Just a wast of the license payers money fifth gear is a lot better in my opinion
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Love it or hate it the one thing it isn't is a waste of the licence fee.Originally Posted by ianpdq
It's syndicated all around the world (and is on Dave pretty much 24 hours a day) and shifts a ton of merch. I suspect it pulls in at least ten times more than it costs to make.
Doesn't cost the licence payers a penny - it makes a huge profit from licensing fees. The BBC now owns all the rights having bought them last year.
I'm a big TG fan, but I found it a bit tedious, particularly the mini-car thing - wound up flicking through a magazine during that, when normally I'm glued to the TV and telling anyone else around to be quiet.
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You can't deny that it's a hugely popular entertainment show with a loose "motoring" theme.
Neither can you deny that Clarkson has done a great job of self-promotion, with - some would argue - a limited toolset to work with.
But it's evolved a long long way from its roots as a semi-documentary programme about cars & driving. Of course, a more factual show about less exotic cars and more practical driving would be a lot less popular, and so probably wouldn't get made nowadays as it would be deemed to be a waste of the (majority of) licence payers money ...
far, far, FAR too long.
Never forgiven them for ditching Vicki Butler-Henderson <swoon>
I still enjoy it, and thought Sunday's episode was pretty good. However, it is no longer a consumer show and that is a good thing in some respects - if I wanted to know what the new Astra is like I would simply go to the dealership and try one out. Rallying a Bentley or steaming across Italy in 3 supercars is a less likely pastime for me at the moment.
The one thing that really grinds my gears though is Hammond awful scripted 'comedy' lines during the news section. He is not a comedian so has no ability to deliver these in any other way than rather cringeworthy. Not his fault I guess and asked to do the same in order to keep a fantastic job like his, I'd happily agree.
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The guest was clearly um - how can I put this - had an itchy nose and stupid grin.
And we now have to thank TG for making Hammond a face and therefore for some totally unknowable reason a nature prog presenter. (Or is that just the BBC's pathetic failure to field presenters who are specialists in their subject - no, a cuddly face is what's important)
Indeed, someone like Gordon Bucanham should be earmarked by the BBC as a potential Attenborough successor, not just whoever's popular and can read a script. His (Gordon's) recent Polar Bear doc was back on track for the BBC Natural History unit.
There are exceptions though, Alice Roberts seems to be doing well for herself, as does Brian Cox.
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