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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Will you also watch it tonight and what do you think of the program so far? I like it and the 3 presenters as well, there are rumours that the f1 commentator eddie jordan will join the team too soon  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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It was evans breakfast show, it's a special in Africa Eddie Jordan is teamed up with Charlise spiterae?(woman singer) Something like that and I think there was a rapper and somebody else in another team |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"It was evans breakfast show, it's a special in Africa Eddie Jordan is teamed up with Charlise spiterae?(woman singer) Something like that and I think there was a rapper and somebody else in another team "
Matt Le Blanc and Tinie Tempah |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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It was one our favourite programmes with Jeremy , and having watched 15 minutes of Evans version - never again . How can such a great show be turned into such dross so quickly ?
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First one was not bad, Matt le Blanc was pretty good. The old Top Gear was great, but it started off with the 3 of them being a bit weak, so give it a few episodes to find its feet. Top Gear extra was quite good as well.
As a petrolhead I'm glad there are more car programs around  |
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By *oodmessMan
over a year ago
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more Evans doing some screaming at some amazeballs power then loosing it unexpectedly after he's already lost it countless times before. Then some shitty race round some shitty new race race track whilst doing a cringeworthy interview with the guests but getting out of it by letting them present their own interview.
And if Jordan does get given the mic, a boorish 5 minutes of statistical shit before someone grasps it out of his hands and punches him to liven it up! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Will you also watch it tonight and what do you think of the program so far? I like it and the 3 presenters as well, there are rumours that the f1 commentator eddie jordan will join the team too soon "
Why would I watch it, its crap, utter garbage |
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By *o-jCouple
over a year ago
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As someone said earlier it seemed they were trying too hard , I will watch it on iplayer sometime when theres nothing else on but wont be religiously watch it like before .
All watched that extra gear ( I think it was called ) and that was fucking awful .
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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There has to be an improvement on last weeks car-crash TV ...... It would surely be harder to repeat such banality.......
I will watch with an open mind and hope for better things..
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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After the first train crash I'd rather suck my own cock than suffer that carnage again......now there's a thought ????????
Grand tour all the way, can't be suffering that ginger freaks voice ???? |
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I'm watching extra gear now which is ok.
I was disappointed with the first episode but I'll stick with it for a while and give them a chance.
Far to many Fanboys on here that seem to think they are showing some kind of misguided loyalty to Clarkson by writing off the the new show before it's had a chance. (And I'm a big Clarkson fan)
It was no better and no worse than some of the lacklustre episodes of the original that they are quick to forget. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I'll not bother with it, I used to watch it cause I thought the 3 made a good team and was ammusing, now they gone it's just another boring progam on BBC like the rest. |
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By *elnkazCouple
over a year ago
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The new Top Gear didn't work because Chris Evans tried to hard to be like Jeremy Clarkson and failed totally. Matt Le Blanc was better then Richard Hammond but mainly due to the fact there was nobody who can replace Captain Slow. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I think it's better than the Clarkson beginning, people seem to forget it's one episode of a show, and there's a lot of Clarkson fans who just can't seem to let him go...
I saw a bit of the early era of when Clarkson, Hammond and May see on Top Gear and they weren't great at the start at all. |
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"I think it's better than the Clarkson beginning, people seem to forget it's one episode of a show, and there's a lot of Clarkson fans who just can't seem to let him go...
I saw a bit of the early era of when Clarkson, Hammond and May see on Top Gear and they weren't great at the start at all. "
You have a point, however now the standard has been set there really no excuse for producing something that bad. It was truly hideous! Typical Chris Evans doing, whatever he does, with no regard for anything else. This was just TFI with the occasional car. Nothing was relevant, current, or made any sense. A complete mess.
The old team had a tendency to be rather chaotic, but somehow you left the show learning something about the cars, I learnt a lot about how difficult it is to drive a truck for instance, and also that sometimes the cheaper cars were better. Sadly I learnt nothing from the first show AND it was so humourless! Yes I know Chris Evans thinks he's funny but really he's more funny peculiar rather than funny ha ha!
The BBC can do better than this. We're paying for this shit. The only saving grace was Matt Leblanc. He was the only interesting thing in the whole show, and I could actually listen to him without having my ears blown off.
The fact is Chris Evans has always been bad at doing programs for grown ups, or people who haven't had a belly full of alcohol to appreciate his inane sense of humour.
