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Old Feb 4th 2013, 8:42 pm
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Just a heads up, series 19 starts tonight on BBC America.
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Old Feb 4th 2013, 9:26 pm
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Been watching it else where.....and the first episode, so much less annoying that the last series
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Thanks for that - didn't realize. I've always loved TG. I actually have it on my Netflix queue to catch up on the few episodes I've missed over the years.
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I'm just sayin'....
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Just a heads up, series 19 starts tonight on BBC America.
Awesome, thanks for that. I would have missed it
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Only TG would put a Bentley round a rally stage! Awesome!
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I haven't watched TG on BBCA in a while. Has it always been only a week delayed from the UK? I seem to remember it being an entire series behind... or at least several months.
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Only TG would put a Bentley round a rally stage! Awesome!
wonder who paid for the damages because they way they thrashed it there must have been some.
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wonder who paid for the damages because they way they thrashed it there must have been some.
Right?!
I imagine there must have been quite a lot of body damage and chipping if nothing else but there had to be some damage to the suspension as well given the beating it got...!

I would love to know what TG's budget for a season is. Can't imagine it's a low number.
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I think to a certain extent some car manufacturers are begging to be on Top Gear and gladly supply the cars knowing they may come back a little damaged. Think about it from Bentley's POV particularly in light of Clarkson's closing comment that the wrong people buying it. After that showing on a rally stage you can bet at least a few of the "right" people are at least adding it to their list. They realize the huge positive coverage they can get (vauxhaul Vectra and probably Tesla notwithstanding).
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I think to a certain extent some car manufacturers are begging to be on Top Gear and gladly supply the cars knowing they may come back a little damaged. Think about it from Bentley's POV particularly in light of Clarkson's closing comment that the wrong people buying it. After that showing on a rally stage you can bet at least a few of the "right" people are at least adding it to their list. They realize the huge positive coverage they can get (vauxhaul Vectra and probably Tesla notwithstanding).
True. I'll throw the Morris Marina into that group too!
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The Vietnam special was the last great work TG has done. Personally, I consider the proverbial shark to have been jumped.
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Right?!
I imagine there must have been quite a lot of body damage and chipping if nothing else but there had to be some damage to the suspension as well given the beating it got...!

I would love to know what TG's budget for a season is. Can't imagine it's a low number.
Last autumn it was reported that Clarkson alone was getting £3-4million in fees, bonuses, and income on his equity stake in the production company. I'd guess that the cost per show to average close to £1million, and that they can afford cosmetic damage to a £150k car as a mere operating expense. A few years back when Dodge wouldn't lend TG a Challenger, they just bought one, and last series JC tore the rear end off a new Jag XF.
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The Vietnam special was the last great work TG has done. Personally, I consider the proverbial shark to have been jumped.
You need to get help!

This is, by far, the best show on TV!
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You need to get help!

This is, by far, the best show on TV!
Just one man's opinion. I think the show has become increasingly forced in the past few years. There are occassional moments of brilliance, but increasingly each episode is required to hit certain beats:
- Jeremy says something offensive and hits stuff with a hammer to "fix" it
- Richard tries to justify something ridiculous he's done and complains about foreign food
- James carries on about WW2 engineering and refuses to be rushed

Cheap cars are purchased, challenges are presented by white coated assistants, questionable drag races are run, tired jokes are trotted out yet again. Nostalgia for stiff upper lip olde Englande is maintained. The show has lost much of the spontineity, wit and nonchalance it used to have. Both the "characters" of the hosts and the "plots" of each episode have become increasingly formalized, scripted and calcified.

I still like the show, but it has lost something. I think some of the other shows the hosts have done in the past few years are better than TG, particularly some of the stuff May has done.
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