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Budget cuts for TG in 2009

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  • 30-12-2008 2:52pm
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    mike65
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    Budget cuts at the BBC mean "nobody's got a pot to piss in any more", according to the executive producer of BBC2's Top Gear.

    Andy Wilman, who is presenter Jeremy Clarkson's business partner as well as executive producer on Top Gear – BBC2's top-rated show – said the budget for the next series was being cut and warned it would affect what viewers saw on screen.

    "No point in moaning about that – all shows are suffering and nobody's got a pot to piss in any more anyway, so no reason why we shouldn't suffer as well," said Wilman.

    "Our problem though is that there is no fat to trim off the show, in that we waste almost nothing behind the scenes and the old cliche of every penny goes on screen is actually true."

    Wilman made the comments in the blog section of a Top Gear fansite website. The entry was later replaced with a shortened version, with the comments about the show's budget removed.

    "So in 2009 the budget cut has to affect what you watch, and [Jeremy] Clarkson has had a brainwave in making this as painless as possible," wrote Wilman.

    "Basically instead of trimming back a little bit on every show – losing a helicopter here or a truck crash there – we'll endeavour to make 13 of our 14 shows as per the usual [Hollywood producer/director] Jerry Bruckheimer standard, and then the last one, when we only have a tenner left, will be utter, utter ****e.

    "But they had fun singing songs in the dark during the Blitz, so let's see what happens. Great stuff may come of it."


    Back to this then - :pac:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHQ_Witj1pQ


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