[Closed] Chris Evans to lead Top Gear line-up

Well there's a surprise - methought he did protest too much that he wasn't going to do it!

Replacing one arsehole with another. Well done BBC.

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virtually confirmed it on tfi, not really a surprise.
May work, depends who the others are.

What are the odds on Jason Plato joining him?

good

the old format was unbelievably stale and achingly scripted/cringeworthy (not in a good way)

I thought Plato was one of the drivers they use for the Stig already!

I thought Plato was one of the drivers they use for the Stig already!

Then he already knows where the studio is.

The rich getting richer ...

There are so many people in UK and the BBC have to choose this bloke.

Those at BBC are really bunch of jobworth a-hole zomebie maggots.

No wonder we are screwed.

Nope. I can happily not watch him as he has annoying voice and he is not funny.

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Knows his cars though, give him a chance if its still just big boys n toys i'll turn it off

What a load of toss. They killed it

Flippin brilliant - funny, smart, full of new ideas. My day has been made. 😀

Hes passed his best and he was terrible on the car bit in tfi.

Jesus the BBC management dont have a clue. They should have shelved it for a year.

It was definitely time for a change, it had become stale with only a fraction of the episodes hitting its old heights. Hopefully this is the right change.

Awesome. He's got a net worth in excess of £100m, owns a car worth £12m, gets paid close to £3/4m a year or £1000 an HOUR for radio 2, and has now picked up another £mm contract paid for by the license [s]tax[/s] fee.

We're absolute mugs and the BBC is far to quick to throw money at already grossly overpaid "talent".

full of new ideas

Well that is to be seen. I think he can freshen up the banter and bring it up to date, but the show will still need something more and new if it is to survive beyond a couple of seasons.

Yes it was overdue a change but not him. Jesus.

I said there was an ulterior motive for the TFi special. 'To remind people' that he once did more than radio.

throwing money at something that has the potential to continue to rake in much more money sounds pretty sensible to me.

I'm assuming they'll be changing the format, so will definitely tune in to see how it goes

Chris Evans is a tedious bore seemingly always peddling his posh follies on the radio.

I wanted Guy Martin.

Selling Guy Martin across the globe would require some serious sub-title skillz!

They should change the name too while they are at it ...

If they mention Top Gear I expect to see the original 3 blokes.

Not someone who has millions and huge collection of cars ...

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You'd need a intepretator for Guy though (or subtitles)

hora - Member

You'd need a intepretator for Guy though (or subtitles)

He needs to speak English first coz the interpreter cannot even start to interpret unless he speak English ... 😆

If they mention Top Gear I expect to see the original 3 blokes.

Bit harsh on Angela Rippon that comment

"throwing money at something that has the potential to continue to rake in much more money sounds pretty sensible to me."

Yes but that's not the point of the BBC is it? If they want to make commercial programming they should raise their own finance and not rely on a mandatory tax on the public for working capital.

iolo - Member
Replacing one arsehole with another...

Agreed. Though I think I actually find Chris Evans more irritating

..Well done BBC

I think they have done well with their choice, Evans will appeal to pretty much the same audience.

Yes but that's not the point of the BBC is it? If they want to make commercial programming they should raise their own finance and not rely on a mandatory tax on the public

Works for me. We give them money, they make shows, they sell shows, they make more money, they make more shows......

Suzi Perry and Jason Plato for the others, possibly, maybe, reading between the TFI lines.
There will definitely be a woman in the line-up, and Perry has the credentials.

legend - Member

If they mention Top Gear I expect to see the original 3 blokes.

Bit harsh on Angela Rippon that comment

She was on for two seasons so does not count.

However, [b]even Angela Rippon is better than that Evans bloke[/b].

I would watch Angela for a laugh but not that Evans bloke coz he is Not funny.

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I wanted Guy Martin.

and Perry has the [s]credentials[/s] moustache.

She is an awful presenter.

Grumble grumble grumble. Grumble... Grumble, Grumble !!

Grumble

Not someone who has millions and huge collection of cars ...

you mean the 3 blokes who left right?

She is an awful presenter.

I figured that the "credentials" mentioned were that she's female

dirtyrider - Member

Not someone who has millions and huge collection of cars ...

you mean the 3 blokes who left right?

They can but not that Evans bloke. I am totally, absolutely, entirely bias.

Crikey the middle classes will be flocking to watch the new one.
It doesn't matter, the other lot will be along shortly to steal all the old viewers.

He was always the replacement for Clarkson. That doesn't mean it'll be any good, but if they want to keep the show a farce then he's the man.

I miss the days when it was actually about reviewing cars, but then that was a dull show by comparison. What it became was just idiocy.

She is an awful presenter.

