Reply to: Jeremy Clarkson - Take A Bow Sir!

[Sysman]

Does anyone remember Noel Edmunds presenting it? No, me neither, but I do remember William Woodard.

Dunno whether William Woollard did a report on one but the image of an Austin Allegro just popped into my head.

I think maybe he did but back in his Tomorrow's World days

[tractor]

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I only watch the specials these days. This one rated as one of the more boring ones IMHO. But then it could just be that the pattern is getting boring. Perhaps because it seems more contrived than the other ones? Nothing really felt spontaneous this time.

I did like Clarkson's new satnav and his interior brake light though

I still have half the second episode to watch.

[lilelvis2000]

I only watch the specials these days. This one rated as one of the more boring ones IMHO. But then it could just be that the pattern is getting boring. Perhaps because it seems more contrived than the other ones? Nothing really felt spontaneous this time.

[Platypus]

I'm not a big Top Gear fan but my kids pressure me into watching the specials. Thought this one was good. Actually all the specials I've seen are pretty good.

Isn't Clarkson getting fat and jowly now?

I don't like that he's the "leader" when he's such a cock-end.

[vwdan]

Top Gear sits in an odd place for me now - it used to be a real highlight of TV and I always looked forward to the series. Now they're moving into "meh" at best territory, but it's still one of the better shows on TV IMHO. That said, I think I've missed a few episodes from each of the last series.

Enjoyed the special - a little slow, but I'm quite happy to spend an hour looking at nice scenery and those lot messing about.

[Doggy Styles]

Yes, I saw it. Their convoy has certainly grown over the past three or four years.

[barrydidit]

Did anyone actually watch this? I quite enjoyed it. They certainly travel with a lot of crew and equipment - hard to sneak around unnoticed when there's a convoy of 40 landrovers etc hanging about.

[VectraMan]

Does anyone remember Top Gear before Clarkson et al took over? Was it a bit boring? I don't recall it being very funny.

Does anyone remember Noel Edmunds presenting it? No, me neither, but I do remember William Woodard.

[d000hg]

Does anyone remember Top Gear before Clarkson et al took over? Was it a bit boring? I don't recall it being very funny.

Yes me too, it wasn't funny, but it was about cars back then TBF....

Yeah, and nobody watched it.

[stek]

Does anyone remember Top Gear before Clarkson et al took over? Was it a bit boring? I don't recall it being very funny.

Yes me too, it wasn't funny, but it was about cars back then TBF....

[stek]

They must have specially picked that plate, despite the protests, the FLK ok maybe, but unlikely, the 982, come on!!!

[Doggy Styles]

Does anyone remember Top Gear before Clarkson et al took over? Was it a bit boring? I don't recall it being very funny.

[TykeMerc]

Seems like they possibly knew something all along: Jeremy Clarkson 'might have broken licence plate laws' on Top Gear's Argentine misadventure - Crime - UK - The Independent

Shock horror, Clarkson and Top Gear team in stunt that courts press attention and secures massive viewing figures for the next series. In other news, bears found to periodically defecate in the woods and Pontiff believed to be Catholic.

[xoggoth]

The plate on May’s Lotus contained the number 646, which Juan Manuel Romano, an official in the province of Ushuaia, suggested could be a reference to the 649 Argentinean dead in the Falklands conflict. He noted that Hammond’s Ford Mustang had 269 in its plate, close to the 255 losses suffered by the British.

Getting sillier by the minute. Surely an intentional insult would have used the right numbers?

Anyway never mind that, why isn't Clarkson finding some way to insult the * Spanish? (see today's DE)

[darmstadt]

Clarkson is saying that the Press reports are completely distorted. He says the number plate was a coincidence, and when it was pointed out, they changed it. The "military veterans" who were so offended were, he says, in their twenties, so could hardly claim to have been involved in the Falklands War.

I'm sure he's still perfectly happy with the coverage in a "no publicity is bad publicity" sense, but I'm also not inclined to doubt that the tabloids just made up a load of crap for the sake of a few headlines

Seems like they possibly knew something all along: Jeremy Clarkson 'might have broken licence plate laws' on Top Gear's Argentine misadventure - Crime - UK - The Independent