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The Top Gear MEGATHREAD!!!!

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Jaffa Cake said:
Ah, but it was low tide on the Humber. Besides, all the crap is on the Lincolnshire side of the estuary. ;)

That guy is quite famous in these parts for his river walking exploits. he's done the Humber a few times and other rivers too, including the Mersey and the Thames I believe, to raise a fair bit of cash for charity. We'll sponsor anyone for anything, us.
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That explains lots!
My mate lives in Hedon, and he is always saying about bridge-jumpers who never get found!
Now I know why - they just land in that (aptly named) crap and disappear forever!:D

Nig.
 
ntg said:
Damn you!!:(

One daughter ill, so missed first showing, then another ill whilst the repeat was on, so still haven't seen it! (don't worry - I DID think of getting rid of the kids if it's ever repeated again!!) (and don't ask about our video recorders, etc - a sore point with 3 girls under 4!)

Has anyone seen it on YouTube et al?

I tried looking on iPlayer (BBC catch-up service) but it never has appeared for download either!

Help, anyone?

Nig.
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There's a few places to get it. I'm not going to post links here though (see my last attempt to do that:rolleyes:) ... PM me if you want a link!

Edit: wasn't the BBC posting lots of episodes on YouTube too? Or was that only clips?
 
ntg said:
Damn you!!:(

One daughter ill, so missed first showing, then another ill whilst the repeat was on, so still haven't seen it! (don't worry - I DID think of getting rid of the kids if it's ever repeated again!!) (and don't ask about our video recorders, etc - a sore point with 3 girls under 4!)

Has anyone seen it on YouTube et al?

I tried looking on iPlayer (BBC catch-up service) but it never has appeared for download either!

Help, anyone?

Nig.
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It'll be on Dave soon enough. Surprised they don't just call it the Top Gear channel.

*EDIT* It is on YouTube in 7 parts. Here is the first.
 
richkent72 said:
Have you seen the editing they do to get the ads in and still keep it an hour long? :eek: I've only watched TG on Dave once - never again.
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I'll support Dave whilst there's no other legal alternative for watching episodes I've missed. BBC iPlayer? What a joke. Scrap the anachronistic licence fee!

"Ello, is that Dave? Is Dave there?" - League Of Gentlemen :D
 
eric55lv said:
on what channel is it on CBS,FOX,NBC?
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BBC America has it, in an edited form. Haven't seen it there, I'd be curious as to whether they mangled it or no... If you want to watch it as broadcast in the UK you must make use of some of the less savory methods of TV show acquisition... or go to the UK. :p
 
Lord Blackadder said:
BBC America has it, in an edited form. Haven't seen it there, I'd be curious as to whether they mangled it or no... If you want to watch it as broadcast in the UK you must make use of some of the less savory methods of TV show acquisition... or go to the UK. :p
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For the benefit of our international cousins, as a previous post said it is re-run in the UK on a commercial channel (comically named 'Dave', formally called UKTVG2) but they cut it down so it still fits one hour time slot. This means they cut our most of the studio talky bits where they reach the conclusion of the road test and the program just doesn't flow the same. If BBC America use the same edit, then you might be a bit bemused...

I'd rather they just let it run to 1.15. And on that bombshell....
 
They should sell the show on DVD. I just checked, and I didn't know that they didn't sell episodes. :eek:

I know it's a show about reviews, and car reviews get outdated yearly, but I think this show is watchable even several years later.
 
Abstract said:
They should sell the show on DVD. I just checked, and I didn't know that they didn't sell episodes. :eek:

I know it's a show about reviews, and car reviews get outdated yearly, but I think this show is watchable even several years later.
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Agreed. I always go back and watch old episodes, even if I've seen them already. The Bugatti episode is always a nice substitute when there's not a decent porno on HBO or Cinemax :D

But seriously though, if they sold them on DVD (and NTSC Region 1 of course), I'd buy them in a heartbeat. Because there'd probably be bonuses and extras and stuff that you won't get anywhere else. Actually....are the episodes shot in hi def? Because some of the segments in HD would be amazing....
 
ntg said:
Damn you!!:(

One daughter ill, so missed first showing, then another ill whilst the repeat was on, so still haven't seen it! (don't worry - I DID think of getting rid of the kids if it's ever repeated again!!) (and don't ask about our video recorders, etc - a sore point with 3 girls under 4!)

