Re: Clarkson suspended, Top Gear taken off schedules
Top Gear is arguably the last stand for "bloke" programme culture on the BBC at the moment and thats currently being hounded into extinction. It’s a shame he’s gone over such an incident, but that’s what its like living these days in a 24 hour a day “Big Brother” society where everything is over reported, hyper exaggerated, and often lied about, just to give the texting masses something debatable.
When Top Gear was just all about the "cars" ,it was , to be honest ,perfectly dull. It was made for a rather smaller number of viewers for whom the internal combustion engine was a small fire breathing miracle of engineering and not much else mattered except the horse power and the mpg . It was very unadventurous, dare I say a bit “pedestrian” and with numerous earnest factual reviews that sent me to sleep quicker than a cup of cocoa. Not many supercars, just estates.
What the Team Clarkson did was to retain a very small element of that but instead hugely broaden its overall appeal by having daft but inventive driving challenges, shooting brilliant cinematic footage of stunning cars against beautiful global backdrops (along with great film soundtracks), and ,most importantly ,by having three middle aged presenters whose differing matey personalities helped make a program that was often witty, very entertaining and as friendly and appealing as a pair of well worn boots.
I suspect May will go too, but possibly Hammond will stay if asked. He’s got a young family and castle to pay for. I’m going to miss Top Gear as it was and Jeremy, despite him being a bit of an idiot. I hope they manage to keep it going in a similar style and format going forward, rather than dragging it off to the scrap yard.
Having listend to what had happened ,the BBC really couldn't do anything else with JC. He's a big fella and lamping and ranting at the little guy who is utterly blameless in this was beyond stupid, given everything else over the last few year having happened. Its employment law and the law is the law. He broke it.
