Top Gear back tonight, BBC 2 8pm

Rowley Birkin QC

As the thread title says, just a reminder for petrol head boardsies, I know theres a Top Gear forum but it's not terribly active.

Heres hoping they get back to focusing more on reviewing and testing cars rather than the overblown stunts.

Chong

Love having TG back, my fave show!

Plug

Can't wait for the lap of the veyron:)

omb0wyn5ehpij9

Cant wait for this

Blitzkrieger

bigkev49 wrote: »

Heres hoping they get back to focusing more on reviewing and testing cars rather than the overblown stunts.

Meh. Reviewing cars can only keep you interested for so long. They tend to review the important cars, rather than every car, and focus on the exciting rather than the mundane. To be fair, if I wanted a review of an ordinary car, I'd go down to the dealer and drive it myself.

Top Gear's biggest ratings come from the spectacular stunts. They have to find a balance of what's popular while still trying to drive the innovation that made the show popular in the first place. A review of the new Avensis won't do either.....

cyclopath2001

Bill wrote: »

Love having TG back, my fave show!

A chacun son truc(k)!

kleefarr

IT'S STARTED!!

kleefarr

Great show. Loved the lorries!

Silverfish

bigkev49 wrote: »

As the thread title says, just a reminder for petrol head boardsies, I know theres a Top Gear forum but it's not terribly active.

Heres hoping they get back to focusing more on reviewing and testing cars rather than the overblown stunts.

Its not terribly active because the threads get started here instead, like this one

omb0wyn5ehpij9

kleefarr wrote: »

Great show. Loved the lorries!

I really liked it, but i think they spend a bit too much time interviewing the star in the reasonably priced car!

Berty

Bryn wrote: »

I really liked it, but i think they spend a bit too much time interviewing the star in the reasonably priced car!

Of course, Parky is a king of interviews so Clarkson probably felt he deserved a good long interview.

I even re-watched the second truck task(Sky+), when hamster didnt know he had lost the car was hilarious.

peasant

Silverfish wrote: »

Its not terribly active because the threads get started here instead, like this one

say the word and I'll throw this one your way

Wishbone Ash

It was kind of typical that they sourced possibly the least powerful Scania (the 94D 320) and included the awful British ERF, a truck that many drivers wouldn't be caught dead in.

Rowley Birkin QC

Silverfish wrote: »

Its not terribly active because the threads get started here instead, like this one

Just wanted to remind the wider Motors forum, I was constantly forgetting about Top Gear last year.

Good show, my earlier comments about getting back to more in depth reviews were soon forgotten when I saw an power-sliding artic :D

Good episode but that "celebrity" bit in the middle really sticks out like a sore thumb for me. A sore thumb that needs to be amputated.

cantdecide

HOW!!! did they get away with those stunts??

Big Nasty

Looking forward to the Muscle Car gig next week - I know they're gonna diss and thrash them, which will disappoint me, but I still wanna see it!

B00MSTICK

Did they only pay £5k for those trucks or did I hear it wrong? Surely I must have?

Graham_B18C

Im only in from James Bond and only realised it started back now!!! Nooooo! Does anyone know if its repeated???

zilog_jones

I missed it, and it seems BBC2 NI aren't showing the weekly repeats this year

lester76

Delighted TG is back great show as always clarkson just cracks me up,hitting the wall OMG how funny was his reaction lmao:D

Blitzkrieger

Bryn wrote: »

i think they spend a bit too much time interviewing the star in the reasonably priced car!

sky+ & FF FTW.....

kayos

If you missed it last night I'm sure you will catch it on Dave :P

Good episode, the stunts with the trucks were a bit mad tbh. Honestly who ok'd the Staw + electric heater in the trailor....as for the brick wall....ouchie

Danbo!

kayos wrote: »

If you missed it last night I'm sure you will catch it on Dave :P

Yeah, last night's episode is scheduled in on Dave at 9.00pm on thursday 6th November, 2014

pburns

I was looking forward to last nights programme, even Sky+ed it. The truck feature seemed especially promising. In the end though it was a case of 'meh:(...'. Maybe i'm jaded from watching all those repeats on Dave. For me though the whole thing is getting a bit stale.

The 'Star...Reasonably Priced Car' segment gets a lot of stick on this foum but I think it can be very good sometimes - the more myopic petrol-heads mightn't agree.

Some good bits coming up though - Vietnam, some sort of race in obscure, ancient rustbuckets and Captain Slow riding with Mika Hakkinen.

javaboy

bigkev49 wrote: »

Heres hoping they get back to focusing more on reviewing and testing cars rather than the overblown stunts.

Why would they? It's one of my girlfriend's favourite shows and she's not a petrol head by any means. They are reaching a huge audience with the more entertainment oriented show than the original car review format. I'd be interested to see how viewing figures have changed over the years.

Incidentally, while the economy is in the toilet, it would be the worst time to switch back to a car buyer's guide style show.

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

It was kind of typical that they sourced possibly the least powerful Scania (the 94D 320) and included the awful British ERF, a truck that many drivers wouldn't be caught dead in.

94-D-320 is a red Merc not a Scania. :D

Dolph Starbeam

Plug wrote: »

Can't wait for the lap of the veyron:)

Did it do a lap last night? How did i forget this was back:(


When is it repeated?

omega man

The part on depreciation was a reality check, Clarkson saying the car you have now is the car you will be stuck with.

