Oink

You're right he's a bell-end as well.

Pulaski

That's what happened the previous time Jeremy Clarkson left!


At least Clarkson doesn't have motion sickness in cars!

Pizzawheel

Fifth Gear did have that posh bird with the double - barrelled name, and that didn't work. So not sure where the female presenter would come from, unless Kat Deeley is getting even more bored.

rivingtonpike

I'm looking forward to it. I hope they'll make a good pairing. Sod all else on the telly that's any good so the bar isn't very high at the moment.

Pulaski

Vickie Butler Henderson, she was on Top Gear too, back in the '90's. ..... But there were many women who were presenters on Top Gear over the years - Anglea Rippon, Marian Foster, Kate Humble, Julia Bradbury, and others; none lasted though, but the same could be said about most of the men too - only a few lasted beyond a couple of years.
New Top Gear was different though, with a stable presenter line-up for 14 years and 22 seasons.

Pizzawheel

That's true- the stability of the new top gear was the exception rather than the rule.

Shard

Pulaski, why do you use Jezza as icon?

Pulaski

What's not to like about 6'5", curly-haired, ornery Yorkshiremen?

At the moment, TG back episodes is the only television that I watch! And has been since I ran out of X-Files episodes about a year ago. And I watched the first three series of Gold Rush, and the next couple via YouTube. I used to watch some Mythbusters but not for a number of years. We don't have cable TV, nor an antenna, and therefore we watch no TV news, nor any sports.

It is a number of years back since I watched any TV shows other than TG, X-Files, and Gold Rush, at least 3-4 years, and maybe 6-8. I tried "Fringe" when I ran out of X-Files, but I didn't find it compeling viewing. I have a box set of Blackadder DVDs from Christmas that I haven't started watching yet.

Shard

jimf

He even named his daughter after a great British Leyland car from the 70s.....

Oakvillian

Yeah, but of those, only VBH has a proper petrolhead pedigree. Father and grandfather were both racing drivers, as is her brother - Vicki raced karts, and worked as an instructor in the Silverstone racing school before getting into journalism.

I quite like her presenting style (well, I suppose I should acknowledge that I always thought she was rather wonderful altogether...) - she was OK on "old" Top Gear and has held her own on Fifth Gear, but both of those are rather tired magazine-show formats that would have challenged any presenter. On Fifth Gear the combination of her, Tiff and Jason Plato gives a pretty strong bias towards track driving, not always to the advantage of the format

One of the strengths of the Clarkson/May/Hammond triumvirate is the interplay between the boffin (May) the boy racer (Hammond) and their mutual antagonist, Clarkson the "common man." I'm not sure the Evans/Joey combo will work in the same way. Does this mean the rumours surrounding Chris Harris and/or Sabine Schmitz have been dismissed?

Pulaski

What day of the week is it? The plans for New TG seem to vary frequently, with Chris Evans' prefered Exec Producer having resigned twice, and Chris Evans threatening to resign a couple of weeks ago. Sabine fobbed off a question at Daytona recently, heavily hinting that she won't be a regular presenter.

The whole thing is a frickin' mess and the show hasn't even been aired yet! I'll be shocked if there is a second season, and at the moment I believe it is only 50:50 as to whether there'll be a first. The Beeb has managed to choke one of its few golden geese. Good job!

magnumpi

Was watching TV just now in UK and saw an advert for Amazon TV, by Clarkson, and then this:

Guess who's back - Clarkson, Hammond, May sign Amazon Prime deal. But no Stig! - Tech Digest

Hmmm

Pulaski

The Stig is a copyrighted possession of the Beeb.

magnumpi

They will have a new name for him like " the stag"