I struggle to think of any UK TV production that has come under such intense scrutiny as the new series of Top Gear. There are endless stories about it, it's production and so on.
As I've said before, I'd be amazed if it's anything like its predecessor (And it's worth noting that there was a previous incarnation of Top Gear before the Clarkson/May/Hammond version, which itself was a world away from what we've had in recent years). Evans himself will be fine - he has vast presenting experience, and is likeable and gets on with a wide range of people. I'm not sure about LeBlanc, because I'm not sure whether he really has the experience to be a presenter rather than an actor. But this is programme that's built in the edit. Over the weekend BBC Worldwide was holding its annual in-house international sales presentation to global networks, and Top Gear (alongside Planet Earth 2) was a big part of that. Evans confirmed that only LeBlanc will be in all the first series - http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-02-23/matt-leblanc-will-appear-in-every-episode-of-top-gear - which makes me wonder how he'll continue should his new sitcom get picked up. I suspect that 22 network sitcom episodes pay rather better than 16 BBC shows will. Adam PS Funnily enough, I walked past the pair of three-wheeled Robin Reliants that are part of one of the new series' "races" the other day coming into work. It was a bit of a press-call with photographers hanging around for a look at Evans and LeBlanc - who I didn't see. The two cars had a Union Jack and Stars & Stripes painted on them respectively. They were heading from London to Blackpool - about 230 miles away. It was quite cold that day: http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-02-19/of-course-matt-leblancs-first-day-filming-top-gear-involved-a-reliant-robin On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 11:43 AM, Kevin M. <drunkbastar...@gmail.com> wrote: > The case has been settled. > > http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35648682#"; > > Does anybody have a good feeling about the chemistry of the new Top Gear > hosts? > > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > -- > -- > 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.
