Top Gear - JC suspended
25-03-2015, 01:33 PM
#122
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Chris Evans has said that all of the speculation linking him to the show are untrue.
25-03-2015, 02:37 PM
#127
Whatever you think of Clarkson - it's a MASSIVE own goal by the BBC. The franchise brings in more money than just about any other BBC programme (and more than ALL the radio stations combined) and is a very important asset on their balance sheet. At a time when the whole issue of BBC licence fees are up in the air is seems madness to effectively cut off one of your main revenue streams.
25-03-2015, 02:47 PM
#128
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Dan, there are other talented folks that could and will take his place, yes it'll take a while but I'm sure with the right clientele chosen Top Gear will survive, he has gotten away with way too much stuff the past year or so, so for me the correct decision has been made.
25-03-2015, 03:00 PM
#129
Dan, there are other talented folks that could and will take his place, yes it'll take a while but I'm sure with the right clientele chosen Top Gear will survive, he has gotten away with way too much stuff the past year or so, so for me the correct decision has been made.
I suspect a different channel will snap all three of them up, and some other TV company will make an absolute killing!
25-03-2015, 03:35 PM
#130
Whatever you think of Clarkson - it's a MASSIVE own goal by the BBC. The franchise brings in more money than just about any other BBC programme (and more than ALL the radio stations combined) and is a very important asset on their balance sheet. At a time when the whole issue of BBC licence fees are up in the air is seems madness to effectively cut off one of your main revenue streams.
He may have been an obnoxious so-and-so, but it was still better than most of the other crap that's broadcast.
No other presenter could have filled the role without them having to change the format.
25-03-2015, 03:41 PM
#131
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Whatever you think of Clarkson - it's a MASSIVE own goal by the BBC. The franchise brings in more money than just about any other BBC programme (and more than ALL the radio stations combined) and is a very important asset on their balance sheet. At a time when the whole issue of BBC licence fees are up in the air is seems madness to effectively cut off one of your main revenue streams.
Its putting Moral judgement before money & im glad to see it. The BBC was around before him & will be around long after. A few car nuts will mourn him the vast majority will not. You guys are giving a distorted view of his importance. Im a Petrolhead but from an older generation than most on here. I thought him & his puppets were just horrible never getting to grips with his pranks & thinking what has this to do with my love of cars.
Im an old fart I guess but so are the people who made this decision its the correct one.
25-03-2015, 03:50 PM
#132
As dan said, massive financial own goal. Its not just the direct revenue from the UK shows, but the foriegn broadcasting, foriegn versions of the show that are in essence a franchise, the magazine, gifts, live shows etc etc.
I like the way the police have asked for the report
clarkson could do a prison blog
I like the way the police have asked for the report
clarkson could do a prison blog
25-03-2015, 04:03 PM
#133
It will, but seeing it as an untouchable institution is very naive. Can you imagine the uproar if the Government told everyone that they had to pay for Netflix? So why should we pay for the BBC? Programmes like Top Gear (putting aside the Clarkson debacle for a moment) prop up the BBC and allow it to produce great programmes which go some way towards justifying the license fee.
At a time when there are a great many people calling for the license fee to be abolished - it's a risky strategy cutting off such a big revenue stream.
The fact that they've (on the face of it) chosen the moral high ground is to be applauded, but at what cost to the BBC...
At a time when there are a great many people calling for the license fee to be abolished - it's a risky strategy cutting off such a big revenue stream.
The fact that they've (on the face of it) chosen the moral high ground is to be applauded, but at what cost to the BBC...
25-03-2015, 04:19 PM
#136
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Shows more incompetence by the bbc then if he's been bullying staff for so long and got away with it.
That's all I watch of the bbc programming so wonder what the trio will be doing next?
That's all I watch of the bbc programming so wonder what the trio will be doing next?
25-03-2015, 04:23 PM
#138
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Massive mistake for the Beeb
Motoring shows are not that popular hence 5th gear getting low audience etc, so expecting to replace Top Gear and keep the viewers wont happen.
For those commenting on JC and the guys ruining a car show for them, they need to realise it was never a car show anyway, Top Gear was an entertainment show that happened to have cars in it and was all about the 3 stooges, it could have been a farming show and would still have worked with those 3
Agreed, there needed to be dicipline after punching someone, but sacking is the ultimate and it didnt have to go that far, but this is just the excuse the BBC needed, they've been trying to remove him for ages. Depite several decades of hiding paedophiles etc but hey thats the BBC, uniquely funded by us.
A big decision to give up Ł67m per year for the BBC with the 3 stooges likely to go elsewhere and take viewers with them.