Has anyone seen it on YouTube et al?

I tried looking on iPlayer (BBC catch-up service) but it never has appeared for download either!

Help, anyone?

Nig.
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Got it sat on my Sky HD box :D I wonder, is that a DVD recorder sat below my Sky HD box...
 
Fuzzy14 said:
For the benefit of our international cousins, as a previous post said it is re-run in the UK on a commercial channel (comically named 'Dave', formally called UKTVG2) but they cut it down so it still fits one hour time slot. This means they cut our most of the studio talky bits where they reach the conclusion of the road test and the program just doesn't flow the same. If BBC America use the same edit, then you might be a bit bemused...

I'd rather they just let it run to 1.15. And on that bombshell....
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BBCA uses the hour long version and I always thought the edits were peculiar. The show is still my favorite on TV though. Just plain brilliant content. I've never laughed so hard I cried watching any other series. And this has happened several times. Who knew a car show could be so hilarious?
 
QuarterSwede said:
BBCA uses the hour long version and I always thought the edits were peculiar. The show is still my favorite on TV though. Just plain brilliant content. I've never laughed so hard I cried watching any other series. And this has happened several times. Who knew a car show could be so hilarious?
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Yeah, I watched the BBCA version once and didn't like it. It was an hour long with commercials, and they passed off an episode that aired in the UK a year ago as a brand new episode (which, I guess here, it was). I still wish that the full, uncut, unedited version of the episodes aired here on the same day they air across the pond. I currently use alternative methods to get my Top Gear episodes as soon as possible, but it would be nice to have a more reliable, legal method.


Then again, the second some people here saw Clarkson's yank bashing, they'd throw a fit and raise hell. Maybe it is a good thing if the uncut version of Top Gear was our little secret. Hmmm........
 
yg17 said:
Then again, the second some people here saw Clarkson's yank bashing, they'd throw a fit and raise hell. Maybe it is a good thing if the uncut version of Top Gear was our little secret. Hmmm........
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Actually, I don't think most people would care...he only uses two different jabs anyway - either that we're fat or that we shoot people...or both. Once you've heard it a few dozen times you just stop noticing it. I suppose that's how most French or German people get along with Brits these days.;) :D
 
I enjoyed it as well, racing with water filled cars! Who thinks these things up? :) But I feel the show it shifting towards a 'theme only' concept. Where is the Cool Wall? Where are the outragious super cars? The news is al but gone. No mention of the car of the year, nothing. Where's my old Top Gear?
 
This episode yeah, was much more that. But this season has been mostly back to that old Top Gear. I do however things like the cool wall we're getting a touch dated.

Maybe they'll come up with something new.
 
Markleshark said:
This episode yeah, was much more that. But this season has been mostly back to that old Top Gear. I do however things like the cool wall we're getting a touch dated.

Maybe they'll come up with something new.
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The cool wall was crap. It was painful to watch, they made out it was great but really they knew it was *****. I'm glad it caught fire.

This weeks episode was good but I'm still hankering after another epic. Something like converting Ford Cortina's into submarines to go to the bottom of the ocean and back and as a sub story they could plant mines to stop the Japs from whaling, but instead they accidentally sink an French ship and start world war 3. you know something like that. :D
 
Markleshark said:
Great episode 2nite I thought, really enjoyed it. How nice is the DBS? As if we didn't already know, but wow.
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Hmm, typical Top Gear review for me. In the hands of a larger group of people who can actually drive and it came last out of the contenders (Evo Car of the Year: see this months Evo Magazine). The winner? Porsche 997 GT3 RS. It scored 95.7, the DBS only managed 78.9.
 
MacboobsPro said:
The cool wall was crap. It was painful to watch, they made out it was great but really they knew it was *****. I'm glad it caught fire.
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The cool wall itself was *****. But the bickering that went on between the 3 and the audience during the cool wall segments was usually pretty entertaining.
 
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