Top Gear is criticised for its repeated use of foul language before its 9pm watershed

Run_to_da_hills

"The popular BBC2 show is broadcast at 8pm and is now widely regarded as family entertainment rather than just a show for car fanatics. But on Sunday night’s programme, one guest used the word b******s and the word t***** was sprayed across a car. In another segment, the F-word had to be bleeped out seven times in five minutes, while the word s*** was censored so poorly it was obvious what was being said".

Foul language only adds spice to the dialect of such a programme. Could the the producers not just show this series as is at a later time and then a censored repeat for younger viewers at an earlier time.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/top-gear/9083272/Jeremy-Clarksons-Top-Gear-criticised-for-foul-language.html

Paddysnapper

The whole show is now a load of s**t. I used to enjoy it when it was about cars and not a showcase for three middle aged men who behave as if they are pre-pubecent teenagers:eek:

Myrddin

It's cool to criticize Top Gear these days, everyone knows that

We'll all be happy when Jedward have the 8pm slot on BBC 2 :rolleyes:

Buffman

I think it's actually gotten to the stage where the PC brigade sit in front of the telly with a notebook waiting for something to complain about!

Saw this in AH about episode 2 and meant to post it here before. What load of PC BS!

A DISFIGUREMENT charity has called for Jeremy Clarkson and the BBC to apologise after the Top Gear presenter compared the shape of a new car to "people with growths on their faces".
In an episode of the BBC motoring show broadcast last Sunday, Mr Clarkson likened a Japanese car with a large bulge on the back to a “really ugly” growth.
He suggested that people “wouldn’t talk to [the car] at a party” and did an impression of the elephant man, the disfigured Victorian character, after fellow presenter Richard Hammond dubbed the vehicle “the elephant car”.
James Partridge, the chief executive of charity Changing Faces, said that Mr Clarkson’s comments “create a culture of ridicule and bullying” against people who are ill, disabled or have unusual features.
“Mocking people with a disfigurement, a facial growth in this case, is irresponsible and extremely offensive. People with disfigurements experience discrimination and bullying which occasionally includes violence,” said Mr Partridge.
The charity has written a letter of complaint to Ofcom, the broadcasting watchdog, and the BBC, which has received 55 complaints about the broadcast.
Mark Boylan, who has a condition called neurofibromatosis, which causes large tumours to grow on the face, said: “As a genuine Top Gear fan, I was gutted the presenters felt the need to stoop to such a level. Their humour singled out people who are visually different.
“Even though we may be in the minority, our right to respect is equal to that of any majority.”
The show was repeated last night on BBC 2.
It is the fourth time in recent months that Mr Clarkson has attracted controversy.
At the end of December he was accused of offensive behavior after mocking Indian culture in a Top Gear Christmas special.
Viewers complained to the BBC after he made a series of controversial remarks about the country’s clothing, trains, food and history.
At one point he appeared to make light of the lack of sanitation for poor residents by driving around slums in a Jaguar fitted with a toilet.
Last November Mr Clarkson upset public sector workers when he said that those going on strike “should be shot” while their families watched.
The remarks led to more than 21,000 complaints to the BBC and almost 800 to watchdog Ofcom, which launched an investigation.
Earlier this year the presenter was criticised for making comments about the Morecambe Bay cockle picking tragedy in which 23 Chinese migrant workers died.
A BBC spokesman said that there were no plans to edit Mr Clarkson's comments about growths out of the show, but declined to comment further.

mike65

cock!

fryup

Paddysnapper wrote: »

The whole show is now a load of s**t. I used to enjoy it when it was about cars and not a showcase for three middle aged men who behave as if they are pre-pubecent teenagers:eek:

are ya kiddin, old Topgear was boring

dfx-

top gear wouldn't be the same without a healthy dose of 'oh cock'

Paddysnapper wrote: »

The whole show is now a load of s**t. I used to enjoy it when it was about cars and not a showcase for three middle aged men who behave as if they are pre-pubecent teenagers:eek:

Boys and girls, we've found another one:)

downwithpeace

There's always some sort of complaint after an airing of Top Gear, these little Top Gear cock ups keep it in the news.

gbee

Which reminds me, it's on in half an hour.

gerryo777

downwithpeace wrote: »

There's always some sort of complaint after an airing of Top Gear, these little Top Gear cock ups keep it in the news.

There's a lot of cock in this thread.....

impalingnubs

what is still considered profanity nowadays anyway? aside from the F word... or the N word...

CUPimus

The show is now terrible, don't get me wrong it used to be good and was quite funny but now its just terrible and crude!