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Title: New Series of Top Gear BBC2 8pm Sunday.
Post by: F Body on February 02, 2014, 08:00:06 PM
Like now !
Title: New Series of Top Gear BBC2 8pm Sunday.
Post by: Andy on February 02, 2014, 09:25:45 PM
Cor, you're picking up the youth lingo!

Not to bad, predictably scripted, with a section in the middle of star car thing. Enjoyable hour of three blokes messing with cars!
Title: New Series of Top Gear BBC2 8pm Sunday.
Post by: Incursus on February 03, 2014, 08:07:39 AM
Taped it...(http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/wink.gif)
Title: New Series of Top Gear BBC2 8pm Sunday.
Post by: F Body on February 03, 2014, 08:25:11 AM
I thought it was pretty lame really, the program is getting 99% predictable (http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/down.gif)
Title: New Series of Top Gear BBC2 8pm Sunday.
Post by: Andy on February 03, 2014, 08:43:54 AM
For a first show I would say it was pretty lame. Only one feature and that was about three cars that they ended up blowing up.

I would guess their budget might be getting reduced...
Title: New Series of Top Gear BBC2 8pm Sunday.
Post by: Big Mouse on February 03, 2014, 07:46:55 PM
Well that was an hour of my life I'll never get back (http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/down.gif)

I thought last year's series was crap towards the end, but I see they are intent on carrying on where they left off! Its become 'the three stooges breaking shit' show.

Where's Fifth Gear when you need it? come back, all is forgiven
Title: New Series of Top Gear BBC2 8pm Sunday.
Post by: Cunning Plan on February 03, 2014, 09:41:47 PM
I've said the format has been stale for a while.

Hammond really annoys me. He's like an attention seeking kid (http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/baby.gif)

I would much rather watch Roadkill (the series, not the dude on this forum with an OCD for building stuff (http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/taunt.gif)) than Top Gear now. Much fresher and from an enthusiasts point-of-view.

I think I will still watch Top Gear when I can as it is still about cars, but only on iPlayer where I can skip large chunks of it.  (http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/rolleyes.gif)
Title: New Series of Top Gear BBC2 8pm Sunday.
Post by: FUBAR on February 03, 2014, 09:49:46 PM
I've never had any channels where other "Petrol-head" TV shows are broadcast so have literally never seen ANY of them (http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/down.gif)
Title: New Series of Top Gear BBC2 8pm Sunday.
Post by: Cunning Plan on February 03, 2014, 10:09:47 PM
Quoting: FUBAR
I've never had any channels where other "Petrol-head" TV shows are broadcast so have literally never seen ANY of them


You must have missed a few threads about Roadkill then!

http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/index.php?action=vthread&topic=11913&forum=1&page=0

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Title: New Series of Top Gear BBC2 8pm Sunday.
Post by: Roadkill on February 04, 2014, 03:00:52 PM
"TopGear . . . Because the BBC need more ways to waste your license fee . . . . "

I hate the BBC. (http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/mad.gif)
Title: New Series of Top Gear BBC2 8pm Sunday.
Post by: F Body on February 04, 2014, 03:19:23 PM
Quoting: Roadkill
I hate the BBC


Agreed the BBC content isn't as good as it used to be, but not watching that much TV it doesn't has something that all the other channels offer me (http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/dontknow.gif)

ADVERTS !
Title: New Series of Top Gear BBC2 8pm Sunday.
Post by: Roadkill on February 04, 2014, 03:29:36 PM
That's why I love Sky+ (and the likes) . . . . Record the program, fast-forward through the adverts in 6 seconds  . . . I even FF through the opening credits of the program to save myself an extra  30 seconds !

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Title: New Series of Top Gear BBC2 8pm Sunday.
Post by: art b on February 04, 2014, 05:07:35 PM
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Title: New Series of Top Gear BBC2 8pm Sunday.
Post by: F Body on February 04, 2014, 05:36:35 PM
Quoting: Roadkill
That's why I love Sky+


Given the few hours of television I watch a week there is no way I am going to pay for Sky, plus all the decent channels are extra and you can only watch one channel at a time unless you buy more boxes (we have 5 TV's).

