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APZonerunner
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Did a quick search to see if there was still a thread (I remember one ages ago,) and couldn't see one. After tonight's absolutely brilliant episode, I had to make a thread about this, one of my most favourite of TV shows and undoubtedly the greatest car show in the world.
But Top Gear is more than a car show - it's entertainment and just plain out great fun regardless of if you're a car junkie or not.
The Presenters:
Left to Right: Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May.
..of course, there can be no forgetting The Stig, the mysterious test-track driver.
To quote the ol' Wikipedia:
All the essentialls can be found here, of course: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gear_%28current_format%29
Finally, some choice youtube uploads. The ones I'm linking are fully-legal and uploaded by BBC Worldwide, but much of Top Gear is avaliable on youtube, which in many ways is a good thing as there are no damn DVDs.
Destroying a Toyota:
Part 1 - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=5hzRLG8dA-E
Part 2(a) - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0Uc4Ksz3nHM
Part 2 (b) - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=pwYbLThZbrw
Nissan Jet Car: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=XraeBDMm2PM
Full-Size Radio Controlled Cars: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=iQVH5rrqkFY
The Atom Car: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=WaWoo82zNUA
Tonight's show saw the team road trip across Africa with three second-hand cars, one of which was over 40 years old. The whole thing was amazing; the landscapes and places they visited were beautiful, and the performance they got out of the cars astonishing.
Also of note is their famous American Road Trip where they nearly got killed by rednecks, and their Polar special where they became the first people to ever drive to the North Pole in a car.
Recent news that will be interesting to most of us gamers is that Gran Turismo 5 will feature the Top Gear Test Track as well as fully downloadable episodes of the series. If these'll be free courtesy of the taxpayers money remains to be seen. News Link.
So.. for those of you who watch this show, discuss. For those of you who never have - god damn, look it up and find a place to watch it, even if you're not in the UK.
But Top Gear is more than a car show - it's entertainment and just plain out great fun regardless of if you're a car junkie or not.
The Presenters:
Left to Right: Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May.
..of course, there can be no forgetting The Stig, the mysterious test-track driver.
To quote the ol' Wikipedia:
Top Gear is a BAFTA, Multi-NTA and Emmy Award-winning BBC television series about motor vehicles, mainly cars. The programme is estimated to have 350 million viewers worldwide and 8 million viewers each week in the UK on BBC Two. The show is presented by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May and The Stig, an anonymous test driver. It is one of the most pirated television shows in the world. Top Gear is also broadcast in Canada on BBC Canada, the United States on BBC America[4], in Australia on SBS, and in Hong Kong on ATV World.
All the essentialls can be found here, of course: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gear_%28current_format%29
Finally, some choice youtube uploads. The ones I'm linking are fully-legal and uploaded by BBC Worldwide, but much of Top Gear is avaliable on youtube, which in many ways is a good thing as there are no damn DVDs.
Destroying a Toyota:
Part 1 - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=5hzRLG8dA-E
Part 2(a) - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0Uc4Ksz3nHM
Part 2 (b) - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=pwYbLThZbrw
Nissan Jet Car: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=XraeBDMm2PM
Full-Size Radio Controlled Cars: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=iQVH5rrqkFY
The Atom Car: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=WaWoo82zNUA
Tonight's show saw the team road trip across Africa with three second-hand cars, one of which was over 40 years old. The whole thing was amazing; the landscapes and places they visited were beautiful, and the performance they got out of the cars astonishing.
Also of note is their famous American Road Trip where they nearly got killed by rednecks, and their Polar special where they became the first people to ever drive to the North Pole in a car.
Recent news that will be interesting to most of us gamers is that Gran Turismo 5 will feature the Top Gear Test Track as well as fully downloadable episodes of the series. If these'll be free courtesy of the taxpayers money remains to be seen. News Link.
So.. for those of you who watch this show, discuss. For those of you who never have - god damn, look it up and find a place to watch it, even if you're not in the UK.
