Did anyone see it this week? They took over a radio station to do the 4-6pm slot with Clarkson doing the traffic report :rotfl::rotfl:
Excellent stuff again from this team!!
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Did anyone see it this week? They took over a radio station to do the 4-6pm slot with Clarkson doing the traffic report :rotfl::rotfl:
Excellent stuff again from this team!!
to be honest i forget to watch the new series but watch a lot of the old ones on sky. it is a brilliant series though and great to watch. they are so un PC which is a refreshing change and very funny!!!!!
I think what I like most about it, that it is not your typical "car" program. Lots of other shows have taken stuff from top gear and failed badly. It is also the guys who make this show, clarkson, may and hammond
i watch the odd episode, it is very funny. I love Richard Hammond. He is so funny. I remember one when they were playing conkers with caravans that had me in hysterics.
OMG - it was so funny!!! Mrs Smith phoning in complaining about Jeremy's alternative traffic reports!! :rotfl:
Love Little Richard :wub:
Fantastic episode - I've wondered for so long now who is The Stig!
And can anyone tell me whose dog it was, as I missed the very beginning
The dog is the shows mascot (they mentioned it on the week befores show) it's a labradoodle which if i remember rightly they called "top gear"Quote:
Originally Posted by jojomum
yea seen it but i'll watch it now and again
did anyone watch it last night? my husband and i were hysterical laughing when they had to convert their vehicles to boats, drive them down the M6 and sail them on a reservoir!! very very funny!!!:rotfl:
I watched it.. Richard Hammond was so funny "so was it tea or coffee you wanted".. He didn't even put foam in the car to help it float.. The bit at the end with himself and clarkson trying to get of the car before it sank was hilarous.. I laughed so much.. :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:Quote:
Originally Posted by pookie1968uk
omg and when James sat reading Gay Times whilst waiting for the engines to cool down !! Brilliant entertainment!! :rotfl:
that was really funny.. it was a great show last nightQuote:
Originally Posted by jojomum
I laughed my pants of at the boath thingy. It was hysterical! Those guys you love or hate em!:rotfl:
it was funny when they had to change the vehicles into boats
Haha i loved that ep. I liked the one with the big sail that had problems even getting to the reservoir!Quote:
Originally Posted by pookie1968uk
The BBC has rejected 500 objections about the behaviour of Top Gear hosts.
The corporation says the tone of the show is both irreverent and provocative, and viewers must be understanding about the kind of language likely to be used on the show.
A recent statement explained that no one was safe from "the team's acerbic comments and observations," adding that "were the presenters' comments and pranks carried out with any degree of seriousness... we would of course take issue with them."
The show has been no stranger to controversy, having previously received complaints about both James Mays' comment about cannabis and Jeremy Clarkson's Nazi salute.
If like me you were wondering what was meant about James May's cannabis joke, here is what it was all about:
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Top Gear presenter James May has landed himself in hot water after joking about taking drugs.
The former bus driver claimed in a recent episode that he used to smoke cannabis as he drove his passengers.
"Being a bus driver was the easiest job I have ever done," he explained. "It was easier than sitting around on this show because there were no cameras around. Because you're not being filmed when you're a bus driver, you can just light up and have a joint."
A spokesperson for the busmen's union told the Daily Star, "It would be highly irresponsible to drive any vehicle whilst under the influence of drugs. It is not something that he should joke about. Bus drivers bear a great duty of care to their passengers. I am disappointed by James May's actions and would hope that looking back on them, he would make an apology."
A spokesman for the BBC insisted that the comments were made "in jest".
"The Top Gear team's irreverent sense of humour is familiar to the regular audience," he said. "The comment was not to be taken seriously."
Topgear is back on sunday on BBC2 at 8pm.
i for one cant wait for it!!
They are going to be showing Richard Hammonds crash on it too apparently...
I can't wait - have been watching repeats on UKTV Gold whilst waiting for the new series to start!
I haven't watched this too much before, but this new series looks good, from what i read in the Radio Times interview with the 3 of them. The crash will be a bit strange to see, but i guess they can't air the show without showing it at some point, so they're just getting it out of the way, so they can move on. Thats what Richard Hammond said, at least!
I can't wait either. I love watching them fool around with cars and caravans. Especially the episode where they went caravanning and the ripped the side of the caravan open on a bollard. That was hilarious.
Hope this series will be as good as the last.
I think they need to show the crash cos people will just email and write in begging them to show it forever. At least once its been shown they can wrap the whole situation up and move on.
Welcome back to the hamster. Loved the entrance tonight with all the showgirls but I did have a lump in my throat when they showed the crash. He really was one lucky fella
I missed the entrance, but i saw it on the news, but i'd remembered it was on before they showed the crash, i'd not realised it was his 3rd go, so the first 2 times i was watching with my fist's all clenched. But wow what a lucky guy.