Our next door neighbours pay £115 a month on Sky (http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/shame.gif)

Edit : Mind you we never see them and the garden is completely overgrown, so they must get their moneys worth (http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/tv.gif)
Title: New Series of Top Gear BBC2 8pm Sunday.
Post by: Fieldy on February 05, 2014, 08:16:58 PM
Sky+ Rocks....


Top Gear Sunday gone was terrible....
Title: New Series of Top Gear BBC2 8pm Sunday.
Post by: Fieldy on February 11, 2014, 03:24:11 PM
Sundays episode just gone was much, much better (http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/up.gif)
Title: New Series of Top Gear BBC2 8pm Sunday.
Post by: art b on February 11, 2014, 05:43:43 PM
Quoting: Fieldy
Sundays episode just gone was much, much better



yep that 1st one sucked...

ive been told the 2nd one was better....(http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/cool.gif)

might watch it tonite (http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/chiny.gif)
Title: New Series of Top Gear BBC2 8pm Sunday.
Post by: Incursus on February 12, 2014, 11:31:35 AM
Quoting: Fieldy
Sundays episode just gone was much, much better


Indeed (http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/up.gif)
Title: New Series of Top Gear BBC2 8pm Sunday.
Post by: art b on February 13, 2014, 10:15:53 PM
a much better episode ...(http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/up.gif)

a nice alfa and a very expensive quad bike ...(http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/shame.gif)
Title: New Series of Top Gear BBC2 8pm Sunday.
Post by: Roadkill on February 14, 2014, 04:20:20 PM
Quoting: art b
alfa


&

Quoting: art b
quad bike


. . .

Just two more reasons I don't watch Top Gear. (http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/lol.gif)
Title: New Series of Top Gear BBC2 8pm Sunday.
Post by: Big Mouse on February 14, 2014, 05:14:36 PM
I lasted all of 11 minutes before switching over. TG is now dead to me, fortunately I have a season and a half of Fast and Loud to catch up on. Rawlings may be just as irritating but at least he doesn't dress like a 70 year old and there are cars that are at least worth looking at.
Title: New Series of Top Gear BBC2 8pm Sunday.
Post by: Roadkill on February 14, 2014, 05:18:25 PM
Quoting: Big Mouse
Rawlings may be just as irritating but at least he doesn't dress like a 70 year old and there are cars that are at least worth looking at.


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A-Ron is the man, too. (http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/up.gif)
Title: New Series of Top Gear BBC2 8pm Sunday.
Post by: art b on February 15, 2014, 06:55:00 PM
it was a rather different quad bike ....(http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/cool.gif)

http://www.gibbssports.com/quadski

FYI ...

Top Gear is the most watched factual TV show in the world with an audience of over 340 million worldwide.(http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/shame.gif)
Title: New Series of Top Gear BBC2 8pm Sunday.
Post by: F Body on February 17, 2014, 12:30:58 PM
Didn't bother watching last nights episode, but here is an interesting write up on how the show is filmed :

http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/the-day-i-went-to-watch-top-gear-be-filmed-1523994592/@ballaban
Title: New Series of Top Gear BBC2 8pm Sunday.
Post by: F Body on February 18, 2014, 11:30:43 AM
Quoting: F Body
Didn't bother watching last nights episode,


Just watched it on iplayer, best one so far this series (http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/wink.gif)
Title: New Series of Top Gear BBC2 8pm Sunday.
Post by: Roadkill on February 18, 2014, 11:40:18 AM
Quoting: art b
factual


Didn't Titsy say that when Racelogic were doing the data logging for one episode that the events were all staged ?

About as "Factual" as "The only Way is Essex" or "Made in Chelsea".

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Title: New Series of Top Gear BBC2 8pm Sunday.
Post by: Cunning Plan on February 18, 2014, 12:20:12 PM
Quoting: F Body
Just watched it on iplayer, best one so far this series


Yes, totally agree. We watched it 'offline' on the tablet on the plane to Germany and the beginning started out all too routine for Top Gear, annoying Hammond making innuendos and generally acting like an attention-starved kid, BUT THEN James May presents a segment about withdrawing the military vehicles from Afghanistan which was brilliant and very interesting!

I wondering if they will sell any (http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/chiny.gif) (http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/tongue.gif)