New Topgear 8pm on BBC2

Plug

On for an hour and a half, its an Indian special.

Sorry mods about this but there is another thread over on the Topgear forum, maybe ye can keep this open till its over since there is a lot more traffic here:)

L-M

I hate the way the Top Gear threads are always moved, I never go near the TV section but I love Top Gear.

omb0wyn5ehpij9

I will be out playing snooker, so have the ntl box set to record it

L-M

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Sure why would Top Gear be in the Motoring section it barely has anything to do with cars :pac:

That it doesn't, fairly sure it's not described as a "car show" any more either!

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Limerick man wrote: »

I hate the way the Top Gear threads are always moved

I think it was a general consensus to stop moving them much before I became a mod,

The thread can stay, thanks for the reminder OP

colm_mcm

Thanks for the reminder!

Sobanek

Cool, can't wait!

bazz26

Good stuff.

I wonder will Clarkson make any remarks about shooting striking public servants?

Delancey

Sweet F... All to do with cars that show , if its true that '' you are what you eat '' then Jeremy Clarkson and the other 2 tools must live on a diet of arseholes

MagicMarker

This is terrible.

MidnightQueen

Damn it, missed half of it! Any repeats?

Owryan

On dave in about 3 years lol.

MidnightQueen

Best part with the mini coming apart! ROFL.

AugustusMinimus

MagicMarker wrote: »

This is terrible.

Could have been so good, but the UK trade mission bull**** destroyed it.

Bigcheeze

Couldn't watch more than half of it. Boring and not remotely funny.

testarossa40

KittyKat wrote: »

Damn it, missed half of it! Any repeats?

According to this page:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mj59/episodes/upcoming

1. 5 Jan 2012 19:30
   BBC Two (except Northern Ireland (Analogue), Wales (Analogue))
   
   India Special
   7 days left to watch
   Jeremy, Richard and James set off on an epic road trip across India. (R)
2. 5 Jan 2012 19:30
   BBC HD
   
   India Special
   7 days left to watch
   Jeremy, Richard and James set off on an epic road trip across India.
3. 7 Jan 2012 20:30
   BBC Three
   
   India Special
   7 days left to watch
   Jeremy, Richard and James set off on an epic road trip across India. (R)

fryup

KittyKat wrote: »

Damn it, missed half of it! Any repeats?

relax, you didn't miss much:cool:

pburns

I've enjoyed some of the other ones but that was pretty crap. Worst X-mas special ever i'd say.

I think Bob Flavin should audition to be the new JC . As long as he doesn't test the Renault bloody Fluence!

-Corkie-

I recorded it on Sky + but after reading the above I will watch Dallas instead...
Charlene Tilton Mmmmmmmm.

AugustusMinimus

-Corkie- wrote: »

I recorded it on Sky + but after reading the above I will watch Dallas instead...
Charlene Tilton Mmmmmmmm.

Victoria Principal....

kuro2k

don't waste your time watching it!

MugMugs

Whilst they still have some dignity left they should retire the show. It's just not funny anymore. Terrible "special" and predictable "accidents"

-Corkie-

AugustusMinimus wrote: »

Victoria Principal....

A lot better than Clarkson anyway....:D

pburns

-Corkie- wrote: »

I recorded it on Sky + but after reading the above I will watch Dallas instead...
Charlene Tilton Mmmmmmmm.

Ya dirty dog...she's a 53 yr old woman now*

Gonna be in the new Dallas too apparantly...

*Actually I thought she'd be older...

fonecrusher1

Watched a bit of this tonight.....wow how utterly crap. Especially how 'mad-cap' Clarkson absolutely wrecked that fairly tidy looking jag in an attempt to look funny.

Yawn. Dear oh dear Clarkson. as each year passes he becomes more like the embarrassing uncle who thinks he's really funny.

How much mileage can the BBC get out of these 3?!

Ive accepted many years ago that TG is no longer for car enthusiasts but this is an all time low. Were before i found the TG hour-long specials a decent watch, this one was just boring & pointless.

bazz26

1.5 hours of my life I will never get back.

Delancey

The really sad and disturbing thing about Top Gear is that apparently its ratings are now much higher than they used to be when it was a proper motoring programme.
Seems the masses have a love of the 3 dickheads :rolleyes:

MugMugs

Delancey wrote: »

The really sad and disturbing thing about Top Gear is that apparently its ratings are now much higher than they used to be when it was a proper motoring programme.
Seems the masses have a love of the 3 dickheads :rolleyes:

To be fair the old programme was 80s tripe. I've terrible memories of watching it on a Tuesday night before quantum leap and red dwarf. It was fine then but the shake up it got was well needed when Tiff left. The problem now is they are just repeating the same old stupid not funny anymore jokes. It's quite pathetic really. I'm suprised the beeb still allow it.

Delancey

The beeb have something of a history of keeping alive shows that are well past their ' sell by date ' , look at Top of the Pops , if that was a horse it would have been shot 15 years before BBC finally put it ( and its viewers ) out of their misery.

