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Title: Top Gear Sunday 8pm
Post by: XEntity on January 21, 2011, 20:22:49 PM
That's all...

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Title: Re: Top Gear Sunday 8pm
Post by: DEViANCE on January 21, 2011, 21:06:12 PM
Awesome cheers for the heads up.

I dont understand why it isnt advertised more, I watch bbc channels for a couple of hours most nights and havent seen anything.
Title: Re: Top Gear Sunday 8pm
Post by: Clock'd 0Ne on January 22, 2011, 00:42:05 AM
Totally agree, I'd never have known if not for your post, cheers for the heads up  :cheers:
Title: Re: Top Gear Sunday 8pm
Post by: XEntity on January 22, 2011, 01:03:56 AM
I didn't see any adverts either, my house mate just said I think it's back on, and a quick google later!
Title: Re: Top Gear Sunday 8pm
Post by: Jaimz on January 24, 2011, 12:26:52 PM
The whole reason you pa a TV license is so you aren't bombarded with adverts on the Beeb.

Was alright, reasonably mediocre episode tbh. New Stig is clearly Tiff.

Jaimz :rock:
Title: Re: Top Gear Sunday 8pm
Post by: Quixoticish on January 24, 2011, 12:43:51 PM
Cracking episode apart from the bizarrely pointless film about the VW and 911 that didn't seem to go anywhere, do anything or reach any conclusions (be they serious or comedic).

The Yeti sketch was hilarious.
Title: Re: Top Gear Sunday 8pm
Post by: Bacon on January 24, 2011, 13:20:55 PM
I wasn't all that excited about the episode, but i do have the urge to go out and buy a Yeti!  :muttley:
Title: Re: Top Gear Sunday 8pm
Post by: XEntity on January 24, 2011, 19:18:22 PM
After putting up this reminder, and someone on here sending me a Play TV reminder on the PS, I still forgot about it! Caught it on iPlayer though and agree it wasn't that good even the yeti part...

And I wish Hamster would stop bleating on about 911s, it's kind of getting boring now, you kind of get the idea that they are running out of ideas! The only decent ones now seem to be the big races, the cars bought on a budget challenge things and the big adventures like the Polar one.. All the other stuff is just a filler, and a little worried that it's getting near the end of top gear, and maybe they will only do specials
Title: Re: Top Gear Sunday 8pm
Post by: Mark on January 26, 2011, 21:44:07 PM
richard hammond needs to sort the hair and necklace out

better still, leave the show!

So obvious Tiff is the new stig.

Also, the atom is sh*t fast but it looks SO sh*t.
Title: Re: Top Gear Sunday 8pm
Post by: soopahfly on January 26, 2011, 21:47:39 PM
PlayTV was me :D
Title: Re: Top Gear Sunday 8pm
Post by: XEntity on January 26, 2011, 21:56:06 PM
Cheers, forgot who sent it :)
Title: Re: Top Gear Sunday 8pm
Post by: soopahfly on January 26, 2011, 22:10:05 PM
Never sent one before, wondered what it did :D
Title: Re: Top Gear Sunday 8pm
Post by: Mongoose on January 27, 2011, 18:52:06 PM
Quote from: Mark on January 26, 2011, 21:44:07 PM

Also, the atom is sh*t fast but it looks SO sh*t.

if it's going that fast at the time though, does it really matter what it looks like?

I enjoyed the show, but agree Hammond should stop doing features on the 911 at the slightest excuse. It's his favourite car, we get it.

I fear they are pouring so much of a finite budget into the special/adventure episodes that there really isn't much left for the other ones. Also the specials are having to one-up themselves every time, meaning eventually either the Beeb will say "no, that's rediculous/too risky/going to bring the corporation into disrepute" or they'll actually get one of them killed. I like the build challenges best of all anyway, like the camper vans last series or the amphibious vehicles further back. After all, how hard can it be?
Title: Re: Top Gear Sunday 8pm
Post by: Bacon on January 31, 2011, 16:31:53 PM
XJ220 Transit!

I really need to goto Goodwood this year!
Title: Re: Top Gear Sunday 8pm
Post by: soopahfly on January 31, 2011, 16:32:50 PM
I laughed when I saw it's wheels.  I knew what it was packing.
Title: Re: Top Gear Sunday 8pm
Post by: Pete on January 31, 2011, 20:25:16 PM
Meh. It's kinda tedious now.

The transit was awesome, they shoulda made a whole show around that. The pickup was cool as hell too. This is the problem with normal top gear episodes - they put 3 twats in awesome cars and it ends up gay.
SIARPC is still crap.
The aussie thing was embarrassing, it was fixed so they lost but they still end up looking a million times better than we did. Cheating should happen on both sides tbh.
The mexican stuff made me cringe - I'm not hyper-pc or anything but it's like that bit of the script was wrote in the 70s somewhere in Alabama.