Agreed, but a F1, Moto GP and Gadget Show experience makes her an almost perfect candidate as they're all vaguely the same audiences as Top Gear. Plus she's a she.

Wasted opportunity on boarding Evans IMO. Whilst he'll take his R2 listeners along, most of which know who he is and what he does, the other section of his audience listen to him because local radio is tosh and the commercial radio stations are just plainly wrong. They'll either flock like pigeons around a bag of chips or get frightened off by his "inane" grin.

Format change or not, Top Gear it won't be. A pale imitation ? Dunno about that. A new format constructed around the BBC's current craze for recording everything on an iPhone, undoubtedly.

Thing that I will not like, and sorry lads, but there will be too many Northern Accents. It'll be the same as BBC News does now, they walk out into Salford, grab a passer by and haul them in with some "human" story. In reality we can't understand a word they say and really there should be subtitles.

I'll watch the first two episodes and take it from there, 3 years though ? 3 whole years of chucking more of our License Fee into Evans already huge Bank Account ?

It's seriously about time either WE took over the BBC or it generates it's own income.

If it's diversity in the workplace you are suggesting then shirley the disabled ought to be brought in to present too..

Or is that a step too far I wonder..

I was hoping Angela Rippon would come back and save us all.

Couldn't think of a better candidate, TFIs sketch with topgear was pretty much Clarkson handing over the keys, literally.

I can't see how he will be able to film the specials and do his radio show.
Please god don't let them give the job to Patrick ****ing Kielty.

I really like Chris Evans, he transformed the Breakfast show, pushed R2 to an all time high in ratings. Huge success for the BBC. Also a genuinely nice bloke, very generous and has raised millions for comic relief.

Let's hope they get James Corden and Will.I.Am to round out the trio.

They could bring back Kate Humble to make Evans appear less annoying?

Patrick **** Kielty.

Now there's an idea, he could be like they did with the old marina, drop a caravan on him one week, push him off a mountain the next. That would be a regular section of the show that kept me interested.

bikebouy - Member

If it's diversity in the workplace you are suggesting then shirley the disabled ought to be brought in to present too..

Or is that a step too far I wonder..

Not far enough ...

You need a non-white, disable, LGBT, belief in human insect, come from other solar system, eat long-pig and smoke crystal.

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They can but not that Evans bloke. I am totally, absolutely, entirely bias.

why not?

dirtyrider - Member

They can but not that Evans bloke. I am totally, absolutely, entirely bias.

why not?

Do you think Neil Kinnock has the look of a PM?

Or do you think Ed Milliband is better off with blonde dreadlocks ...

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so, the ginger box is ticked

bound to be topped off with Lewis Hamilton and Claire Balding...

Not a huge CE fan, but he's not loathsome like JC and I'll start watching again and see how it goes - there's a good chance it will be preferable to the repetitive tosh it had become.

[quote=bikebouy ]3 whole years of chucking more of our License Fee into Evans already huge Bank Account ?
It's seriously about time either WE took over the BBC or it generates it's own income.

Who cares how rich he is? You do realise that JC (et al) isn't exactly struggling to make ends meet? Meanwhile as mentioned above (and as all the JC apologists never tired of pointing out) Top Gear makes millions for the BBC, so if you want the BBC to generate its own income, hiring somebody they consider the most likely to make TG a commercial success seems like a pretty good move. What a silly comment!

Do you think Neil Kinnock has the look of a PM?

Or do you think Ed Milliband is better off with blonde dreadlocks ...

i know your posts don't normally make sense, but you;ve outdone yourself here

ninfan - Member

so, the ginger box is ticked

bound to be topped off with Lewis Hamilton and Claire Balding...

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dirtyrider - Member

Do you think Neil Kinnock has the look of a PM?

Or do you think Ed Milliband is better off with blonde dreadlocks ...

i know your posts don't normally make sense, but you;ve outdone yourself here

You see sometimes something just does not work or meant to be and in this case CE is exactly the case ...

However, if they change the name of the show to something then that's a different story.

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Perry was in the TFI audience, I wondered why (for a nano second) at the time...

[quote=bikebouy ]If it's diversity in the workplace you are suggesting then shirley the disabled ought to be brought in to present too..

Adam Hills FTW

I'd really like to see a presenter with an ecological conscience. Someone whose able to not only divulge the future state of vehicles, but able to educate and inform the scores of "crisps on sofas" types to what we should aspire to, and what is being developed. Slam some science into the programme, bring in some developers from the Le Mans Hybrid development teams.. The Hydrogen aficionados, and the Petrol loving together and inform, educate and ...

Make it FUN.

Fingers crossed.

bikebouy - Member
Slam some science into the programme, bring in some developers from the Le Mans Hybrid development teams..

Watch documentaries instead ...

