BBC Top Gear 2018 Thread

[Cold]

We need to have a chat about the wardrobe department's lack of enthusiasm.

[thegreenhell]

Cold said:

We need to have a chat about the wardrobe department's lack of enthusiasm.

I'm not sure what you mean. Look, they're all in differently coloured shoes, and one of them has dark blue jeans and another has a white shirt. They're completely different outfits!

[aeropilot]

CharlieAlphaMike said:

Clarkson, Hammond and May were essentially motoring journalists, turned presenters (and mates), who hit upon a formula (with Andy Wilman) that essentially turned them into 'car show presenters'.

Err......not quite.

Clarkson had already been a 'car show presenter' on the 'old, old' Top Gear 4-5 years previously, along with Andy Wilman working in production.

It was JC and Wilman together that independently re-invented TG, which they then took to the BBC, and then even later on selling the ownership of it off to the BBC.

Hammond and May were not part of that initial reinvention and Hammond I believe auditioned for the part, and wasn't a motoring journo IIRC, so likely wasn't a 'mate' of JC prior to the show starting.
May had been a motoring journo, and had also previously presented the CH4 motoring programme Driven in the late 90's around the time that the old, old TG was on. Again, whether he and JC were 'mates' at the time he joined the TG team or not I'm not sure, although likely they knew each other.

[sumpoil]

Johnnytheboy said:

OK, let's run with this: what is your worst possible combination of three celebrities to present TG? I'm going with:

James Corden
Davina McCall
Jamie Oliver

Salma Hayek
Julianne Moore
Scarlett Johansson

That would be terrible ..... definitely wouldn't want to watch that .....

[FredClogs]

Cold said:

We need to have a chat about the wardrobe department's lack of enthusiasm.

Freddie's got part ownership in Jacamo I think so he'll be providing the wardrobe.

[FourWheelDrift]

sumpoil said:

Johnnytheboy said:

OK, let's run with this: what is your worst possible combination of three celebrities to present TG? I'm going with:

James Corden
Davina McCall
Jamie Oliver

Salma Hayek
Julianne Moore
Scarlett Johansson

That would be terrible ..... definitely wouldn't want to watch that .....

Can't be any worse than Jezza, Hammond and May.

Corbyn, Phillip and Teresa.

[AppleJuice]

Johnnytheboy said:

OK, let's run with this: what is your worst possible combination of three celebrities to present TG? I'm going with:

James Corden
Davina McCall
Jamie Oliver

Shamelessly nicking that for a thread

[Gav147]

AppleJuice said:

Johnnytheboy said:

OK, let's run with this: what is your worst possible combination of three celebrities to present TG? I'm going with:

James Corden
Davina McCall
Jamie Oliver

Shamelessly nicking that for a thread

You'd have more of a challenge picking 3 people who would actually get approval from the ph massive, no matter who gets the gig half the thread will be moaning

[PistonBroker]

You know those conversations you end up having with people - 'ooh, you should speak to Dave, he likes cars too' - and you quickly realise Dave might say he likes cars but he knows f**k all about them?

I can't help but think that's what this new line-up looks like - poor Monkey Harris trying to talk technically about cars with two idiots who are only interested in what the car looks like or says about them.

[RJG46]

sumpoil said:

Johnnytheboy said:

OK, let's run with this: what is your worst possible combination of three celebrities to present TG? I'm going with:

James Corden
Davina McCall
Jamie Oliver

Salma Hayek
Julianne Moore
Scarlett Johansson

That would be terrible ..... definitely wouldn't want to watch that .....

Wayne Rooney
Ant McPartlin
Kirsty Gallacher

All have a love of driving (Pissed)

[dsmith1990]

I gave Top Gear a go through the previous line up changes and last season was pretty good overall. I was disappointed to see MLB was leaving but thought they'd carry on with Rory.

I actually like Paddy. Flintoff however...Jesus wept. Can't stand the bloke and I'm a cricket fan!

Awful on commentary for the T20 where he was brash and just shouty in general. Final nail in the coffin for me.

[M666 EVO]

3 blokes with no woman, ethnic or LBGT in there? How the fook did BBC get away with that?!

