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Originally Posted by wodin
I was a great fan of "Top Gear" when Clarkson and crew were on, but with the new bunch; not so much. I've tried watching it a few times, and invariably tuned out about half way through. When "The Grand Tour" came to Amazon prime I didn't miss an episode, and can't wait for season two to air in November.
BBC losing the trio is just another example of bureaucratic stupidity, they failed to understand that they had a winner, and why. |
The first season of Top Gear without Clarkson, Hammond, and May was a disaster due to the terrible lead host they hired. The BBC sacked him after the first season and promoted Matt LeBlanc to lead host. Season two post Clarkson and gang was actually really good. They will never compare to the original hosts as those guys were on the show for two decades and built up a huge fan base. I do think the BBC did the correct thing in sacking Clarkson. He is funny, but he was often offensive, and beating up a fellow worker for no good reason was more than grounds for him to go. Thankfully, he has been much better behaved on the Grand Tour than he ever was on Top Gear. I suspect the three Grand tour guys are much happier with their own show rather than working for the BBC.