Motoring shows are not that popular hence 5th gear getting low audience etc, so expecting to replace Top Gear and keep the viewers wont happen.
For those commenting on JC and the guys ruining a car show for them, they need to realise it was never a car show anyway, Top Gear was an entertainment show that happened to have cars in it and was all about the 3 stooges, it could have been a farming show and would still have worked with those 3
Agreed, there needed to be dicipline after punching someone, but sacking is the ultimate and it didnt have to go that far, but this is just the excuse the BBC needed, they've been trying to remove him for ages. Depite several decades of hiding paedophiles etc but hey thats the BBC, uniquely funded by us.
A big decision to give up Ł67m per year for the BBC with the 3 stooges likely to go elsewhere and take viewers with them.
25-03-2015, 04:39 PM
#143
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25-03-2015, 05:02 PM
#144
ITV have always been missing a quality Car show from its listings and if they have any business sense they will be knocking a certain door in chipping norton, love him or hate him, is there a better well connected car tv personality than JC, loved james mays response to decision on sky news
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25-03-2015, 05:02 PM
#145
However, I'm just saddened that the trivial Sunday evening distraction of Top Gear has been snatched away, yes yes, I know it's painfully staged & choreographed, to the point of being a parody of itself, with Clarkson being more & more outrageous to accommodate the publics expectations of him. I simply enjoyed watching the program, because it was amusing.
Clarkson definitely sold at the right time now! If you could have got shares in Top Gear they'd now be pretty much worthless!
25-03-2015, 05:12 PM
#146
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top gear was around log before Jeremy Clarkson . reformat and carry on. the brand is bigger than 1 man.
biggest dilemma is that zayn maliks left 1 direction!
biggest dilemma is that zayn maliks left 1 direction!
25-03-2015, 05:41 PM
#147
It was a small proposition pre-Clarkson, and it will become a much smaller proposition without him. As has been said TG was no longer a car programme, it was a programme about three blokes messing about. Change the blokes and you no longer have the programme.
25-03-2015, 06:09 PM
#149
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people get set in their ways and don't like change. the old top gear was of a different era. I don't think its to difficult to have another similar motoring/entertainment combo program with different presenters and you never know, give it a few episodes and people might have forgotten all about Jeremy Clarkson altogether because its much better!
25-03-2015, 06:11 PM
#150
People may have moaned...but at some point they still watched it.
When there is feck all on, even old programs on Dave are worth having on the tv in the background
When there is feck all on, even old programs on Dave are worth having on the tv in the background
25-03-2015, 06:13 PM
#152
people get set in their ways and don't like change. the old top gear was of a different era. I don't think its to difficult to have another similar motoring/entertainment combo program with different presenters and you never know, give it a few episodes and people might have forgotten all about Jeremy Clarkson altogether because its much better!
25-03-2015, 06:15 PM
#153
Lets remember how bad it was years ago, with this silly bint waving her head about like a nodding dog.
Old Top Gear Women & Driving - YouTube
Old Top Gear Women & Driving - YouTube
25-03-2015, 06:40 PM
#154
Too many posts.. I need a life!!
All his own fault, he left the BBC no choice but to let him go. When you spit your dummy out its only a matter of time before you come unstuck, he acted like a knob and got what was coming to him. The BBC now have a good opportunity to breath new life into what was a very tired and worn out format.
Well done the BBC and People who are suggesting it was a financial own goal have missed the point, he committed an assault and left them no choice what so ever !
Well done the BBC and People who are suggesting it was a financial own goal have missed the point, he committed an assault and left them no choice what so ever !
25-03-2015, 07:23 PM
#156
Its putting Moral judgement before money & im glad to see it. The BBC was around before him & will be around long after. A few car nuts will mourn him the vast majority will not. You guys are giving a distorted view of his importance. Im a Petrolhead but from an older generation than most on here. I thought him & his puppets were just horrible never getting to grips with his pranks & thinking what has this to do with my love of cars.
Im an old fart I guess but so are the people who made this decision its the correct one.
Im an old fart I guess but so are the people who made this decision its the correct one.
well put Rod.
25-03-2015, 08:14 PM
#159
Under the car...!
Good riddance.
As long as that p*nis Chris Evans doesn't get the gig.....
If he did I won't watch it again, can't stand him.
Guy Martin is the man for the job...
Can probably drive a bit too...
As long as that p*nis Chris Evans doesn't get the gig.....
If he did I won't watch it again, can't stand him.
Guy Martin is the man for the job...
Can probably drive a bit too...
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