Slunk

Truly awful stuff. Could only manage about forty minutes and that was at a push. Even the gfs mother passed comment that this was on before. That's where i decided it was enough. Same crap jokes and silly pranks with air con etc.

Chriscl1

I've been watching top gear since I was a nipper (quentin,tiff,fat man etc) and yes it has gone to ****e and I wasn't expecting much from tonights visit to the raj except for cheap gags and that's what I got. I just wish sky would put c5 on the epg.

btkm8unsl0w5r4

The waste of food, resources and cars in this was distasteful in a country with such poverty. TG is really off the boil, was great back in 2004-2008, but its turned into a sitcom. Clarksons christmas DVD's are what top gear should be, his new one this year was a good watch.

Tabnabs

You can tell them exactly what you thought of the show (good or bad) on their website http://transmission.blogs.topgear.com/2011/12/28/top-gear-in-india-post-show-discussion/ seems we're not the only ones to think it stank.

Jemmy

Missed this

cjt156

Jemmy wrote: »

Missed this

Not if you've ever seen an episode of TG before you haven't. Same old regurgitated tripe.

I actually think the banter between the three used to be funny; but now its so obvious and predictable, everyone is just going through the motions. But as long as the ratings are high you can expect more of the same.

Gary ITR

Disappointing, I enjoyed the other specials, Bolivia, Vietnam etc etc but this one was terrible

alias no.9

[COMICBOOK GUY] Worst Christmas Special ever[/COMICBOOK GUY]

Mr Benevolent

Delancey wrote: »

The beeb have something of a history of keeping alive shows that are well past their ' sell by date ' , look at Top of the Pops , if that was a horse it would have been shot 15 years before BBC finally put it ( and its viewers ) out of their misery.

You think that's bad? Doctor Who has been running since the 60s! It's gone from bad to worse to CBeebies material.

Plug

What a sh1t episode, sorry for the reminder:pac:

MugMugs

Confab wrote: »

Delancey wrote: »

The beeb have something of a history of keeping alive shows that are well past their ' sell by date ' , look at Top of the Pops , if that was a horse it would have been shot 15 years before BBC finally put it ( and its viewers ) out of their misery.

You think that's bad? Doctor Who has been running since the 60s! It's gone from bad to worse to CBeebies material.

Now now! Leave the doctor out of this!

AugustusMinimus

Ella Clever Stalker wrote: »

The waste of food, resources and cars in this was distasteful in a country with such poverty. TG is really off the boil, was great back in 2004-2008, but its turned into a sitcom. Clarksons christmas DVD's are what top gear should be, his new one this year was a good watch.

Clarkson's DVD was quite possibly worse.

Outside of the BMW powered Brutus it had absolutely nothing.

Rowley Birkin QC

Wow, missed this but to be honest I'll be watching a repeat regardless of what is said here.

At it's worst it's 3 lads messing about in cars, that alone is the makings of a better 90 mins tv than most of the nonsense that's usually on around Christmas.

AugustusMinimus

Rowley Birkin QC wrote: »

Wow, missed this but to be honest I'll be watching a repeat regardless of what is said here.

At it's worst it's 3 lads messing about in cars, that alone is the makings of a better 90 mins tv than most of the nonsense that's usually on around Christmas.

For 70% of it, it was two lads not messing around in cars.

It was everything the South American special was not.

btkm8unsl0w5r4

AugustusMinimus wrote: »

Clarkson's DVD was quite possibly worse.

Outside of the BMW powered Brutus it had absolutely nothing.

Ferrari FF, BMW 1M, Lambo Gillardo performante, MP4-12C, GT-R, GT2-RS, That F1 single seater car thing who's name I forget....its had a hell of a lot more than a series of top gear. Some overlap I give you but proper car stuff. Maybe I am a child but watching a bunch of super cars on a track is right up my street.

Vicxas

Very disappointing Xmas special. I found it very boring.

fryup

Vicxas wrote: »

Very disappointing Xmas special. I found it very boring.

so did i, even when its poor its entertaining in some sort of braindead way..but last night i actually yawned out loud something i never did before watching TG

dr.fuzzenstein

T'was alright, I did like the food delivery bit.
Wiring the horn to the brakes? That I thought was genius, will keep that in mind for the boss's car.
The garden party? That went far to long and stretched the same joke wayyy to thin.
I did like "SH I.T" for business and "Eat English Muff" with a gian union jack, actually giggled at that.
And even the joke presents, a double bass for Hammond (t'was bigger then him).
Best specials so far where Polar, Bolivia and Vietnam.
This ranks along the Israel special, they basically just wheel out the same old shtick every year, but after them going for so long, what do you expect?
On the other hand: Show me another car program that comes even close to the lofty heights TG once enjoyed.
Fifth Gear is the only one that comes close, but doesn't have the humour.
All other car programs (what was that god-awful tripe on Sky 1 again? Bleurgh!) attempt to copy the template and fail miserably.
Oirish Top Gear (you know, recently), don't even talk about it (and now Mary will drive the new Corolla 1.4, what a great car, let me just give a shout out to our sponsors, Toyota).
There is nothing out there, even today, that comes close, since everything is corporate sponsored these days and commercial stations don't want to piss ANYONE off in case they might want to give them money, car programs these days, by default, will be dreary, focus on safety (sa-fe-ty, three syllables) and will simply say "they're all great".
So I still like TG, because there is nothing like it out there.
And never will be again, the law may permit being oafish, loud, funny, boisterous, but since the world is now ruled by multinational corporations, it has to be shiny, happy and plastic.