Wertz

zilog_jones wrote: »

I missed it, and it seems BBC2 NI aren't showing the weekly repeats this year

Arrggh wtf? Silly bastards on that station. I usually always catch TG but nice to know if I don't that I'd get to see it on a wednesday...until now. Probably to make room for repeats of the Blame Game or Folks on the Hill.

Plug

MOG7 wrote: »

Did it do a lap last night? How did i forget this was back:(


When is it repeated?

Didn't happen last night. I think the repeats are on thursday IIRC.

wet-paint

It's repeated every evening at nine on Bittorrent.

And I thought the final truck stunts were a bit over the top. They were funny alright, but I hope that's not the way the show is heading. I much prefer the races between the lads with differing means of transport.

But aye, I was cracking up when Hammond hadn't noticed he lost the car, as well as when he was connecting the trailer.

Rob987

I had to laugh when Jezza drove the 911 GT2. Funniest review I've seen in ages, despite lack of intelligent comment. Just "Aaaaaaaaaaaaarhhhhhhggg" followed by large plumes of smoke. I especially liked the way he wouldn't admit that it beat the Lamborghini when driven by Stig. Don't know why he won't warm to Porsche :mad:

Graham_B18C

You can watch the new episode on alluc.org, here's a linkage...

http://www.showtimetv.info/misc-episodes/top-gear-s12e01/

Delighted i found it, i NEVER miss it...well...until this week that is!!!

Barr

Just watch it there (recorded last nite) brill show , so funny .

BTW the Porsche and Lambo looked really good in white

Berty

Barr wrote: »

BTW the Porsche and Lambo looked really good in white

White is the new black, didnt you know?

Graham_B18C

or...

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full screenage

MODEDIT

Sorry, link removed, I don't think this one's entirely kosher

zilog_jones

Plug wrote: »

I think the repeats are on thursday IIRC.

See my post above. It's repeated at 7pm on Wednesdays but not on BBC2 Northern Ireland. So unless you have satellite or live on the east coast and get BBC2 Wales you'll have to wait till they start repeating it elsewhere. :mad:

Graham_B18C

Grahamo999 wrote: »

or...



full screenage

MODEDIT

Sorry, link removed, I don't think this one's entirely kosher

Oh sorry, its the same as the first one i posted...only a full screen one...i think!

Spipov

oh my god this was so funny. i thought i was going to get hurt from laughing so much......... what a great show.

Graham_B18C

Worst thing about it is, if you live in England, you can watch next weeks one on the BBC website, Why do they only let people in the UK see it?

Rowley Birkin QC

Grahamo999 wrote: »

Worst thing about it is, if you live in England, you can watch next weeks one on the BBC website, Why do they only let people in the UK see it?

Because they pay the license fee that funds the BBC.

-Chris-

But I pay NTL to see BBC. I always presumed that NTL payed BBC for that access.

Is there not a case that you should be able to watch it in any territory where BBC is available (and even paid for)?

Rowley Birkin QC

AudiChris wrote: »

But I pay NTL to see BBC. I always presumed that NTL payed BBC for that access.

Is there not a case that you should be able to watch it in any territory where BBC is available (and even paid for)?

Thats a fair point you make Chris. Access to it would be pretty handy, Ch4 on demand too.

Alun

bigkev49 wrote: »

Thats a fair point you make Chris. Access to it would be pretty handy, Ch4 on demand too.

You can get access to 4OD now from an Irish ISP, have done for a while now, although you couldn't when they first started.

Rowley Birkin QC

NTL by any chance?

Presuming its that UTV broadband.

Alun

AudiChris wrote: »

But I pay NTL to see BBC. I always presumed that NTL payed BBC for that access.

Is there not a case that you should be able to watch it in any territory where BBC is available (and even paid for)?

I agree. I watch it 100% legally, so should be able to use iPlayer too. I imagine UPC pay some kind of fee to the BBC to be able to carry their channels, so that should function in lieu of the licence fee IMO.

Alun

bigkev49 wrote: »

NTL by any chance?

Presuming its that UTV broadband.

Was that question aimed at me, it wasn't clear? Anyway if so, I'm with Eircom and I can access 4OD with no problems.

Rowley Birkin QC

Alun wrote: »

Was that question aimed at me, it wasn't clear? Anyway if so, I'm with Eircom and I can access 4OD with no problems.

Yes it was for you. Cheers for the reply.

Just tried again and 4oD is working fine for me, very handy. I'm with Ntl.

Dolph Starbeam

What time is it repeated tonight anyone know? Its on BBC3 i think.

delly

Great start to the season and I echo what an earlier poster said regarding his other half, i think that this is the only program that both myself and my wife never miss.

On another note, it seems the PC brigade have kicked off regarding JC's joke regarding murdering prostitutes. Probably the same feckers who got Jonathan Ross in trouble.

Dolph Starbeam

delly wrote: »

On another note, it seems the PC brigade have kicked off regarding JC's joke regarding murdering prostitutes. Probably the same feckers who got Jonathan Ross in trouble.

Yep 188 complaints from around 7 million viewers, though since it got into the headlines i can see a few other to$$ers making those numbers bigger, even though they didn't even see it...

Blitzkrieger

I wonder will he get 3 months holiday and a new boss...