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It's just a bunch of blokes pissing about with cars. It's a good time for all. And there's such great chemistry between the presenters its fun just to watch them have a conversation.
Today's episode where they drove across the 'spine of Africa' was hilarious.
Did they destroy any caravans?
The show's more about entertainment than cars, really. That's what makes it worth watching to me, especially the ridiculous challenges. Clarkson driving that miniature 60's car was awesome.8-)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_ss_w_h_/026-0110308-2892467?initialSearch=1&url=search-alias%3Ddvd&field-keywords=top+gear&Go.x=7&Go.y=4&Go=Go
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Will there be a Reasonably Priced Car to drive around it?
The BBC channel we get is busy showing OLD reruns where it's only a shadow of the awesome it is now. There's some big round guy in place of James May and they only just started with the reasonably priced car thing.
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Also, props to Richard "the hamster" Hammond, I remember I was in Australia when he was in that crash (288mph?) and initialy they though he may not survive the week and may be a vegtable if he did...thank god he recovered so well.
Crashing it through a Shed
Setting it on fire
Driving it into the Sea
Blowing up a building with it on the roof
And after each one a Mechanic with a can of WD40 got it running, they even drove it into the studio
God that guy was annoying! He's only in the first series of the new-style Top Gear though, I think James came in to replace him starting with series 2.
Didn't he run over to the rest of the ex top gear presenters on Fifth Gear?
Also, gotta love African Engineering, draining water by shooting a hole in the car.
At that point the bodywork was holding the chassis together - which in itself is kind of impressive.
I really do think this is one of the top five British programmes at the moment.
I would struggle to name five programmes worldwide worth watching, at present.
It almost makes me want to care about cars.
Doctor Who
Jekyll
Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe
The Mighty Boosh (it's coming back, yay!)
Peep Show
The IT Crowd
etc. etc.
Of course, it's all a matter of taste.
Giving cars away to New Orleans survivors. Those bastards!
Not to mention that no-one wanted that cadillac.
And that they (allegedly) tried to sue Clarkson over his car.
Really? You didn't laugh a little when Clarkson was driving around in the Peel? This whole season has been fantastic.
I want my own Oliver now.
(PS. If you're watching Top Gear, stick around and watch Long Way Down right afterwards.)
I haven't laughed so hard since I saw their trip to the Arctic. What's funnier than seeing two middle aged men driving serenely along drinking G&Ts (no drink-driving laws!), whilst Hammond was slaving away with Huskies? Then May and Clarkson stopping for the night and having cheese, bread and a bottle and wine, sheer brilliance!
Yeah, precisely - those DVDs are mostly 'best of' or the challenges bits cut away - I'd actually like boxsets of each entire series, but.. nay. The BBC says no.
Shame.
And yes, Long Way Down is awesome.
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Oh yes, Top Gear Polar Adventure. No need to squat down like an animal. G&T and bumper toilet seats!
That bloody Ewan and Charlie... they did the same thing with South Africa that they did with America on the end of their last trip. Rocketed straigh through using the shortest route possible. The least they could have done was stop in my town and say hi to me. Maybe give me lots of expensive merchandise.
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Did anyone hear about the potential US series?
Clarkson in the US....he would spend the whole show berrating the audience / guest about trivial anti US foreign policy crap.
That said his review of the Hummer was all kinds of funny
I didn't know it was going to be a full US version. I always thought they were just going to film some reviews of US cars and then splice them into the UK episodes in place of the cars you guys don't get.
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I suspect this is what happened with Mythbusters, when they tried to show that speeding cameras can be bypassed if you go fast enough is a myth. Top Gear showed that they just didn't drive fast enough.
They actually countered this in a Myth revisit when they had their expert say that the US style speed camera works differently than the UK method; the UK one takes two pictures where as the US only takes one. Still could be a politically motivated smoke screen, but they did at least half address this.
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