barura

I found it okay, sure it wasn't as inspiring as say... The America or Vietnam special, but it was fun all the same. People saying it was ****e is a bit much, I give it a 3/5, but it had a sense of being too well planned/scripted at times.

Littlehorny

Always have been a fan of Top Gear but over the last few years the presenters have just crawled up their own arseholes at times. The egos have got too big and maybe one of the presenters needs to go (Hammond?). Anyway thought last nights show was poor and too much of it is so obviously set up, wonder what would happen if one of them got a slap in the mouth one day?

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Plug wrote: »

What a sh1t episode, sorry for the reminder:pac:

Indeed, 1 week ban for you

colm_mcm

From another site

Keith Adams from ARonline wrote: »

Top Gear's India special was a miss...
What a shame. ‘What an absolute crying bloody shame, and a missed opportunity’.
It’s all I could think after sitting through 90 minutes of prime-time car-based television adventuring thanks to the ‘boys’, and their increasingly immature, pointless old car antics. For those who didn’t watch (and I suggest you do while it’s still freely available on BBC’s excellent iPlayer service), the Top Gear trio ventured to India, for some old school car capers – just the sort of thing that we love to do here.
But whereas previous specials were inspired, brilliant edge of the seat entertainment combining humour and drama perfectly, this one seemed tired, uninspired and, well just plain, unoriginal. ‘Jezza’, ‘Captain Slow’ and ‘The Hamster’ (perfect nicknames for a trio tying to pass themselves off as superannuated public schoolboy mischiefs) know how to craft some of the best television known to mankind – but equally, when they get it wrong, it can be truly cringeworthy. And this year’s effort – in the main – was just that. As I said, a bloody shame.
Considering the ‘boys’ were in India for a fortnight, and ended up experiencing the sheer chaotic, downtrodden, vibrant, wonderful magic of this incredible country (something that most of us could only dream about), we never really felt as though we were really there at all. Indians are inquisitive, friendly and downright hospitable people as a whole, but for the most part, the locals that did make it on to the small screen, were just background. And considering that Top Gear  is such a huge success or the BBC there, that really did do them down.
In fact, in an interview for Radio Times, Clarkson said as much, claiming that all three had been touched by the Indians. So how come it never came across that way? Nope, all that we were treated to, as armchair fans, was three middle-aged men cocking around.
Then there were the cars, and obviously their choices were dictated by the premise that they were there representing Great Britain, but once again we were treated to the sight of three perfectly usable classic cars nominally valued at £7000 each – a Mini Cooper, Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow and Jaguar XJS – systematically being trashed for no good reason. Where’s the logic in that?
But I guess it give the ‘boys’ another excuse to do ourselves down with the same old cliches (which, thankfully, they did manage to try and address in a half-hearted, predictable way at the end of the programme). No doubt, if nothing else, it opens up another younger generation to the notion that ‘British=Bad’. So, cheers, then.
To me, it was the brainless thuggery in the name of ‘entertainment’ that really rankled. Dumping the air con refrigerant out of the Rolls-Royce was just plain stupid (whether it was staged or not), as were the bizarre modifications to the cars. The way that poor Mini (a beautiful example by the look of what was on screen) had its face torn off – yes, it must have looked funny to some people – was horrible. Then there was the Jaguar. A lovely example, absolutely wrecked. So, cheers, then – again.
And people wonder why we – as a nation – place such little value on old things.
So whereas the South American, USA and Vietnamese adventure specials genuinely came across as being truly arduous, with three friends coming together to truly experience a challenging road trip, this one was flat, seemingly of little point. Other than a couple of brilliant moments (the night drive on the dual carriageway, and the exhaust pipe ‘cricket), it was true car crash television. And time perhaps, that Top Gear needs a bit of a break, and maybe a rethink.
But then, you can’t help but think that as long as millions of people watch it globally, it must be good, right?
Please, then, Top Gear team – play on your strengths. You’re all brilliant – Clarkson is a great writer and true car man, May is sheer class, and the writing and production on the programme is simply world class. You have, and no doubt will continue to, produce extraordinarily good television. Brilliant moments in your history such as the DB9 race to the South of France, the Senna tribute, trip across the USA to New Orleans, are head and shoulders above any other car related TV, and stand alone as brilliant moments. More of this please.
And less of the pointless dossing about that utterly ruined the trip to India.
Pretty please.