RIP Top Gear! |
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I think the biggest problem is that people are remembering all the great bits from years and years of Top Gear and somehow expecting the new version to compete with all that historical fun and mayhem in a single episode.
That's just crazy. There were more than enough dull episodes of the old series too for me to have switched off and on again a few months later.
It's gonna take literally an entire series (or two) for them to get into the swing of it after losing presenting team in one hit.
I'll watch both and, even though one will be better than the other, will give credit where due to both based on their own merit. Not on some misplaced sense of loyalty to the original cast.
(I was wearing a really nice pair of Tag Heuer sun glasses today that were a gift from Clarkson years ago) |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I think the biggest problem is that people are remembering all the great bits from years and years of Top Gear and somehow expecting the new version to compete with all that historical fun and mayhem in a single episode.
That's just crazy. There were more than enough dull episodes of the old series too for me to have switched off and on again a few months later.
It's gonna take literally an entire series (or two) for them to get into the swing of it after losing presenting team in one hit.
I'll watch both and, even though one will be better than the other, will give credit where due to both based on their own merit. Not on some misplaced sense of loyalty to the original cast.
(I was wearing a really nice pair of Tag Heuer sun glasses today that were a gift from Clarkson years ago)"
They really should have changed the format...... |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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There is a lack of chemistry between Evans and le blanc of course that could cone with time but I just don't think they would ever get on. Evans lacks the technical knowledge also. I always thought they should of gone all out and got Jenson Button and Coulthard as you'd have respected people in terms of knowledge and they are real life friends so I imagine they'd bounce off each other well. Of course while JB is racing this is impossible |
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"I think it's better than the Clarkson beginning, people seem to forget it's one episode of a show, and there's a lot of Clarkson fans who just can't seem to let him go...
I saw a bit of the early era of when Clarkson, Hammond and May see on Top Gear and they weren't great at the start at all. "
spot on! & tonights is pretty good |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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It was very good and I liked that car jenson button was in too, eddie was fun and the race in afrika was good and the challenges they had there with the drinks as well lol. I am looking forward to the next show |
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Much better show tonight.
Can't believe someone above said Evans doesn't have the technical knowledge. He is much more of a peteol head than Clarkson.
JC is a journalist who landed a job on the car pages of his local newspaper and followed that through to this conclusion. Which he is great at.
But if he had landed the racing pages instead he would have wound up as a version of John Mecrerik or if he had the food page would have been running an hilariousl foody review show.
JC is a comedic journalist who landed with cars. Evans is a producer who along with that has an incredible passion for everything to do with cars. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Evans got a lot of his facts wrong on the McLaren F1GTR tonight.
He also spoilt it yet again by shouting for no apparent reason.
Eddie Jordan really is a village idiot too. Deliberately damaging the Merc to make funny viewing is just pathetic. |
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"Evans got a lot of his facts wrong on the McLaren F1GTR tonight.
He also spoilt it yet again by shouting for no apparent reason.
Eddie Jordan really is a village idiot too. Deliberately damaging the Merc to make funny viewing is just pathetic."
I enjoyed tonight's more.
What facts did he get wrong? |
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"Evans got a lot of his facts wrong on the McLaren F1GTR tonight.
He also spoilt it yet again by shouting for no apparent reason.
Eddie Jordan really is a village idiot too. Deliberately damaging the Merc to make funny viewing is just pathetic.
I enjoyed tonight's more.
What facts did he get wrong? "
same here, it is starting to turn into a fun program - one that people don't need to take too seriously!  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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no misplaced sense of loyalty to the original cast here; whilst some were sitting in watching top gear, I was at my local enjoying sunshine, friends and beer in the beer garden which is a glorious suntrap
I wasn't wearing Tag Heuer sun glasses don't own any, I just stick with the old faithful steel framed Oakley Juliet DUCATI Carbon Black Iridium, so good I bought 3 pair. |
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"no misplaced sense of loyalty to the original cast here; whilst some were sitting in watching top gear, I was at my local enjoying sunshine, friends and beer in the beer garden which is a glorious suntrap
I wasn't wearing Tag Heuer sun glasses don't own any, I just stick with the old faithful steel framed Oakley Juliet DUCATI Carbon Black Iridium, so good I bought 3 pair. "
I'll bet you look proper gay in them though.
