andyescos

Hi all, apparently my sis in law heard JC say Top Gear was ending for good on Radio 1, but BBC said it'll be back soon? Anyone hear exactly what was said? I hope not, just spent £8k between my mate and me kitting out a new Rescue Unit for the nest series!

Anyone hear it?

Andy

Stoo

There's a thread about this allready on GD but in short, JC wrote in his newspaper colum that he doesn't want to do another series so hasn't signed up, however the BBC say it will be back...

Lee Reynolds

TBH it wouldnt be the same if it was about Birds anyways

Diamonds.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6439449.stm

Tangodeltasierra3

Said in his column in the Sun yesterday it will not return in the Summer - him being a clever twat it will probs be Autumn.

Controvertial

cant see them stopping the most popular show on bbc2

SS1

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andyescos

are they paying you for it as in like a project ..

or is it going to be a feature on the show

diesel2000

Doesnt Clarkson have some right over to the Top Gear name? I seem to remember an article before the new style show started saying he had certain rights to how the name was used.

I hope (and probably am) very, very wrong.

andyescos

no, just providing the emergency cover, we sold our old MSA Rescue truck to Thruxton Race Circuit and we're putting the money toward kitting out a new MSA licenced unit (LDV 400) but more Fire/Rescue Orientated than Medical, although it'll still have awesome pre hospital trauma care kit in it(a lot more than you'd find in a normal Ambulance). We're also building an Immediate Response SSU (Stage Safety Unit) using my Skyline as a base.

We're trying to get alot more Motorsport orientated events under our belt, but we all love doing the TG stuff, hence me putting this post up as I was worried what I heard, and I love the show and would hate to see it leave our screens.

Andy

Billabong

It is due back in the Autumn , (with a summer special supposedly being filmed). Probably taking the piss out of the announcer who said it'd be back in the summer.

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andyescos

cheers for the reply

scotty86d

Hope its back on with jc, as its the only thing I watch on tv. would render my amazingly shit 14inch tv useless

dojj

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apparently he owns the site where the show is filmed, as in he owns the runway, the hanger and all the land etc around it

thats the roumor anyway back when this was a topic a few months back after the hamster debacle

anyway, didn't they already say that they would have emma parker bowles to replace someone who wasn't turning up again?

foreigneRS

dojj don't think jc owns dunsfold. he didn't use to anyway

dojj

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maybe he owns the hanger?

i rememebr that there was soemthing about him owning soemthing in relation to where top gear was filmed, so perhaps he's just bought a share of the property? it's not like he can't afford to is it

or perhaps he's bought the name rights to top gear or soemthing? i know that the bbc were very harsh on people who used the top gear name in relation to anything but recently there have been dozons of times i've seen it croppingup, some magazines even have a "top gear" section for, surprisingly, advertising "top" "gear"

Rossco

Apparently its something to do with James not getting paid as much as the other two and its him that is leaving, not sure if its true though

dojj

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apparently so yes

he gets roughly £40k a year
the other 2 get closer to a mill a year

james is rightiously pissed

Anonymous

so would i be if it's true

EIL132

Nothing to do with wages apparently

"Clarkson and his co-presenters James May and Richard Hammond are said to be in a disagreement with producers, as they want the cars to be the stars of the show, and not the increasing appearances by celebrity guests."

dojj

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the celebs take 5 minutes to do their bits
the rest of the time it's the 4 presenters hooning abuot in cars, sitting talking pub stuff or slagging of each other

anyway, james put a bit about it in the paper so he's going to be a little pissed ain't he? they do everything else equally so why shouldn't they get paid equally?