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Top Gear: Who should the new presenters be?



Vankleek Hill Seagull

Vankleek Hill Seagull

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Jul 5, 2003
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Vankleek Hill, actually....
With Clarkson gone and no news on yet on Hammond and May, a new era of Top Gear will begin.

Who would you like to see presenting the world's most widely watched factual TV programme?

I'd like to see May and Hammond stay with Rowan Atkinson and Vickie Butler-Henderson being added to the team.
 






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blockhseagull

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Jan 30, 2006
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Don't believe it will continue, BBC obviously giving the impression it will but without Clarkson, Hammond and May there is no show.

However a similar show with those 3 will probably appear on another channel in the not too distant future.
 










KZNSeagull

KZNSeagull

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Nov 26, 2007
19,802
Wolsingham, County Durham
blockhseagull said:
Don't believe it will continue, BBC obviously giving the impression it will but without Clarkson, Hammond and May there is no show.

However a similar show with those 3 will probably appear on another channel in the not too distant future.
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Gop Tear coming to Sky One by the end of the summer. They have to pay for the football somehow.
 


Icy Gull

Icy Gull

Back on the rollercoaster
Jul 5, 2003
72,015
Let it die, it had passed it's sell by date anyway. Clarkson is what sold it to the rest of the world. No doubt the BBC will try and recoup the hundreds of millions they will lose by producing some edgy watered down trendy version though.

Will be interesting to see if Clarkson wants to continue with someone like Sky and compete with the BBCs new version.
 






Marshy

Marshy

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Jul 6, 2003
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Icy Gull said:
Let it die, it had passed it's sell by date anyway. Clarkson is what sold it to the rest of the world. No doubt the BBC will try and recoup the hundreds of millions they will lose by producing some edgy watered down trendy version though.

Will be interesting to see if Clarkson wants to continue with someone like Sky and compete with the BBCs new version.
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Of course he will, nothing will give him more pleasure than getting one up on the BBC now
 






Bold Seagull

Bold Seagull

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Mar 18, 2010
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Personally, I think too much credit for Top Gear is given to JC, RH and JM. I think they have been good for the show, but behind them is a great team of writers and producers who've come up with many of the features and on location adventures that have made the show so appealing.

Like Doctor Who, I think Top Gear can survive a regeneration, and with a new cast of presenters would still be a much loved show.

The easiest 'quick fix' would be to stick a female presenter in with Hammond and May and make a whole series of jokes about them being female and not Jeremy Clarkson. Zoe Ball / Gabby Logan / F1 presenter Suzi Perry / Vicki Butler Henderson is already a pro racing driver and presenter - could all do a job filling the female void in the format.

Plenty of male possibilities to step in, Eddie Jordan, Omid Djalili, Idris Elba, Justin Moorhouse...

Can't see it working on any other channel. ITV / Sky will cut the budget and within a series it will be unwatchable (see Karl Pilkington...).
 


happypig

happypig

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May 23, 2009
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Eastbourne
If Hammond & May remain, then the BBC are almost certain to bring in a female presenter, probably from an ethnic minority background. My money's on Diane Abbot
 


Silverhatch

Silverhatch

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Feb 23, 2009
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It CAN'T work on any other channel. The Beeb/BBC Worldwide own the format and trademarks 100%. If Clarkson tries to pitch anything to anyone with even the slightest hint of plagiarism - then they'll be the mother of all court cases.
 








Titanic

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Jul 5, 2003
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Silverhatch said:
It CAN'T work on any other channel. The Beeb/BBC Worldwide own the format and trademarks 100%. If Clarkson tries to pitch anything to anyone with even the slightest hint of plagiarism - then they'll be the mother of all court cases.
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Fifth Gear cum Scrapheap Challenge cum Three Men in a Boat etc...
 


gregbrighton

gregbrighton

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Aug 10, 2014
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Brighton
Silverhatch said:
It CAN'T work on any other channel. The Beeb/BBC Worldwide own the format and trademarks 100%. If Clarkson tries to pitch anything to anyone with even the slightest hint of plagiarism - then they'll be the mother of all court cases.
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There are programme clones everywhere on all networks. They could call it Top Steer.
 








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