Were you riding you one of your MV Augustas, driving your convertible Merc, wearing one of your Rolexes and carrying your gun? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"no misplaced sense of loyalty to the original cast here; whilst some were sitting in watching top gear, I was at my local enjoying sunshine, friends and beer in the beer garden which is a glorious suntrap
I wasn't wearing Tag Heuer sun glasses don't own any, I just stick with the old faithful steel framed Oakley Juliet DUCATI Carbon Black Iridium, so good I bought 3 pair.
I'll bet you look proper gay in them though.
Were you riding you one of your MV Augustas, driving your convertible Merc, wearing one of your Rolexes and carrying your gun? "
will help you out a little
its MV Agusta (no U after the A)
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its a C class merc, not convertible, but prefer the Hilux
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always wear a submariner, its just a watch for telling time
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firearms only for stalking but then you should already know that
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and yes Juliet Ducs are so gay there is huge demand for them on Ebay
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only 25 degrees of sunshine here today |
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"no misplaced sense of loyalty to the original cast here; whilst some were sitting in watching top gear, I was at my local enjoying sunshine, friends and beer in the beer garden which is a glorious suntrap
I wasn't wearing Tag Heuer sun glasses don't own any, I just stick with the old faithful steel framed Oakley Juliet DUCATI Carbon Black Iridium, so good I bought 3 pair. "
Top sunglasses, but sadly mine broke  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Eddie Jordan really is a village idiot too. Deliberately damaging the Merc to make funny viewing is just pathetic.
Cos the old TG never damaged a test cat for comedic value, did they? "
But this time it wasn't funny |
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"I'm more concerned about the £7m of license payers money that's going down the pan "
haha Their international contracts via BBC Worldwide and the merchandising arm rakes that in and a whole lot more...
It's in their interest to make it work come what may because it is a cash cow for the BBC. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Apparently Clarkson reckons constructing a cardboard box is more entertaining than watching new top-gear
He's even made a video to prove it....  "
lol
I just watched it and did laugh
I do agree, watching Clarkson build a cardboard box is much more entertaining than the new topgear
it did make me laugh
what you think folks 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UANY42r-HF8
Jeremy Clarkson tries to make a cardboard box |
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By *hav02Man
over a year ago
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I personally preferred the old top gear where they actually talked about cars.
Top gear was moulded and became the "Clarkson Hammond and May" show.
Therefore, the new show was inherently doomed for failure as we're still expecting the same banter.
It's a new show guys, so don't expect the same jokes and calamities.
I don't mind Matt LB but Chris Evans can't seem to drive a car without giving the impression he's never been in a fast car before. Jenson Button was a better presenter talking about the radio whilst Chris was soiling the passenger seat |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I reckon Jenson Button , Mark Weber and David Coulthard would've been an amazing trio to host the show....
The competitive dynamic between them would be awesome |
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Is it the Hoonigan episode tonight?
I think people are forgetting how boring the old show was before the Clarskon, May and Hammond hit it off together.
Three were also whole chunks of some of the old series that were dull enough to make me turn off. ( and I'm a big fan of the old show)
Many are remembering the great stuff from years and years of the old Top Gear and comparing that to two episodes of the new one.
I think they are doing pretty well, all things considered. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"It is starting now, should be a good one "
It's like a pantomime version of the old top gear.......
Everything just seems over emphasised and a bit too forced....
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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago
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"That was a cool track chris and sabine drove with the fastest road car ever, impressive and with the turns too."
Laguna Seca.
I have to admit I'm enjoying this one more. Less bloody Chris Evans. I just wish they hadn't faffed about with the SiaRPC. Its a bag of pants now. |
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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago
Putting the 'cum' in Eboracum |
"It is starting now, should be a good one
It's like a pantomime version of the old top gear.......
Everything just seems over emphasised and a bit too forced....
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Oh no it isn't! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"It is starting now, should be a good one
It's like a pantomime version of the old top gear.......
Everything just seems over emphasised and a bit too forced....
Oh no it isn't!"
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"That was a cool track chris and sabine drove with the fastest road car ever, impressive and with the turns too.
Laguna Seca.
I have to admit I'm enjoying this one more. Less bloody Chris Evans. I just wish they hadn't faffed about with the SiaRPC. Its a bag of pants now."
That is good and yeah it was the laguna seca track. I like chris, he is fun lol. Wouldn't you also want a go in that car? |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"It is starting now, should be a good one
It's like a pantomime version of the old top gear.......
Everything just seems over emphasised and a bit too forced....
Oh no it isn't! "
I wouldn't say forced, its going with the flow |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"It is starting now, should be a good one
It's like a pantomime version of the old top gear.......