His comment before he went on the first go, was a bit un-nerving to hear tho! And very propetic (sp?)
I know what you mean. I felt the same. :eek: My husband saw the tyre in the first run and immediately said that tyre is going to blow up, it does not look good.
The show is back on the road, and so is their funny outlook on things. The road repair item really cracked me up.:lol:
I have to say, I was like you Dawn.. first 2 times my heart was in my mouth.. you could see Richard was reliving in over and over.. but i am glad it was the usual top gear stuff.. Great entrance and taken the piss out of him was funny.. loved James May giving him the tissue.. It was brilliant. Glad it is back on a screens with a full team :thumbsup::cheer:
it was great to see all 3 presenters together again and glad they showed the accident first so they can get on with the rest of the series. it was a great start for a great show!
watched it last night with a huge group of people (in the pub) and you really could hear a pin drop while they were on the crash item at the end, my heart actually stopped. i loved how he said they were never to mention it again now - he really does want to move on
the road repair was hysterical -- clarksons "inspirational" speeches were he ripped off every famous political speech known to man was comedy genius, as was his motivator music!!!
the whole item was comedy genius
Just where did they get the idea from to redo a road in 24hrs? That was hilarious from start to finish :rotfl: Jeremy with his speaches and megaphone :rotfl: - until James threw it until the roller.
You could see at the end when they showed the crash that Richard was looking more uncomfortable after each section of the vid was shown. But they responded to it in usual TG style and took the piss out of it. There was a change in Jeremy when he was "interviewing" him, almost like he was really bothered about how it was going to be shown to the public or how they would perceive it. Jeremy being sensitive! I think Richard has the right idea, put it to bed and never mention it again.
I saw on another site where they were saying was it right for them to show the cras and I thought yes if Richard was happy for them too.
both Richard and his family were happy to show the crash.. if they are ok then so should everyone else.. this was closure for them all, especially Richard who wants this to be the end of it.. I loved his thank you that he gave to hospital and everyone who supported him... Well done TG..it was done well
Definatly Shiv, it does done well, with the humour, but not pushing that side of it too much. And also with the actual seriousness of it.
The interaction between the presenters show that how well they get on and how much they respect each other having them making fun of Richard by giving him tissues and asking him if he's a mental is their way of hiding behind the mask that things could have been so tragically different. It was a great way to start of the new series and the roadworks report was brilliantly done.
i thought it was ok i am just glad richard is ok cant believe the speed he was going glad he is better
TOP Gear beat Celebrity Big Brother in the ratings war in Britain on Sunday night.
The BBC2 motoring programme, which featured footage of Richard Hammond's life-threatening crash in September, was seen by 7.9 million viewers.
The finale of Channel 4's reality show, in which Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty was crowned this year's winner, attracted 5.8 million.
Top Gear got a peak of 8.6 million viewers when the high-speed crash was shown, while Big Brother reached 7.3 million at its height.
The BBC show had a 27.8 per cent share of viewers, while Celebrity Big Brother got a 20.9 per cent share, according to unofficial overnight statistics.
The figures set a new record for Top Gear, whose previous high was 5.3 million in August last year.
A Top Gear spokeswoman said: "It's great to have Top Gear back and in such good form."
Hammond, nicknamed the Hamster by TV sidekicks Jeremy Clarkson and James May, was filming a stunt for the show when he crashed the jet-powered dragster at 288mph (463km/h).
But the father of two left hospital just five weeks after the high-speed accident.
Footage of the dramatic crash were broadcast in the first episode of the new series of the BBC show.
For those of you who missed it. Its repeated tonight 8pm BBC2
I know last week was a bit of a special one, showing the accident, but the guys have not let me down.. Excellent again this week. great fun and I still laugh at it all. Loved the whole bit with them all on the golf course.. I laughed so much :rotfl::rotfl:
Absolutely brilliant last night!
Did you see about there being complaints about last weeks show from brain injury charities for James passing Richard a tissue and for Jeremy asking him if he was mental? If they'd watched the show regularly they'd know it was just 3 mates having a laugh and nothing to be taken seriously!
The golf course was hilarious and seeing James driving at 252mph was a sight we aren't going to see again in a long time!
they have said and done much worse than that.. did you hear Jeremy saying that hugh grant was better looking and had a smaller tongue than Jamie Oliver.. as you said, it was 3 mates having a laugh and if they watched regularly they would know it was all in jest. World has gone PC mad and needs to snap out of it
I was in stitches when Jeremy said driving that car was like falling down the stairs wearing calipers aswell :rotfl:
I didn't take offence to that and my grandfather had to wear calipers prior to being chair bound.
Why can't people just have a laugh these days anymore arrrggghhhhhh :angry: