TV Top Gear - Season 13

nic.v814 · 7 Mar 2009, 04:05 (Ref:2410776)

I cant wait for it to start but i dont know how they will go with the 30% budget cut they apparently getting. The season is meant to start in July.

Cougar · 7 Mar 2009, 12:34 (Ref:2410961)

Maybe they can just drop the star in a car bit

nic.v814 · 7 Mar 2009, 13:02 (Ref:2410980)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cougar

Maybe they can just drop the star in a car bit

I doubt it would save them much money but i wouldnt mind as i have never heard of half the "stars"

The STIG · 7 Mar 2009, 21:05 (Ref:2411170)

The brilliant thing about Top Gear is that a budget cut won't hurt them too much - the brand is really strong and makes quite a bit of cash, so I wouldn't expect to see too much of a drop in quality.

Or rather more annoyingly, a drop in Star in a Reasonably priced car.

johnh875 · 12 Mar 2009, 05:00 (Ref:2414086)

I think it will actually help - they will have to think of other ways to entertain than just destroying things etc

Cougar · 12 Mar 2009, 23:04 (Ref:2414592)

Well where are their main costs?

Mega trips in the USA or elsewhere...? or cheap caravans in the UK...

The STIG · 13 Mar 2009, 00:21 (Ref:2414634)

Their biggest costs, and I should point out at this moment that this is a totally wild guess, will be the cast, crew (which is quite a big one), facilities and equipment over a couple of months and wherever they need to go, possibly celebrity appearance fees [depends who set up the celbrity]. Then come the travelling costs, costs of any prop [i.e. the older invariably doomed cars, caravans etc]. Oddly enough the cheapest thing they have are the [new] cars - which are usually loaned to the production team by the car companies press departments. There are exceptions to that rule mind - that Challenger for a start.

It was featured in Broadcast magazine a few months ago, I think. I'll see if I can find the copy.

Cougar · 1 Jun 2009, 15:43 (Ref:2473453)

Sunday 21st June... !

Should be a good weekend with BGP and all!

The longest day will be a bit more bearable!

mattt · 5 Jun 2009, 08:52 (Ref:2475839)

I may have to iplayer it as im down at Brands Hatch that day :S

SennaTheGreat · 9 Jun 2009, 13:15 (Ref:2478382)

Sweet! can't wait for this!

brands hatch · 9 Jun 2009, 13:59 (Ref:2478401)

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Originally Posted by mattt

I may have to iplayer it as im down at Brands Hatch that day :S

same...but hopefully will be back home in time!

found this on the TG website: http://transmission.blogs.topgear.co...goes-clubbing/

looks very interesting

ECW Dan Selby · 10 Jun 2009, 09:29 (Ref:2479000)

Hmm, was I the only one that thought the last season of Top Gear was really poor..?

It felt so horrible manufactured and jokes were re-hashed. It no longer felt natural, it felt like a tightly scripted show of all the successful bits they've tried before. Really lost its magic

Selby

**BertMk2** · 10 Jun 2009, 10:39 (Ref:2479036)

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Originally Posted by ECW Dan Selby

Hmm, was I the only one that thought the last season of Top Gear was really poor..?

It felt so horrible manufactured and jokes were re-hashed. It no longer felt natural, it felt like a tightly scripted show of all the successful bits they've tried before. Really lost its magic

I think "not as good" is a fair reflection on the last series - but it was still better than 99% of the other stuff on tv.

akbmcf1 · 10 Jun 2009, 11:56 (Ref:2479081)

Totally agree, guys. It's still better than most things on telly, but you can predict how the episode will go:

Starts off with Clarkson power test of stupidly powerful and expensive car (cue loud orchestral music and heavily filtered tyre-smoking slides) to which Clarkson says "this is the greatest car I've ever driven..EVER.....but, it won;t go around corners and tried to kill you.......BUT, it's the best thing I've ever done and provides fun in BIBLICAL proportions"

Then the first part of an entertaining but usually pretty silly TG challenge

Then the news (cue same old jokes every week) and the Star in a reasonably priced car

Then the second part of the challenge where it all ends incredibly closely after 27 billion light years of Hamster and Cptn Slow travelling by stilts compared to Clarkson nipping down the shops in a Veyron

Then the Stig (whose identity is not a secret anymore)

Then the end.

And we still watch it, eh? Just wish a little bit more originality came back into it.

ECW Dan Selby · 10 Jun 2009, 12:44 (Ref:2479125)

Yeh in fairness I only caught about 3 of the episodes, but they felt incredibly samey and may as well have been on Dave..

Selby

**Stephen Green** · 10 Jun 2009, 12:48 (Ref:2479128)

Well in one episode there is a race which takes place at a UK airfield. I can't tell you any more as the BEEB would have to kill me if I did (some say that would be a blessing in disguise I know)

Cougar · 17 Jun 2009, 21:56 (Ref:2485550)

New Top Gear trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yoKhOIlXhk

**BertMk2** · 18 Jun 2009, 09:11 (Ref:2485776)

Details of another episodes "race" here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8106414.stm

**Stephen Green** · 18 Jun 2009, 09:26 (Ref:2485788)

I know of another race, this time involving airport vehicles which I think is being shown in July.

Suze · 20 Jun 2009, 19:45 (Ref:2487126)

I saw a rumour on another forum that Michael Schumacher is the star in a reasonably priced car this week - anybody know or is this just a complete made up rumour someone's spreading?

Cougar · 20 Jun 2009, 21:35 (Ref:2487175)

Google search suggests this...

*spoiler alert*
http://jalopnik.com/5294802/the-stig...ael-schumacher
*spoiler alert*

So could be true...

Razor · 21 Jun 2009, 04:07 (Ref:2487273)

Well, according to Mr Clarkson, Schuey doesn't always red.

JamesRamone · 21 Jun 2009, 19:53 (Ref:2487794)

So do we think Schuey was really the Stig then?

Suze · 21 Jun 2009, 20:05 (Ref:2487800)

No, my suspicion is they wanted the Ferrari on there but Ferrari said who was to drive it. Or something like that. Or they wanted the Ferrari on there and it was just an excuse / reason to get MS on there. Whatever, I don't think MS is The Stig.

Sodemo · 21 Jun 2009, 20:08 (Ref:2487801)

No, I dont think MS is the stig at all.

Secondly, they just couldn't afford him, surely?

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