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Old Jun 1, 2018 | 09:21 AM
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Reckon this means it'll get shunned into the iPlayer via BBC3?
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Old Jun 1, 2018 | 07:16 PM
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I heard this on Radio1. He said he is too far away from his friends and family. Bring jezza back.
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Old Jun 2, 2018 | 08:41 AM
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I heard this on Radio1. He said he is too far away from his FRIENDS and family. Bring jezza back.
Lol, hanging out at the coffee shop?
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Old Jun 2, 2018 | 09:03 AM
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They were always lucky to sit in the same seats in that coffee shop lol.
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Old Jun 2, 2018 | 09:42 AM
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about time, he never clicked with british public apart from in friends, surely they only have 2 options bring the old trio back or ditch the show as grand tour was a 3 year contract and guess what it 3yrs since he was sacked by the beeb
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Old Jun 2, 2018 | 10:13 AM
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about time, he never clicked with british public apart from in friends, surely they only have 2 options bring the old trio back or ditch the show as grand tour was a 3 year contract and guess what it 3yrs since he was sacked by the beeb
Yeah funny that,

I think Jezzer will be back, I also think it's funny how big personalitys can get away with almost anything in the BBC. I was working in a different warehouse last week and that twat Johnathan Ross was presenting a show on the Radio 2. Can you imagine if us mere mortals abused a customer or even twated a co worker !

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Old Jun 2, 2018 | 11:03 AM
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Rumours that Jodie Kidd might take over she's been doing the TT this week, that girl knows some stuff
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What's Top Gear?
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Old Jun 2, 2018 | 04:04 PM
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Rumours that Jodie Kidd might take over she's been doing the TT this week, that girl knows some stuff
she is terrible in front of a camera when she has to speak, when she did that classic car show with quentin wilson it was a painful watch , they have tried evans and now le blanc its time for them to either pack up or eat humble pie
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Old Jun 2, 2018 | 04:18 PM
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I spoke to Sue Perkins about 6 months ago and there were rumours of her doing it but I don’t think she is very interested.
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Old Jun 2, 2018 | 04:44 PM
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As long as they don't go anywhere near that Vicki butler mcshitwipe I don't mind! Sue Perkins is scraping the barrel though isn't it?
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Old Jun 2, 2018 | 04:48 PM
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Unfortunately there is/was no chemistry with new presenters, and BBC sticking with the 'old' format meant their job was even harder. Agree Jodie Kidd was awful on classic car show.
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Old Jun 2, 2018 | 05:34 PM
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Surprised at all the hate. I thought LeBlanc and Harris were really starting to gel. Rory was still a bit crap but I thought it was starting to come together. I think people forget how shit Clarkson, Hammond and May were when May first joined. Not to mention that they had to bring May in because Jason Dawe wasn't working.

It's going to be hard for them to reboot again.
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Old Jun 2, 2018 | 05:43 PM
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They need to ditch the current format. Chris Harris is great at reviewing cars but watching him on top gear trying to be one of the old trio is quite painful to watch at times. He just needs to be himself and he'd be so much better. Rory or what ever he's called is just useless full stop!
I like Jodie Kids but yeah she was useless on that classic car show.
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Old Jun 2, 2018 | 06:26 PM
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I thought matt was terrible on top gear, and none of them gelled, i really used to enjoy chris harris’s YouTube stuff but he was painful to watch on top gear, he was just trying too hard to be funny or how the old lot were. It was imo getting really crap before jezza left also, it had just got too fake amd ridiculous for my liking. Think the show is done now and they should do something completely new
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Old Jun 2, 2018 | 07:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Adder
Yeah funny that,

I think Jezzer will be back, I also think it's funny how big personalitys can get away with almost anything in the BBC. I was working in a different warehouse last week and that twat Johnathan Ross was presenting a show on the Radio 2. Can you imagine if us mere mortals abused a customer or even twated a co worker !
The place I do most of my work for pretty much do that on a daily basis. Management are fucking morons !

