BBC Top Gear Thread 2021/2022

[DoubleD]

Zetec-S said:

ch37 said:

I had a genuine laugh out loud moment when Flintoff said why would he move to Germany for sausage when he can get Richmonds in Asda. Mainly because I could hear myself saying that. No idea if that was scripted or not but it felt absolutely genuine in the moment, I think you'd see through their acting in those moments if it was all word for word scripted, as comedic acting is extremely difficult to do well.

That was either unscripted or well acted by Flintoff, made me chuckle either way.

As I've said before, hopefully the team will get a chance to continue for a good few years and grow into their roles/the programme.

I think even c70r would agree that not every word is scripted.

[greenarrow]

DoubleD said:

I think even c70r would agree that not every word is scripted.

I'm not so sure, he loves an argument, that one....!

I missed TG this week and it doesn't appear to be on I Player as of last night. Does anyone know if its repeated on BBC2, or perhaps I have missed that as well.

[Doofus]

DoubleD said:

I think even c70r would agree that not every word is scripted.

What, even though he has repeatedly and vociferously told us that it is 100% scripted, to the tiniest detail?

[Fermit and Sexy Sarah]

greenarrow said:

I'm not so sure, he loves an argument, that one....!

I missed TG this week and it doesn't appear to be on I Player as of last night. Does anyone know if its repeated on BBC2, or perhaps I have missed that as well.

IIRC it's repeated Tuesday evening, maybe 7? With the move to BBC1 this could have changed mind.

[DoubleD]

Doofus said:

DoubleD said:

I think even c70r would agree that not every word is scripted.

What, even though he has repeatedly and vociferously told us that it is 100% scripted, to the tiniest detail?

Yeah good point

[Bonefish Blues]

DoubleD said:

Doofus said:

DoubleD said:

I think even c70r would agree that not every word is scripted.

What, even though he has repeatedly and vociferously told us that it is 100% scripted, to the tiniest detail?

Yeah good point

I suspected an issue after the first 6 words there

[droopsnoot]

Fermit and Sexy Sarah said:

greenarrow said:

I'm not so sure, he loves an argument, that one....!

I missed TG this week and it doesn't appear to be on I Player as of last night. Does anyone know if its repeated on BBC2, or perhaps I have missed that as well.

IIRC it's repeated Tuesday evening, maybe 7? With the move to BBC1 this could have changed mind.

It was on BBC1 around 11pm last night.

[Jim on the hill]

Bonefish Blues said:

DoubleD said:

Doofus said:

DoubleD said:

I think even c70r would agree that not every word is scripted.

What, even though he has repeatedly and vociferously told us that it is 100% scripted, to the tiniest detail?

Yeah good point

I suspected an issue after the first 6 words there

[C70R]

Doofus said:

DoubleD said:

I think even c70r would agree that not every word is scripted.

What, even though he has repeatedly and vociferously told us that it is 100% scripted, to the tiniest detail?

You'll surely have no issue pointing out where I said it was "100% scripted".

Unless you're making stuff up because, for some odd reason, you're as crestfallen as when you discovered that the tooth fairy wasn't real.

[Bonefish Blues]

C70R said:

You'll surely have no issue pointing out where I said it was "100% scripted".

Unless you're making stuff up because, for some odd reason, you're as crestfallen as when you discovered that the tooth fairy wasn't real.

By the way C70R, lest my comment above be misinterpreted as a dig, I'm much enjoying exchanges, various

[C70R]

Bonefish Blues said:

C70R said:

You'll surely have no issue pointing out where I said it was "100% scripted".

Unless you're making stuff up because, for some odd reason, you're as crestfallen as when you discovered that the tooth fairy wasn't real.

By the way C70R, lest my comment above be misinterpreted as a dig, I'm much enjoying exchanges, various

It's fine, honestly. I'm much less precious than some.

[Doofus]

C70R said:

Doofus said:

DoubleD said:

I think even c70r would agree that not every word is scripted.

What, even though he has repeatedly and vociferously told us that it is 100% scripted, to the tiniest detail?

You'll surely have no issue pointing out where I said it was "100% scripted".

Unless you're making stuff up because, for some odd reason, you're as crestfallen as when you discovered that the tooth fairy wasn't real.

C70R said:

You're aware that all if this is meticulously, painstakingly scripted, right?

In the same post you also said:

It worked better for CH&M because they'd known each other for years...but it was still 100% scripted.

a short while later you said:

Top Gear, both new and old is incredibly tightly scripted.

The bold type was added by me, but the bullst is all yours.

[C70R]

Doofus said:

C70R said:

Doofus said:

DoubleD said:

I think even c70r would agree that not every word is scripted.

What, even though he has repeatedly and vociferously told us that it is 100% scripted, to the tiniest detail?

You'll surely have no issue pointing out where I said it was "100% scripted".

Unless you're making stuff up because, for some odd reason, you're as crestfallen as when you discovered that the tooth fairy wasn't real.

C70R said:

You're aware that all if this is meticulously, painstakingly scripted, right?

In the same post you also said:

It worked better for CH&M because they'd known each other for years...but it was still 100% scripted.

a short while later you said:

Top Gear, both new and old is incredibly tightly scripted.

The bold type was added by me, but the bullst is all yours.

Hoisted by my own petard, it seems.

Hyperbole always comes back to bite us on the backside.

For the avoidance of doubt, I don't believe it's 100% scripted word-for-word. I was being hyperbolic. The number is probably closer to 98%.

[ChocolateFrog]

Riley Blue said:

Top Gear won an Emmy in 2005 for Best Non-Scripted Entertainment:

https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000353/2005/1/?ref_=...

Which Clarkson has taken the piss out of numerous times due to the amount of agonising he did over the script.

I think the sausages joke was ofcourse scripted, unless you're assuming Flintoff doesn't know Germany do sausages better than we do.

[DoubleD]

C70R said:

Hoisted by my own petard, it seems.

Hyperbole always comes back to bite us on the backside.

For the avoidance of doubt, I don't believe it's 100% scripted word-for-word. I was being hyperbolic. The number is probably closer to 98%.

So which bits of the programme are the 2%?

[LuS1fer]

Oh FFS, stop bickering and critique the actual content.
This thread is like the Womens' Institute.

[Bonefish Blues]

LuS1fer said:

Oh FFS, stop bickering and critique the actual content.
This thread is like the Womens' Institute.

Uh-oh, now you've done it. You really don't want to incur the wrath of the WI you know.

[Fundoreen]

C70R said:

waynecyclist said:

Not sure why they used the cars they did however, a DBS and Conti GT would have made more sense.

Likely because they were the cars that the manufacturers would pay them (or give and insure them for free) to promote.

Im suprised its on BBC as a lot of it is just advertising . Like a tv argos catalog for a bored footballers weekly wage packet.

[DoubleD]

ChocolateFrog said:

I think the sausages joke was ofcourse scripted, unless you're assuming Flintoff doesn't know Germany do sausages better than we do.

Oh no, ours are much much better

[cerb4.5lee]

The latest episode has been my least favourite of the lot, and it didn't engage me like it usually does. I might give it another whirl though, because I've really enjoyed this series overall.