Everything just seems over emphasised and a bit too forced....
Oh no it isn't! I wouldn't say forced, its going with the flow "
I'm not saying it's totally dreadful but its lost too much of its soul..... |
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By *odareyouMan
over a year ago
not far from iceland,,,,,, tescos is nearer though :-) (near leeds) |
It's a second rate copy of its former self...it was tired before,
the two new guys need to step up quickly, cos Evans is a joke.... it needs a total overhaul, |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Load of shit now days
No, still a very capable heavy lift helicopter. Especially when modified with DAFCS."
Is it true you get set on fire by the exhausts unless you run out the ramp in a straight line?
A Walt type chap said it happened to him. |
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By *razedcatMan
over a year ago
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Getting better, but the show still needs work. It lacks coherence at the moment, some segments are too long, presenters are a bit wooden and are popping in and out... A bit like the One Show actually, hah. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Load of shit now days
No, still a very capable heavy lift helicopter. Especially when modified with DAFCS.
Is it true you get set on fire by the exhausts unless you run out the ramp in a straight line?
A Walt type chap said it happened to him. "
No that's not true. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I still like it some people are going on saying it's not the same without clarkson,hammond, and may. Well it's not gonna be is it really  . A think Evans is doing a OK job. Mat Leblanc sounds like he's talking with a gob full of marbles lol. But a think it's still funny and they have some awesome cars on so it's a winner for me |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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It wont stop me watching it. Just because it has new presenters doesn't meen it'll die on its ass. And for all those still lamenting the loss of clarkson and co.
Let it go and get over yourselves. Lol |
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"How many challenges in one series...  I hope the producers listen to the criticisms... and change the formula."
Hope they scrap it the new show is ahite not a patch Clarkson and crew wont bother watching any more...... |
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"How many challenges in one series... I hope the producers listen to the criticisms... and change the formula.
Hope they scrap it the new show is ahite not a patch Clarkson and crew wont bother watching any more......"
Here here! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Has anyone gone back and reviewed the first of Clarkson, May and Hammond ?
That was a bit awkward to say the least
On tonight's performance I'll take Sabine any day |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I read somewhere the BBC editing team had to use Canned Laughter in certain sections of the filmed audience bits, as the scripted jokes/gabs had no reaction from the crowd.
I have the link from the Telegraph which confirms the above but cant post as you tend to get banned for posting links, as I have found |
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By *odareyouMan
over a year ago
not far from iceland,,,,,, tescos is nearer though :-) (near leeds) |
I'm guessing the producers stuck to the old formula as it sells throughout the world. Whether the new presenters have the same appeal to the audience waits to be seen.
My opinion.. Bin the big names, (the star in the car is painful ) get some decent motoring presenters and go from a fresgh start |
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Good news now that we left eu we can over rule employment law from the eu governing volience in work place and reinstate clarkson and cause matt le blanc is a migrant we don't have to employ him...this is the first positive step since we took our country back |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Good news now that we left eu we can over rule employment law from the eu governing volience in work place and reinstate clarkson and cause matt le blanc is a migrant we don't have to employ him...this is the first positive step since we took our country back "
Wow England leave euro twice in a week , |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Good news now that we left eu we can over rule employment law from the eu governing volience in work place and reinstate clarkson and cause matt le blanc is a migrant we don't have to employ him...this is the first positive step since we took our country back
Wow England leave euro twice in a week , "
lol funny |
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By *razedcatMan
over a year ago
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I've been watching TG for thirteen years, and I've never seen it this unentertaining. It's all so forced.
I wouldn't reinstate the previous trio, but I'd certainly bring Rory Reid and Chris Harris to the fore and tone it all down a bit, so as to not resemble a poor parody of pre-fracas TG. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"It was one our favourite programmes with Jeremy , and having watched 15 minutes of Evans version - never again . How can such a great show be turned into such dross so quickly ?
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It was always utter rubbish if you take a step back and look objectively at it.
Question how can you indorse an entertainment program going to a war zone and having soldiers who have enough on there plate having to "protect" actors for the sake of entertainment |
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"Good news now that we left eu we can over rule employment law from the eu governing volience in work place and reinstate clarkson and cause matt le blanc is a migrant we don't have to employ him...this is the first positive step since we took our country back "
Wasn't a fan of brexit but can see a plus point for it now .why didn't the brexit campaign explain this benefit .. |
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