Although money will talk for them to go back to the BBC, they should all just let TG die
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Old Jun 2, 2018 | 07:52 PM
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I Think Matt help the show together and the other 2 equated to a thick Beaves and Butt head and if Clarkson goes back then he will be a bigger cunt than he already is
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Old Jun 2, 2018 | 11:47 PM
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For me ever since the trio left it's done, just can't get into it now
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Old Jun 3, 2018 | 06:45 AM
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I can’t remember last time I watched it...
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Old Jun 3, 2018 | 09:32 AM
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What would be nice is if they could go back a good few years and actually do some better car reviews and then mix in some silly stuff. Maybe feature important cars, new car releases etc. I would love to see them do a piece on Rods car like 5th Gear did all those years ago, take along the film crew to a top speed shoot out meet etc.

Gezza brought his 355 Ferrari to a track day once and they filmed that and showed it.
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Old Jun 3, 2018 | 09:37 AM
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I would just like to see a motoring based program with road and track and feature runs of higher end cars without all the pointless "entertaining" crap. im not really bothered about who does it.
theres an old top gear on dave just now, its gringeworthy how pointless and stage managed some of the feaures are!
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Old Jun 3, 2018 | 08:19 PM
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I would just like to see a motoring based program with road and track and feature runs of higher end cars without all the pointless "entertaining" crap. im not really bothered about who does it.
theres an old top gear on dave just now, its gringeworthy how pointless and stage managed some of the feaures are!
There is endless car-related content on YouTube. No mainstream TV channel is going to do something like that anymore, there's no ratings in it.
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Originally Posted by Mashurst
Rumours that Jodie Kidd might take over she's been doing the TT this week, that girl knows some stuff
i'd watch that regardless of the content
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Old Jun 4, 2018 | 12:18 PM
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I must be minority then, I really liked him as the presenter. The other two were rubbish.
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Old Jun 4, 2018 | 04:39 PM
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I must be minority then, I really liked him as the presenter. The other two were rubbish.
i thought he was okay as well but you can forget those other 2 wet wipes!
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Old Jun 4, 2018 | 09:23 PM
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Not watched it in years.
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Old Jun 5, 2018 | 08:21 PM
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The problem you have is that the people who liked the original format have stopped watching
So there needed to be a new style of show
Shouty bollocks still thought it was the 90's and they did the right thing in booting him
But Harris is boring beyond belief, he couldn't get exciting reading a porn mag, but I'm sure Clarkson could make reading the FIA regulations sound interesting
Token McTokenson should have stuck to cbeebies, he was great for 5 minutes and then he starting to grate
I slowly warmed to Matt, he came into his own in a few of the longer ones, like his trip to America, the report was rubbish but he was entertaining
Sabine was too forced
The only one I really liked off the bat was uncle Eddie
And they wasted the stig too
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I really like Harris and it is unfortunate that people / producers are expecting him to fit with the jokes, he is there to be THE expert driver and road tester that he is.
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Old Jun 6, 2018 | 05:30 AM
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Don't think he's made the transition from YouTube to the small screen though
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Old Jun 6, 2018 | 06:46 AM
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Originally Posted by dojj
Don't think he's made the transition from YouTube to the small screen though
Exactly this good motoring knowledge ,on screen ability
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Old Jun 11, 2018 | 11:22 AM
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https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv...nd-return-show

ok its the Express but surely some hope especially Ladbrokes giving odds on the trio's return? Can you imagine?
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Originally Posted by t230
https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv...nd-return-show

ok its the Express but surely some hope especially Ladbrokes giving odds on the trio's return? Can you imagine?
as pointed out in post 5 ^^
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Old Jun 11, 2018 | 08:23 PM
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Originally Posted by t230
https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv...nd-return-show

ok its the Express but surely some hope especially Ladbrokes giving odds on the trio's return? Can you imagine?


Cant see it happening hes still tied up with a multi year deal with amazon for one and he hates the bbc with a passion
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Old Jun 11, 2018 | 09:09 PM
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I thought the next series of the grand tour was the last one?
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Old Jun 12, 2018 | 06:37 AM
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Didnt they announce another 2 more Rich around easter ?
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