New top gear presenters

[davidhowson]

Sorry, a pathetic new line up. I know I'm a white, middle aged, middle class, southern male but where is the gender / race / equal ops balance in this. At a time when the BBC is rightly getting a beating for paying over the odds for poor output from its white, middle aged, middle class southern males, now would have been the time to get a grip and really bring this great brand back into focus.
I want to see a brilliant female / black / LGBT+ presenter line up. Get with it Auntie B!

 

[alfatwo]

Never mind about all this gender stuff, It just drives me nuts!

What they needed was petrol heads, car nuts, clever presenters with some technical knowledge
Male/Female it doesn't matter...
Trouble is David, Its people like you and me who actually pay the licence fee! The kids aren't interested but they still complain when it doesn't suit them

Dave

 

[midlifecrisis]

It's simple, if you don't like it, don't watch it. Top Gear perpetuate myths anyway, Italian cars have dodgy electrics, Japanese Cars are boring and slow, British cars are/were rubbish... Etc.
The new series will try to emulate the older series which was tired anyway..

 

[MrMickS]

Haven't really watched it much since they put Evans on it. Have a similar feeling about him as I do James Corden. The prospect of Paddy and Freddy isn't going to get me watching it again. It shows a real lack of imagination to play safe with "celebrities".

 

[lifes2short]

imo james martin would have been a good choice

 

[allandwf]

I probably won't watch it, I haven't really seen any advertisements for it, and the thought probably wouldn't even enter my head, unless I saw it mentioned here. Personally I can't see why the cricket player would broaden it's appeal, as it's a game that does not seem to travel well.

 

[Felonious Crud]

None of Clarkson, May or Hammond were 'celebrities' when they started on Top Gear, they were just the right people for the job and it worked. Crucially, it developed a unique personality which grew from the humour and talents (regardless of how questionable) of its presenters and producers.

The Beeb's challenge is to create a fully formed adult from scratch, with the same wit and banter as the last lot, and an expectation that it will be immediately successful. That isn't going to happen. The only way TG has a future is if they start again with the right presenters instead of trying to create a team based on attracting the right demographic and likely having seen them all get on pretty well in a series of screen tests.

I'd love to know what psych-tests they did to assess the chances of good team bonding and natural, unscripted witty banter happening between those three. Feels like a manufactured boy-band to me. But probably less good.

"Dear the BBC, here at SM Towers we have hundreds of amiable fvckwits who would be more than capable of doing a blinding job on TG. What time would you like us to arrive at Dunsfold? We shall be sure to dress badly. Yours, etc"

 

[lifes2short]

Personally I can't see why the cricket player would broaden it's appeal

ditto

 

[midlifecrisis]

"Dear the BBC, here at SM Towers we have hundreds of amiable fvckwits who would be more than capable of doing a blinding job on TG. What time would you like us to arrive at Dunsfold? We shall be sure to dress badly. Yours, etc"

Dear the Auntie BBC

Notwithstanding my fellow dweller of the the aforementioned SM Towers' epistle, we also have some less amiable fvckwits too. They also dress very badly but let that not be a distraction,

yours
Midd Le Life-Crisis, Surrey,

Nota Bene

I know my own way to Dunsfold, its not necessarily the quickest but it's MY own way.

 

[safrane]

Filming starts next year so expect a year for them to 'Bond'

Still if you watch the first few episodes of TG after Clarkson took it off the BBC it is rather cringing and they dropped a few presenters along the way.

As most have said a new format is needed not a poor clone of what went before.

Q

 

[Felonious Crud]

Dear the Auntie BBC

Notwithstanding my fellow dweller of the the aforementioned SM Towers' epistle, we also have some less amiable fvckwits too. They also dress very badly but let that not be a distraction,

yours
Midd Le Life-Crisis, Surrey,

Nota Bene

I know my own way to Dunsfold, its not necessarily the quickest but it's MY own way.

Dear Midd le Life-Crisis,

See you there. I shall wear a carnation so you can recognise me. You can be the one who knows what the h3ll he's talking about and I'll fool round in the background and probably fall over unexpectedly from time to time.

We have a format in the making! Perhaps we should go and pitch it to Hat Trick Productions, or ITV.

Yours excitedly,
Felonious Crud (Mr)

 

[dickygrace]

I’m a fan of Fred and Paddy, but don’t think they’re the right people for the show.

 

[CatmanV2]

Dears sirs,

I wish to complain in the strongest possible terms about almost everything!

Yours,
Disgusted
Tunbridge Wells (Harlow chapter)

 

[bigbob]

Just wish they would bin it or completely change the format and get car experts in to present as has been previously said.

 

[zagatoes30]

Given the line-up I suspect it will be more hoofing around in exotic toys and having a laugh, Freddie & Paddy are probably perfect for that. Long gone are the days of Top Gear being anything other than entertainment, it is a tired recipe IMO but that is what the viewer wants.

 

[outrun]

Just wish they would bin it or completely change the format and get car experts in to present as has been previously said.

Surely there's room for an actual car show, you know one that has real world reviews and the like, not just Nurburgring laps? Top Gear can then stay as an extension of the silly show it is now with the clown presenters having a ball. Just so long as any new show isn't background sponsored by one of the German brands which then magically come out on top in every review. That is what has killed Pistonheads (as well as utterly rubbish articles written by people without spellchecker).

 

[lifes2short]

bit odd this, but when the trio went over to the grand tour on amazon I actually got the amazon tv box just to watch it, only watched 4/5 episodes and then just couldn't be ar-sed to play any more of the recordings, when TG was on BBC2 it was a set time and would always look forward to it and make sure I was about to watch it

 

[conaero]

The fact they keep changing the presenters compounds the fact that the BBC dont know what they are doing.

As above, you need car people, not celebrities otherwise the show loses credibility.

I accept you, the BBC want controllable, established, celebrities but you will do this to the detriment of the show.

 

[lifes2short]

wonder if they would consider noel edmonds

 

[Spartacus]

Im suprised the BBC ( or the B-PC as they should be known ) did n't just draft in two black lesbian females in wheelchairs to ruin the show . They are good at employing the wrong people just to forfill their P.C. quota . Don t get me started on Jo Whiley. She's been sh1t since she started in the early 90'S. They won't drop her because she is female and the board at the BBC would explode if they had to
do that . Instead they just keep moving her about in every slot .Pushing out Radcliff and Macone from Radio 2 to Radio 6 so she could have their slot. P1ssing off Simon Mayo by forcing her on him and his very succesfull show until he resigns and leaves Radio 2 all together .