Top Gear: The future?

[Cleoriff]

Unless you have been in a news free zone for 24 hrs it wont have gone unnoticed that Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has been suspended...

Allegedly he punched a producer....

Sundays episode has been shelved along with the remaining two in the Top Gear series..

Clarksons suspension has led to a massive petition for his reinstatement.

Personally, I wonder why so many want him back? Surely this massively popular show can survive without him? (Stands back ready to be panned for that comment )

Maybe this 'hero worship' of Clarkson is a 'man thing'? (apologies if that appears sexist )

I don't particularly like him. I think he arrogantly believes he is invincible....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-31828184

[Beenherebefore]

Didn't watch it....won't be watching it.......dislike the Ginger One intensely.

[Toby]

I thought it wasn't half-bad to be honest personally. I really liked Matt Le Blanc and Chris Evans would be fine I think if he was just himself. I'll keep watching. I like the new Rally course for the Stars too :).

[Cleoriff]

I watched some of it and enjoyed it. There are always going to be those who loved the old show and will compare this unfavourably to that. I hated Clarkson with a passion...so will watch this for a while ...I like Chris Evans you see. I will give it a chance...:smileywink:

[Anonymous]

Same as @Beenherebefore, I can't stand Chris Evans so won't be watching. 

[jonsie]

I was too busy to watch but it got slated in the press and the reviews were very poor. Early days though....

[viridis]

To be fair, if you ever watch the first top gear from the last 3, it was truly dreadful

[Cleoriff]

Actually I though Chris Evans was quite amusing when the first show aired. In his intro he 'dared' to make a joke about being hungry and would any of the producers care to get him something to eat?

I suppose this sort of comment would have offended the Clarkson fans though...

[Beenherebefore]

And it's the type of humour Clarkson would have used.

All in all the "new" show appears to be just a re-hash of everything Top Gear has already done.....no new ideas, no new format......same old.

[Cleoriff]

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@Beenherebefore wrote:
And it's the type of humour Clarkson would have used.

All in all the "new" show appears to be just a re-hash of everything Top Gear has already done.....no new ideas, no new format......same old.

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It's also the 'type of humour' Chris Evans would use. Quite anarchic actually. However as I say Clarkson has gone...thank god. I may continue to watch this new show (even if it follows the old format) You should be watching the old team on Amazon Prime....

[Beenherebefore]

No, I thought that the Top Gear format had already run its course and needed a new image.......unfortunately BBC don't do new image.