Having got despondent with the last special and past couple of weeks, this was genuinely thoroughly chucklesome, well done Top Gear, you have redeemed yourself for light entertainment!

Very funny tonight. I do think there’s an opportunity for a real motoring show to run on the bbc as well as Top Gear.

Think I might have watched an old episode on Dave. Pretty sure I didn’t see the same one that others did.

Loved it – very funny – still the best car program on TV 😯

*wonders which one drac liked the look of*

I use to drive G30s. The brakes on fire isn’t a fake.

Carry on Nurse
Carry on Doctor
Carry on Top Gear!

welshfarmer
I must be getting old. I thought it was utter tripe tonight for some reason.

I agree but I think it needs stronger words than tripe to describe how bad it was. Normally I don’t mind Top Gear but that’s an hour of my life I won’t get back.

Worth it entirely for the g30 going over the speed bumps.

but that’s an hour of my life I won’t get back.

You do know that you don’t *have* to sit and watch something that you do not enjoy don’t you?

Fast forwarded through big chunks of it. Could have done the ambulance stuff in half the time. The star in the car was ace though. What a genuinely nice guy

I enjoyed it and tbh yes- the ambulance bit was padded out but there were funny moments in.

Wow that really was a low point!
It’s been shite for ages but was always a breath of fresh air after the usual cack the Mrs has on but last night’s really smelt bad!

Rest of the series is on record I’ll watch it if not doing anything else which tbf Sunday nights probably won’t be, good time for it to be on I guess.

I think ‘low point’ and ‘tripe’ are a little harsh, it was a bit of fun, if not serious, stuff.

Not sure why they’ve changed the format of

Intro
Fast car round the track/stig posts a lap in it
‘News’
Part 1 of whatever 3 car challenge they are doing
Star in reasonable priced car
Part 2 of challenge
Wrap up
‘And on that bombshell’
Fin

To a whole episode devoted to the challenge with an interlude for star in a reasonable priced car? Reflects the current audience I guess.

At least they’ve kept the bit where the car catches fire so it isn’t too big a change

For those that are moaning/wanting a ‘proper’ car show on BBC. There is one, it’s on BBC Alba. I hope you enjoy it*

(*hopefully once watched you’ll realise why Top Gear moved away from this format)

I thought last night’s was rubbish. Normally enjoy it and this series has so far been better than the last couple, but the whole ambulance thing was rubbish.
There were a couple of amusing points, but they were few & far between for me.

I thought i’d nodded off and missed a good chunk having just seen the ambulance bit and the star in the car bit but clearly not!

Myself and Mrs natrix thought that it was hilarious!! 😀

Interesting to see Lydd ranges in a different context

I thought it was funny,i couldn’t be less interested in cars if I tried but I don’t watch top gear for cars I watch it for nonsense and maybe some nice scenery 😀

Interesting to see Lydd ranges in a different context

Lydd and Hythe! I knew I’d been there before!

Back in the Day hey?

😉

Back in the Day hey?

Playing the rioter was good fun 😀

Guy in India was actually quite good and I’m not a fanboi (Harrythespider being at one end and me sort of midway the other).

Houns – Member
For those that are moaning/wanting a ‘proper’ car show on BBC. There is one, it’s on BBC Alba. I hope you enjoy it*
(*hopefully once watched you’ll realise why Top Gear moved away from this format)

Moving away from the original premis is fine.
A car show with an injection of comedy yes great idea (the comedy isn’t that great but give them a break it’s a car show really )
Now it’s slowly turned into an automotive themed comedy show, again no problem with that but in this case it does actually have to be funny which it isn’t really.

hora – Member
Guy in India was actually quite good and I’m not a fanboi (Harrythespider being at one end and me sort of midway the other).

Yes enjoyed Guys programme too, it took the edge off TG

The trouble is, TG is now too big to be a special interest show. If it went back to being another show for car bores it would lose most of its’ viewers and be worth as much as fifth gear (not a bloody lot!). It’s the most successful show the BEEB have ever had. That’s why Clarkson gets away with being a dick sometimes.

However a few (including me) on the previous think it is/was

Have got a bit bored with it just lately but last nights show had me laughing out loud

Maybe I’m just used to a higher quality of dicking about…..

Loved the look on JCs face with the ‘part’ flying around just a few inch’s from his face!

Well on Episode 2 and I’ve laughed a lot, Kiefer Sutherland was funny and not really plugging anything, the Oz stuff was fun and I’d really like to race out of one of those small mines.

This is the ones we had.

I enjoyed last night’s show. Yes it was contrived and scripted but at least it was fairly original and funny unlike episode 1 which was contrived, scripted, unoriginal and unfunny.

Bump 😀

Anyone want to tell me why the ‘vette has a normal manual gearbox but flappy paddles?

crap so far, over priced cars, and little humour.

You hoping they start rolling out Octavias every week? Admittedly I just went looking for the fast forward button as soon as Ollie Murs appeared

Is the Peugeot thing funny? Good god this show is bad today.

I thought it was fine until they obviously ran out of money for the 2nd half of the show

As a pug driver who listens to radio 2 I am in stiches.

A new low