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Another Top Gear ticking off (with appropriate reply from James May)

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  • 03-07-2008 10:38pm
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    mike65
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    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7485313.stm
    Motoring show Top Gear has been criticised by the BBC Trust after viewers complained about "highly irresponsible" footage.

    The Polar Special featured hosts Jeremy Clarkson and James May drinking while driving as they tried to reach the Magnetic North Pole last year.

    The trust said the scene "could be seen to glamorise the misuse of alcohol".

    The show's executive producer said they were beyond the jurisdiction of drink driving laws in international waters.

    James May said
    "sod off"

    Mike.


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    barnicles
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    Oh ya I saw that . They were given out because of the frozen penis.


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    BKtje
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    Yes because drink driving endangers the lives of the pedestrians and other road users of the north pole... o wait.


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    BaconZombie
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    They were "in" international waters so it was perfectly legal.....


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    Volvoboy
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    mike65 wrote: »
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7485313.stm



    James May said



    Mike.

    Pc world gone mad.

    Good on May tho, takes no shyte anyway.


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    Mahatma coat
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    FFS what haz the world come to,

    Ya become the FIRST team to drive to the pole and some PC Cnut criticises them for havin a celebratory G&T on their way.

    Fvckn idiotic, I'm sure someone will be up in arms about Hammonds mistreatment of those poor dogs, he tied them to his Sled and made them drag him to the pole, feckin inhumane baxtrd how would he like it


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    Boggles
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    I'd thought they would be more concerned that the 2 of them were caught on camera asleep booting it over the ice at one stage.

    It was in the original airing but hasn't been re broadcast since.


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    Boggles
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    Great Pics From it

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    landydef
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    slightly off topic but i was watching an ancient episode of 5th gear this morning when the beardy fella was driving a landcruiser in iceland and he claimed it was the only vehicle to drive to both the north and the south poles yet in the fore-mentioned episode of TG they said they where the first ???
    anyway im off to wonder is there more important things in life to worry about!


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    Carroller16
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    What an episode!


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    grames_bond
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    in that episode clarkson made it perfectly clear that they were not drinking and driving, they were drinking and sailing so thats fine!


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    dr.bollocko
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    This is the sort of crap that would really benefit from the vitriolic abuse of numerous posters posting their unified opinion as one in some sort of forum that promotes angry bastardry.
    I'm just saying.


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