I can't think of 2 people I despise more. It will surely be sh*te.

Can't wait for Grand Tour to start up again - 3 people passionate about cars and farting about!

[Cupramax]

aeropilot said:

CharlieAlphaMike said:

Clarkson, Hammond and May were essentially motoring journalists, turned presenters (and mates), who hit upon a formula (with Andy Wilman) that essentially turned them into 'car show presenters'.

Err......not quite.

Clarkson had already been a 'car show presenter' on the 'old, old' Top Gear 4-5 years previously, along with Andy Wilman working in production.

It was JC and Wilman together that independently re-invented TG, which they then took to the BBC, and then even later on selling the ownership of it off to the BBC.

Hammond and May were not part of that initial reinvention and Hammond I believe auditioned for the part, and wasn't a motoring journo IIRC, so likely wasn't a 'mate' of JC prior to the show starting.
May had been a motoring journo, and had also previously presented the CH4 motoring programme Driven in the late 90's around the time that the old, old TG was on. Again, whether he and JC were 'mates' at the time he joined the TG team or not I'm not sure, although likely they knew each other.

Hammond was working on Men and Motors way before TG, yes he dj’d on Local radio too but he was more motoring journo than dj by the time he joined TG.

[CarHabit]

I’m pretty sure there’s never been such a large list of potentially great presenters. The TG hosts need to know about cars, be passionate and be able to translate this onto the screen. With all the car mags shedding journalists and the emergence of decent YouTube presenters, the pickings are rich

- Chris Harris (obvs keep but lose the weird race instructive segment)

- Henry Catchpole

- Jethro Bovington

- Matt Farah

- Alex Goy

- etc

[fastgerman]

OzzyR1 said:

fastgerman said:

What about Button + Harris + Kidd = tremendous!

Jodie Kidd is great at many things, presenting TV shows is not one of them.

Okay how about Susie Wolff?

[RB Will]

Cupramax said:

aeropilot said:

CharlieAlphaMike said:

Clarkson, Hammond and May were essentially motoring journalists, turned presenters (and mates), who hit upon a formula (with Andy Wilman) that essentially turned them into 'car show presenters'.

Err......not quite.

Clarkson had already been a 'car show presenter' on the 'old, old' Top Gear 4-5 years previously, along with Andy Wilman working in production.

It was JC and Wilman together that independently re-invented TG, which they then took to the BBC, and then even later on selling the ownership of it off to the BBC.

Hammond and May were not part of that initial reinvention and Hammond I believe auditioned for the part, and wasn't a motoring journo IIRC, so likely wasn't a 'mate' of JC prior to the show starting.
May had been a motoring journo, and had also previously presented the CH4 motoring programme Driven in the late 90's around the time that the old, old TG was on. Again, whether he and JC were 'mates' at the time he joined the TG team or not I'm not sure, although likely they knew each other.

Hammond was working on Men and Motors way before TG, yes he dj’d on Local radio too but he was more motoring journo than dj by the time he joined TG.

See link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWo5WYSVCWo

[nicfaz]

My 2p is that I'd have liked to see Henry Catchpole, but that would have been too risky for Auntie I suspect. He deserves a wider audience, some of the Carfection stuff lately has been fantastic.

I'll still watch it because Harris is staying and I used to watch his stuff on youtube because it was very good - a natural presenter. Freddie could go either way, but he seems alright. Never heard of Paddy so that's an unknown quantity for me.

Sad to see Rory go, he did some good pieces. MLB was surprisingly good but I can understand when you've as much money as he has, why you wouldn't want a TG sized commitment in your life. I wouldn't!

[Eagerbeemer]

fastgerman said:

Okay how about Susie Wolff?

With Rowen Atkinson

[Johnspex]

OzzyR1 said:

fastgerman said:

What about Button + Harris + Kidd = tremendous!

Jodie Kidd is great at many things, presenting TV shows is not one of them.

The same applies to Harris. He may be the best driver in the world and the most knowledgeable but he is a bloody awful presenter.

[Johnspex]

Cold said:

We need to have a chat about the wardrobe department's lack of enthusiasm.

Harris looks thrilled