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Good show, but I'm really not getting into this stunt driver thing. Doesn't work.

Just watched repeat, as was still coming back from Brands when it was on.
 
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:lol: I noticed that, thought it might turn up in this thread!

Turbo Lag
I simply adored this episode, I gave it a 10/10 on FG.
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👍 I just watched it on BBC iPlayer - stupidly downloaded it instead of streaming... better quality, and I can keep it for 30 days... but it took 2 hours to download, and hence I watched it tonight instead of yesterday :ouch: Worth the wait, though - the whole show just looked great - esp. the Audi section, which was beautifully shot, and the sound of the Merc was captured brilliantly (maybe PD could do with visiting the BBC sound recordists!?). And there was a really cute girl in the crowd right at the end for good measure :D
 
He was talking about the letter Mercedes sent to warn people about how "lively" it was, and he remarked "Sounds dangerous...."
 
Here is info on the next episode:

Source: Top Gear

All three of the presenters go on the hunt for the holy grail of motoring - a reliable used Alfa Romeo - with predictably messy results.

Jeremy takes the new Bentley Brooklands beyond the limit. Way, way beyond, in fact.

And, Gavin and Stacey stars James Corden and Rob Brydon take to the track in our reasonably priced car.
 
YES! I've been waiting for the Bentley review, I want to see him blow the tire up like it showed in the preview.
 
Top Gear has been rapped by the BBC Trust's editorial standards committee for showing presenters Jeremy Clarkson and James May drinking while driving during the show's hit Polar Special.

Article...

:rolleyes:

In one of their best "episodes" ever, I thought the whole G&T thing was an inspired piece of comedy - and hardly a "misuse of alcohol"... just goes to show that some people have absolutely no sense of humour whatsoever... note to those people: Please stop watching and then moaning about Top Gear. That is all...
 
Touring Mars
Top Gear has been rapped by the BBC Trust's editorial standards committee for showing presenters Jeremy Clarkson and James May drinking while driving during the show's hit Polar Special.

Article...

:rolleyes:

In one of their best "episodes" ever, I thought the whole G&T thing was an inspired piece of comedy - and hardly a "misuse of alcohol"... just goes to show that some people have absolutely no sense of humour whatsoever... note to those people: Please stop watching and then moaning about Top Gear. That is all...
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Clarkson said at the time (in the episode) for people to not moan about them drinking because technically they were sailing! :sly: and probably were also outside any specific jurisdiction of any country so they could do what they want!

Some people have too much free time!

Robin
 
Gosh, must have been a slow news day for some sad, deprived people to watch TopGear again and then file some complaints on a show which is almost over a year old...
 
I think the complaints probably came in when the show was first broadcast - it's just taken this long for the BBC Trustees editorial committee to issue the rebuke. Although Clarkson did point out that they were not breaking any laws, we have to remember that we're dealing with Auntie Beeb here, and the "Disgusted from Cheltenham"-types who used to keep Terry Wogan in a job, presenting "Points Of View"...

I am reminded of what Terry Jones said about Monty Python's controversial "Undertaker Sketch" where Graham Chapman suggested to (the bereaved) John Cleese that they could eat his late mother (and if he felt bad about it later, he could always dig and grave and throw up in it...). Jones said that initially thought "We can't do that!", but later thought that it isn't exactly encouraging people to eat their mothers (let alone barf them back up), so he went along with the sketch... similarly, I don't think Jeremy Clarkson and James May drinking G&T's behind the wheel is exactly encouraging people to literally drink and drive... and since when was a nice Gin & Tonic "misusing alcohol"? Using Drambuie as mouthwash, now that's misusing alcohol...
 
Touring Mars
I think the complaints probably came in when the show was first broadcast - it's just taken this long for the BBC Trustees editorial committee to issue the rebuke. Although Clarkson did point out that they were not breaking any laws, we have to remember that we're dealing with Auntie Beeb here, and the "Disgusted from Cheltenham"-types who used to keep Terry Wogan in a job, presenting "Points Of View"...
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Thing is BBC probably recieves thousands of complaints about Topgear, as most of the things on it people manage to find something to complain about even if it's little nit picking on the show which is completely unfair in my opinion.

One of the good things though is that, yes the team well may well get a brief telling off. But do they ever seem to take the comments to heart? No, and I hope it stays that way too unless its a rather serious complaint.

One very minor issue I had with last weeks Topgear episode was that for a programme before the watershed, perhaps a bit too much swearing...Sometimes a few swear words is fine but I think they were taking it too far last weekend. The only reason why I'm saying this is that it makes difficult to make my parents think it's suitable for my younger brother. For me it's fine but perhaps not for young budding car enthusiasts.
 
Touring Mars
And there was a really cute girl in the crowd right at the end for good measure :D
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This reminds me of something, I notice this in just about every episode (hehe). But I think, just having a thought here, that the BBC actually make them stand there at those certain points. Even at FinalGear, they noticed so many women standing right next to the camera on Episode 1.





Oh and can I have this as my avatar? :D
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Touring Mars
And there was a really cute girl in the crowd right at the end for good measure :D
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There was one over Clarksons right shoulder, can't remember how near the end it was though. At least I think she was cute, I watched it on BBC i Player and sometimes things out of focus are a bit hazier. She looked cute, in a blurred kind of way.
 
Touring Mars
[snip]In one of their best "episodes" ever, I thought the whole G&T thing was an inspired piece of comedy - and hardly a "misuse of alcohol"...
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As did I. I found that bit hilarious; anyone that didn't see it as such has no sense of humor whatsoever.

And if someone didn't have any sense of humor, they wouldn't be watching TG in the first place :dopey:

Robin.
...probably were also outside any specific jurisdiction of any country so they could do what they want!
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👍 I guess this is saying UK drink-drive laws apply to the Arctic... since when did England dictate the rules for that area? :indiff:

Speedster502
Gosh, must have been a slow news day for some sad, deprived people to watch TopGear again and then file some complaints on a show which is almost over a year old...
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That said, we only got that episode two weeks ago... takes a while to get to NZ :indiff: (we got the Botswana special last week, but now TG's been replaced by Doctor Who (Sunday 7:30 pm slot)... which had a season finale the other day (Tuesday 7:30 pm slot). Prime TV, YOU SUCK! 👎 )
 
I thought the gripe with "drink driving" was about having an alcohol level over the stated amount. Not the actual drinking while driving? The broadcast shows nothing of their alcohol level being to high to legally drive - where's the issue?
 
ferrari_chris
I thought the gripe with "drink driving" was about having an alcohol level over the stated amount. Not the actual drinking while driving? The broadcast shows nothing of their alcohol level being to high to legally drive - where's the issue?
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I think it's pretty illegal to drink and drive. ;) In America you can't have any open alcoholic beverages inside the vehicle and there's probably something about closed bottles too. Can't be that much different in England.
 
You can have closed bottles in your car, nothing wrong with that. How else would you get alcahol back home after buying it if you were in your car at the time. Open bottles, not really, but again, why should we expect them to stick to UK laws when they arn't in a country governed by them. They wern't breaking any laws doing what they did so what's the problem.
 
Weren't they technically in international waters or was it still Canada?
 
The bbc crew get all the better looking people to stand behind the presenters apparently going by a guy that has been to the show.
 

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