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Chris Evans quits Top Gear

MI5 — Mon, 04 Jul 2016 14:28:23 GMT

Well that was short lived !

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36707266

Re: Chris Evans quits Top Gear

Bambino — Mon, 04 Jul 2016 14:42:30 GMT

Meh

Re: Chris Evans quits Top Gear

Anonymous — Mon, 04 Jul 2016 14:54:38 GMT

Good riddance & that'll please Matt LeBlanc who was going to quit if Evans stayed

Re: Chris Evans quits Top Gear

Cleoriff — Mon, 04 Jul 2016 15:02:29 GMT

Well. That's a shock. I hope they get another Brit in....as actually I am not too keen on Matt LeBlanc

Re: Chris Evans quits Top Gear

jonsie — Mon, 04 Jul 2016 15:25:46 GMT

He's ok for radio and that's the only good thing I can say with any honesty....

Re: Chris Evans quits Top Gear

Bambino — Mon, 04 Jul 2016 15:55:20 GMT

I found this amusing.

http://newsthump.com/2016/07/04/chris-evans-and-nigel-farage-in-job-swap/

Re: Chris Evans quits Top Gear

Cleoriff — Mon, 04 Jul 2016 17:48:00 GMT

@Bambino wrote:
I found this amusing.
http://newsthump.com/2016/07/04/chris-evans-and-nigel-farage-in-job-swap/

I loved that. News Thump also did an article about Farage saying he was resigning so he could spend more time with his ego..

Re: Chris Evans quits Top Gear

Daddydoink — Mon, 04 Jul 2016 18:41:58 GMT

I'm neither confirming or denying I'm in the running...

Re: Chris Evans quits Top Gear

Cleoriff — Mon, 04 Jul 2016 20:21:33 GMT

@Daddydoink wrote:
I'm neither confirming or denying I'm in the running...

Well when you are allowed to release the info @Daddydoink make sure we are the first to know

Re: Chris Evans quits Top Gear

MI5 — Mon, 04 Jul 2016 20:33:28 GMT

Let me guess......

Re: Chris Evans quits Top Gear

Beenherebefore — Mon, 04 Jul 2016 20:41:18 GMT

@MI5 wrote:
Let me guess......

Top Gear will be no more

Re: Chris Evans quits Top Gear

MI5 — Mon, 04 Jul 2016 20:59:12 GMT

Top Gear died when the old crew left as far as I'm concerned.

Re: Chris Evans quits Top Gear

Cleoriff — Mon, 04 Jul 2016 21:29:24 GMT

@MI5 wrote:
Top Gear died when the old crew left as far as I'm concerned.

I was prepared to give it a go as I actually like Chris Evans.....but I didn't like it much. It didn't work...Also I dont think it should be left to Matt LeBlanc to run. It's UK show so we need a good Brit...(if they haven't all fled the country...but that's a different story...)

Re: Chris Evans quits Top Gear

MI5 — Mon, 04 Jul 2016 21:52:57 GMT

Yeah, they've all scarpered to Europe now !

Re: Chris Evans quits Top Gear

jonsie — Tue, 05 Jul 2016 00:52:05 GMT

@MI5 wrote:
Yeah, they've all scarpered to Europe now !

The little continent off the coast of the mighty UK....?

Re: Chris Evans quits Top Gear

gmarkj — Tue, 05 Jul 2016 08:11:28 GMT

@MI5 wrote:
Top Gear died when the old crew left as far as I'm concerned.

Now I've not watched any of the new series (no time) but...

The problem they had was that they tried to do the same thing with different people. And Evans is no Clarkson, despite trying to be.

From what I have read/heard, the lack of interaction between Chris and Matt is dire not helped by Chris throwing him under a bus about the cenotaph stunt...

Saying that I will watch them at some point and I will see what the old lot are up to on their new show as well.

Re: Chris Evans quits Top Gear

jonsie — Tue, 05 Jul 2016 09:30:44 GMT

The old team just gelled and interacted brilliantly with each other. Throwing a couple or three people together and expectations of a similar format was never going to work. People will always compare to the original and the way viewing figures reached an all time low was testament to that.