The special airs on 28 June, and there'll be an all-new line up for the next series led by Chris Evans:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2015/chris-evans-to-lead-new-top-gear-line-up?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_press_office&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=corporate Evans is best known as a radio presenter - his breakfast show is the biggest in the UK. (Some years back I worked with him at Virgin Radio). He also presents one episode a week of The One Show on BBC1. I imagine that he'll give up the latter and it'll affect the former. On 10 Jun 2015 14:44, "Jay Lewis" <lew...@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote: > > > On 15-06-09 08:42 AM, djconner wrote: > >> From what I can tell, Hammond and May are no longer under contract with >> the BBC for Top Gear, and whether they are or aren't under contract with >> the BBC for other shows, they don't appear to be exclusive contracts. >> Each has done shows for other networks in the past. >> > > Except May's TV work outside the BBC is 'Inside Killer Sharks' for Sky. > (according to wikipedia) and one-offs for ITV ('06) & Channel 4 ('98). > > Hammond has done a fair bit more outside of the BBC (NatGeo, ITV) but he's > been mostly employed the Auntie. Interestingly, he signed a no-compete > contract with the BBC which led to him leaving Brainiac: Science Abuse. > > Hammond's quoted on Wikipedia as saying "amidst all this talk of us >> 'quitting' or not: there's nothing for me to 'quit'" >> > > And that kind of seems to be the thing people overlook. Clarkson wasn't > sacked & Capt Slow & Hamster didn't quit. Their Top Gear contracts ran out > & they either didn't renew (RH & JM) or weren't offered a new contract (JC). > > -- > ----- > QWIZX.com > A little bit of everything > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