Or they can present the show with soothing voice/volume and help me sleep easier like watching a relax programme with no excitement. Just slow soothing voice talking ... 😆

A bit like David Attenborough.

I'd really like to see a presenter with an ecological conscience. Someone whose able to not only divulge the future state of vehicles, but able to educate and inform the scores of "crisps on sofas" types to what we should aspire to, and what is being developed. Slam some science into the programme, bring in some developers from the Le Mans Hybrid development teams.. The Hydrogen aficionados, and the Petrol loving together and inform, educate and ...

Make it FUN.

Fingers crossed.

I want to see people dicking about in £1,000,000 sports cars and blowing stuff up.

I also wondered about the Suzi Perry and Jason Plato on TFI... and it would explain how they were allowed to use the top gear track for the le ferrari bit.

Sorry but I kinda care. After all I don't like his presentation style, nice bloke or not he annoys the birth marks on my back for some reason and that reason isn't resentment for the money he's made (out of us).
It's simply about time a new focus was put on the BBC and this harps back to the 90's "we all did drugs back in the day crowd" all grown up innit.

Plenty of talented Young folk out there that could do a far reaching and informed programme than "lets see how fast I can drive the new Bentley 64ltr 4 door around our track" tosh.

But,

But Tosh sells. 🙄

Watch documentaries instead ...

HE may be madder than a sack full of angry badgers, but in this he is correct.

If you want education and information, watch a documentary. There are some truly excellent ones out there. For example, a chap called James May did some good ones about cars, wine and toys. A chap called Richard Hammond did some interesting stuff on the universe. Oh, and if you haven't seen it, this is truly brilliant, [url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00796h6 ]by a chap called Jeremy Clarkson. [/url]

Chris Evans has done this;
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Nope, he got away with replacing Wogan on the breakfast show by pulling the very young kids and their mums on, no chance of that in what is after all a lads show. "Lads' and I'll need o explain that to most of you politically correct neutered chaps here, actually enjoy political incorrectness, yearn for the days past when spades could be called shovels and gay meant happy and joyful. So Clarkson is God.

Evans? ffs he's Ginger end of.

I'll not even bother to watch.

But I'll be signing up to that netfilx telly thing the moment I hear 'they' are on, along with the rest of us dinosaurs that refuse to be corralled.

Oh well that means less time watching TV and more time doing other things ... 🙄

Chris Evans has done this;

But I'll be signing up to that netfilx telly thing the moment I hear 'they' are on, along with the rest of us dinosaurs that refuse to be corralled.

I reckon a dose of crabs would be less irritating than Evans, can't be doing with him.

I'm out.

What is Top Gear if it ain't a dumbed down Documentary ?

This reads like a weirder thread than Renton's bib-gate.

Dibs on the bibs if they're not gone by the way.

If they mention Top Gear I expect to see the original 3 blokes.

Original? You don't need to know much to comment on this, but you appear to know nothing about Top Gear. So Ssshh…

bound to be topped off with Lewis Hamilton and Claire Balding...

Trying to be funny and failing? Or a hateful bigot? Which? Not that it really matters to how people will view you.

Could work well, Jodie Kidd too?
I just hope they drop the shite transport races & caravan crashing.

[quote=tyrionl1 ]But I'll be signing up to that netfilx telly thing the moment I hear 'they' are on, along with the rest of us dinosaurs that refuse to be corralled.

Go for it. I'm sure you won't be alone. However I suspect that the 3 and netflix are overestimating the proportion of the audience who are JC worshipping dinosaurs.

I'll watch Top Gear with the new team (Evans a good choice) and the three old duffers on their new show, as long as it's not on a Sky sub channel.

kelvin - Member

If they mention Top Gear I expect to see the original 3 blokes.

Original? You don't need to know much to comment on this, but you appear to know nothing about Top Gear. So Ssshh…

At least change the name of the programme so they can have whoever they want even reinvent the wheel if they wish.

Original? You are now going to talk about history aren't you ... 🙄

Top Gear is not them three, no matter what people might wish.

pondo - Member
Top Gear is not them three, no matter what people might wish.

But they are the best three so far IMO (need to say 'IMO' otherwise the whole anal thing is going to blow out of proportion) ...

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I really like Chris Evans, he transformed the Breakfast show, pushed R2 to an all time high in ratings. Huge success for the BBC. Also a genuinely nice bloke, very generous and has raised millions for comic relief.

Agree, could be the only choice worth replacing JC, should make for some interesting interviews too

Top gear was indeed those 3. It's those 3 that made it so popular. Before those 3 it was a shit marginal small show.
Like it or not, to the majority of the worldwide audience, those 3 were top gear.

But they are the best three so far IMO (need to say 'IMO' otherwise the whole anal thing is going to blow out of proportion) ...

Ginger Gear.... just doesn't have the same ring.