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I thought those alloys on the Frontera were fantastic, couldn't stop laughing at them.
Heads Up: Final Topgear with Clarkson etc Tonight - 8pm BBC2
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Did no one else find it fitting how JC's last words were 'I hate working for Top Gear' 
jotter22
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Roll on Top Gear phase 2 (JC and co).
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Clarkson Hammond and May to front a new show on Netflix as the successor to the BBC's Top Gear and Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot----compare and contrast --- marks will be given for hard evidence of contracts signed as opposed to hype or speculation. 
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It MAY have been HAM(MOND)ed up but my son and I still laughed our CLARKSON's off.
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I think the two segments illustrated what I thought TG got right over it's run and what it got wrong.
The bits with the three of them doing things that you (the viewer) could imagine possibly doing yourself were the best - the trip to the Millau viaduct, the 612 vs. train to the Alps, the crap car challenges etc. The classic car segment last night fitted into this category.
The bits that got tedious were the over-edited and over-blown car football matches, caravan conkers and airport vehicle races. The 4x4 segment was closer to these.
All in all, TG had definitely gone off the boil for the past few series but still provided the most entertaining car-related viewing over the past 12 years.
The bits with the three of them doing things that you (the viewer) could imagine possibly doing yourself were the best - the trip to the Millau viaduct, the 612 vs. train to the Alps, the crap car challenges etc. The classic car segment last night fitted into this category.
The bits that got tedious were the over-edited and over-blown car football matches, caravan conkers and airport vehicle races. The 4x4 segment was closer to these.
All in all, TG had definitely gone off the boil for the past few series but still provided the most entertaining car-related viewing over the past 12 years.
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Don't think that ginger nut Evens is going to hit it off in the new series, can wait for the famous 3 to get back on in 2016
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It was a dismal last episode.
Definitely needs a refresh.
Definitely needs a refresh.
Really loved the last episode - fantastic. Very entertaining and perhaps a fitting send off.
I didn't miss the bits that were cut out so it was ideal!
Actually made me laugh out loud at least 3 times in as many places.
Shame they can't always be that good.
Will miss it - doubt I will bother with NF just for one show.
All good things and all that I guess...
I didn't miss the bits that were cut out so it was ideal!
Actually made me laugh out loud at least 3 times in as many places.
Shame they can't always be that good.
Will miss it - doubt I will bother with NF just for one show.
All good things and all that I guess...
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Jeremy Clarkson 'can't front ITV motoring show' due to BBC contract clause
Top Gear: Jeremy Clarkson 'can't front ITV motoring show' due to BBC contract clause - News - TV & Radio - The Independent
Top Gear: Jeremy Clarkson 'can't front ITV motoring show' due to BBC contract clause - News - TV & Radio - The Independent
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I could understand that headline if all three presenters actually had a contract with BBC, but they haven't now have they? I thought all three's contracts were not renewed?
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How can you sack someone (or not renew their contract) then dictate how they earn a living after?
Sounds a complete load of tosh.
Sounds a complete load of tosh.
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Even though their current/last contract has expired(he wasn't sacked so the contract still stands) it would have had clauses in preventing them from doing such a thing as this.
JC and the others would have had wording in their contract stating they could not do a similar project elsewhere while there was still an option for top gear, Hammond and May had that option and have broken the contract, Clarkson has committed an offence that sees the bbc unable to renew, but the clause still stands.
This is common practice with high earning contracts, I see nothing unusual here.
JC and the others would have had wording in their contract stating they could not do a similar project elsewhere while there was still an option for top gear, Hammond and May had that option and have broken the contract, Clarkson has committed an offence that sees the bbc unable to renew, but the clause still stands.
This is common practice with high earning contracts, I see nothing unusual here.
