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Reading various links, the above three seem to be favourites. What's your thoughts? I think it was the format that was becoming a bit stale, not sure how new presenters will liven it up enough for me to start enjoying it again.
If they were, I don't think I would watch it.
Eddie Kidd and Ricky Martin? Awesome.
I thought Dean Martin was dead?
Lots of comedians online today
It's tough getting gigs.And lots of small venues have shut down.You tube is a great place to sh.............
Oh....you did'nt mean that.
Lots of comedians online today
Is it Steve Martin?
Sounds like they'll be entertaining... not.
Billy the Kidd and Chris Martin?
With the amount of hilarious witty banter on this thread, I think the Beeb need to rethink their new presenters.
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I'm not holding out much hope. They're clearly deploying Glenister and the obtuse Neanderthal Clarkson replacement, Guy Martin as the ditty act first and think later Hammond replacement and Jodie as the intelligent voice of reason James May replacement, so it doesn't bode well as it appears to me they're looking to emulate the current show. Their only hope is to completely re-invent it.
Also it'll be painfully politically correct and non-offensive. Based on For The Love Of Cars, I find Glenister a bit Awkward as a presenter and not the type of person that can build a rapport with other presenters. Guy Martin is great, but he's a bit of a one-man band, again, I can't see him building any rapport with the others. Hope i'm wrong, but I liked Clarkson's TG, even though it was starting to get a bit repetitive and tired, but the three presenters had a good rapport with each other, and they each played a certain character, which gave it a different dimension. It was a refreshing change to the other sterile and mundane TV you get on the beeb. It'll be another Fifth Gear - a bit 'meh'. Hope i'm wrong.
I'm not even keen on their pasties so I doubt I'll like their version of Top Gear.
With the amount of hilarious witty banter on this thread, I think the Beeb need to rethink their new presenters.
Light entertainment just got serious.
Light entertainment just got serious.
Fo' Sho' Homie
Billy the Kidd and Chris Martin
Kidd Jensen and Martin Clunes
I can't imagine Guy Martin being happy as a Top Gear presenter. I get the impression he would rather strip a supercar down to its component parts to see how it works than drive it which may upset Ferrari. Especially as he would probably criticise the quality of their work. Plus he would probably take the 'build a silly vehicle' challenges a bit too seriously and actually produce something that works.
Let it die with a bit of dignity. It was never going to last forever, just let it go.
Hmmm or forget the last few episodes and Chrissy special an just get the old lot back next year on new contracts 🙂
What was that Hot Gear thing Chris Evans was going on about?
How many times? Without the three idiots the current format is DEAD.
That German bird would be annoying after a few episodes. Guy Martin- I dont have a clue what hes saying. Chris Evans wouldnt do it. Kidd is dull. Her co-presenter creepy.
The only one I'd rate as a guest/third presenter is Ben Collins.
Its a poison-challice. Who would try who is half decent? No one.
The only one I'd rate as a guest/third presenter is Ben Collins
The stuff has done for the Telegraph recently and his spot on the Classic Car Show have been pretty good. He has become a half decent presenter and by god can he drive.
Isn't part of the appeal the fact that none of the (last) three were talented drivers?
Sadly, TG is too valuable to be left on the shelf.
Cohen wanted it fragged anyway.
Clarkson isnt that bad a driver. He'd give all of us the run around. Just because he isnt ex-racing driver material. His abrasive style has upset/murfed many for decades. I bought performance car mag in the 90's partly on the back of his writting in there.
Odd one out here, haven't watch TG in years 😳
Has become stale, boring and childish.
As an ex mechanic, having worked on a few rally and race cars it along with TOTP, Old Grey Whistle Test, BTCC and F1 used to be the only stuff I tried not to miss before recorders were invented 🙄
Let it rest in peace.
The BBC doesn't seem to realise that Top Gear isn't really about cars. It's about being mates, being blokes together. That's why Top Gear worked and why people, like me, with little interest in cars, and certainly not the technical details, enjoyed it. They also forget that two of the three presenters were originally journalists, who understood how to craft a clever line. It would invite cruel comparisons to put presenters like Kidd and Martin in their place.
I pretty sure the BBC new exactly what it was about they kept it going along enough in that format.
Let it die in dignity.
Let it die in dignity.
Yes, if there's one thing you can say about the cancellation of a show mid series after the star drunkenly lamped one of his colleagues it's that it was a dignified way to go.
Look at it this way, they simply HAVE to bring TG back. The consequences are too much to even think about, really.
I mean, imagine it.....STW would have to find something else to argue about on a Sunday night!*
*Yes, I know. It just feels like a Sunday at the moment.
Just please, please, please not Vicky Butler Henderson.
Kill it....kill it with fire.
Have 2 new programs.....Britain's Got Voice Talent Does The Funniest Things on the Night Alright in Cars with Dec and Ant.
And put Chris Harris on Cars on TV.
Let it die with dignity
We are a number "incidents" too late for this to be a possibility
Needs more Alex Roy. But don't let him talk about cars, just let him ramble about whatever comes into his head.
I wonder if Clarkson, Hammond and May will defect to ITV/SKY etc and make "2nd Top Gear"
I bet the bosses have thought about it!
Yes, if there's one thing you can say about the cancellation of a show mid series after the star drunkenly lamped one of his colleagues it's that it was a dignified way to go.
Trying to force another series without the cast and writers which made it popular in the first place won't exactly help.
+1 for Chris Harris
Pistonheads rave about Chris Harris. I can see his passion for cars. Its just too muted, too reserved for me. Clarkson etc were loud shouty annoying ****s. Characters. Harris is just a bloke you'd listen to on what he says about cars. Not entertainment or oomph on cars.
Glenister is a bit rubbish on For The Love of Cars, he is too wooden and seems to have no passion.
Kidd is ok but I'm not sure how she would be as a presenter.
I love Guy Martin as much as the next man and he could be great, he is so enthusiastic and often OTT with it. Him building/modifying cars would be brilliant, however I don't think the presenters ever actually did it themselves. I imagine there would be a lot of footage of him cracking on to Jodie Kidd.
Cite Harris would be good and is as enthusiastic as Martin, he certainly deserves a job on the telly.
JK has also been mooted and I think he would also be good, he knows a lot about cars and has owned a lot of them.
I think Martin, Harris andJK would be a good combination but from all the reports it sounds like the beeb seem to want a woman in there too.
Who had heard of may and Hammond before they did top gear? Time for the beeb to find some new talent rather than looking at established figures.
Shoehorning presenters into a format based on piss-taking and idiocy would be no more successful than Top Gear America or Australia. Which have been flops.
I reckon they'll mothball it for a few years then bring it back once Clarkson has had some therapy or somesuch.
I'd heard of May, I was at school with him and he worked on car mags before TG.
Hammond was mostly in radio before TG.
It could work if they gave it a fresh format to suit the participants, bring back bikes (Steve Berry was great back when the show was actually about cars!).