Top Gear

Top Gear is #1 on the BBC iPlayer again.

Here's this week's link (episode 4):

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b07...-episode-4

One notable difference with road trips now is that these cars (or bikes) were all clearly of good enough quality not to make breakdowns and repairs part of the story. I suspect if Evans is pursuing any line different to the old gang, it's that he seems less of a tinkerer (so to speak).

The original trio used to enjoy fiddling about with and modding the cars. I suspect Evans knows little about the workings of the internal combustion engine.

(21-06-2016 07:05 )Tractor boy Wrote:  The original trio used to enjoy fiddling about with and modding the cars. I suspect Evans knows little about the workings of the internal combustion engine.

You think they modded those cars themselves?

(21-06-2016 10:01 )wackawoo Wrote:  

(21-06-2016 07:05 )Tractor boy Wrote:  The original trio used to enjoy fiddling about with and modding the cars. I suspect Evans knows little about the workings of the internal combustion engine.

You think they modded those cars themselves?

What about when they were in Bolivia?

(20-06-2016 20:26 )munch1917 Wrote:  2.3 million viewers apparently, the lowest sunday night figure since Clarkson rebooted the show nearly 20 years ago!

BBC boss defends the shows performance again: http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/bbc-b...ct-8239406

This non-story (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...-Gear.html) about Evans' clothes on the show would merely seem to confirm that the beeb are indeed mixing and matching footage between episodes. (Evans clothes needing to match in his introductions to feature material in particular - depending on which episode the features are slotted into.) This apparent built in tolerance for the rejigging of content was I suppose inevitable given they originally set out to make 8 episodes' worth of location material.

The shows as transmitted are certainly jampacked.

It is getting better now it's found it's feet - even Evans is calming down a little and lots of interesting bits - the Aston Vulcan looked great and the bit on the Tesla was really interesting and shows where the future of cars will go. I liked the mix up with the bike too, it shouldn't just be about cars.

Big up to Sabine out-speeding Evans' boat on foot though. Give that woman a cape and have done with it

(21-06-2016 20:32 )Doddle Wrote:  Big up to Sabine out-speeding Evans' boat on foot though. Give that woman a cape and have done with it

the bit where shes telling the michielin star chef how to cook if i closed my eyes could swear it was my grandmother

(21-06-2016 10:58 )babelover48 Wrote:  What about when they were in Bolivia?

They have a huge back up crew, including mechanics.