There's only about 12 20,000,000 people with Amazon Prime to watch it.

EFA

[Camoradi]

audi321 said:

So what are we guessing for a name then. 100 virtual house points for the nearest guess!

Two men and a baby

[FourWheelDrift]

6th Gear

[KTF]

OpulentBob said:

Doesn't matter what they call it... There's only about 12 people with Amazon Prime to watch it.

I believe you can also buy the individual episodes without subscribing as well.

[chris watton]

KTF said:

OpulentBob said:

Doesn't matter what they call it... There's only about 12 people with Amazon Prime to watch it.

I believe you can also buy the individual episodes without subscribing as well.

Yes, I mentioned this a few pages back now - you can buy individual episodes for £1.89, you do not have to subscribe to prime for this.

[DMN]

The joke from 2002.

[Cheese Mechanic]

KTF said:

I believe you can also buy the individual episodes without subscribing as well.

That would seem a common sense thing for them to do. Whilst it seems a done thing that susbs to Prime will only increase because of them signing CHM , PPV/boxed sets for specific shows/series will also almost without doubt be huge revenue earners for Amazon.

[Countdown]

otolith said:

zygalski said:

If life elsewhere was so tremendously mind-bogglingly fantastic & futurefunkmungous, then why did the TG team all renew their good old BBC contracts last time around?

Loyalty, and the ownership of the franchise.

They don't own the franchise do they? And loyalty for what?

I think they probably signed because the EvilLefty Carhating Beeb was paying them shedloads in cash.

[Snozzwangler]

FourWheelDrift said:

6th Gear

Better Gear?

[audi321]

I'm going for Prime Gear lol.

And the £1.89 per episode thing would be my option. Really good value I'd say! No one would quibble at that.

[johnxjsc1985]

"The flappy paddle show".

[otolith]

Countdown said:

otolith said:

zygalski said:

If life elsewhere was so tremendously mind-bogglingly fantastic & futurefunkmungous, then why did the TG team all renew their good old BBC contracts last time around?

Loyalty, and the ownership of the franchise.

They don't own the franchise do they? And loyalty for what?

I think they probably signed because the EvilLefty Carhating Beeb was paying them shedloads in cash.

The BBC own the franchise. If you want to work on Top Gear, you have to work with the BBC.

Loyalty to an institution of which he has expressed a fondness and for which he has worked for many years.

[anonymous-user]

Shifted Gear

[johnxjsc1985]

"Shafted" or was that Kilroy's.

[Cheese Mechanic]

digimeistter said:

Shifted Gear

"Shift Gear" Would be my take on that. Thing is though, I'm wondering if their could be legal reasons , to avoid the word "gear" . Not having a full understanding of the law in this, parhaps the BBC could mount a legal challenge on the basis its mimmicking their own programme?

[JagLover]

Welshbeef said:

£5m for 3 years or £160m for 3 years....

No wonder JC and his crew simply couldn't give a toss when contracts not renewed.

You are comparing salaries with total production costs.

I imagine they will take home more money but a very big chunk of it will go on the show. Lets hope they produce something special.

[Vincefox]

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