Title: Re: Top Gear Sunday 8pm
Post by: Mongoose on January 31, 2011, 21:30:53 PM
Quote from: Pete on January 31, 2011, 20:25:16 PM

The aussie thing was embarrassing, it was fixed so they lost but they still end up looking a million times better than we did. Cheating should happen on both sides tbh.

I agree, I'd have rigged it so it was anyones game going into the last race and then made it a "battle of the stigs", with our guys claiming it was James and theirs saying it was whichever of them should have been driving.

I enjoyed the episode in general but it would have been better if the whole ashes thing had been like the first race, ie the aussies go "we've got the maloo, so we'll say comercial vehicles and they'll be stuffed" and the brits produce a transit with an XJ220 engine. I thought that one was pretty fair and very funny, esp Hammonds "well you might have warned ME!"
Title: Re: Top Gear Sunday 8pm
Post by: matt5cott on January 31, 2011, 22:31:05 PM
That last episode really was dumbed down/aimed at kids, agree with the comments above, most of it was embarrasing ???

I can't watch it live now, have to watch it recorded so I can fast forward past star in a reasonably priced car, I also ended up fast forwarding past the majority of the two cars welded together challenge which was pretty cringe :gag:

It still has its good bits though, the GTO article was interesting :) and the van was a bit blatant, the obvious gauges on the dash was what gave it away to me, can't say I spotted the wheels :cheers:
Title: Re: Top Gear Sunday 8pm
Post by: soopahfly on January 31, 2011, 22:54:26 PM
In it's usual guise.

They should have left it like this tbh.

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Title: Re: Top Gear Sunday 8pm
Post by: DEViANCE on February 06, 2011, 21:03:13 PM
That was the best episode for years imo!
Title: Re: Top Gear Sunday 8pm
Post by: Clock'd 0Ne on February 06, 2011, 23:35:56 PM
I really wasn't enthused by that that one at all as none of it served any purpose with cars you can't buy, etc, except for the main segment on the Merc and Rolls which while interesting didn't really keep me overly entertained until the final chase; which was just as pointless as the rest but was at least exciting. Probably the weakest one so far for me.
Title: Re: Top Gear Sunday 8pm
Post by: Quixoticish on February 06, 2011, 23:59:33 PM
Thought it was the best episode of the season so far. Very entertaining.
Title: Re: Top Gear Sunday 8pm
Post by: DEViANCE on February 20, 2011, 21:09:01 PM
1st time I have ever enjoyed SIARPC  :ptu:
Title: Re: Top Gear Sunday 8pm
Post by: XEntity on February 20, 2011, 21:34:58 PM
Quote from: DEViANCE on February 20, 2011, 21:09:01 PM
1st time I have ever enjoyed SIARPC  :ptu:

Indeed ;) shame she couldn't actually drive and liked women :P
Title: Re: Top Gear Sunday 8pm
Post by: Clock'd 0Ne on February 20, 2011, 22:07:34 PM
Quote from: XEntity on February 20, 2011, 21:34:58 PM
Quote from: DEViANCE on February 20, 2011, 21:09:01 PM
1st time I have ever enjoyed SIARPC  :ptu:

Indeed ;) shame she couldn't actually drive and liked women :P

She's bi, there's still hope ;)
Title: Re: Top Gear Sunday 8pm
Post by: XEntity on February 20, 2011, 22:09:08 PM
Quote from: Clock'd 0Ne on February 20, 2011, 22:07:34 PM
Quote from: XEntity on February 20, 2011, 21:34:58 PM
Quote from: DEViANCE on February 20, 2011, 21:09:01 PM
1st time I have ever enjoyed SIARPC  :ptu:

Indeed ;) shame she couldn't actually drive and liked women :p

She's bi, there's still hope ;)

Woohoo! I'm sure that has greatly increased my chances!  :drool:
Title: Re: Top Gear Sunday 8pm
Post by: Clock'd 0Ne on December 28, 2011, 10:02:39 AM
The new Top Gear India Special is on tonight on BBC2 at 8:00pm until 9:30pm :thumbup:
Title: Re: Top Gear Sunday 8pm
Post by: Cypher on January 19, 2012, 13:10:05 PM
New series trailer.  :yarr:

It's probably have one of the most exciting I've seen to date out of recent series.

Title: Re: Top Gear Sunday 8pm
Post by: Clock'd 0Ne on January 19, 2012, 13:47:16 PM
I know everyone moans about its not the same any more, etc but TG is still better than 95% of the drivel on TV that calls itself entertainment. I'll be tuning in, hopefully these challenges will be as exciting as they look!
Title: Re: Top Gear Sunday 8pm
Post by: neXus on January 19, 2012, 18:25:11 PM
Quote from: Clock'd 0Ne on December 28, 2011, 10:02:39 AM
The new Top Gear India Special is on tonight on BBC2 at 8:00pm until 9:30pm :thumbup:
Eat English Muf, ROFL.
Title: Re: Top Gear Sunday 8pm
Post by: matt5cott on January 29, 2012, 19:50:38 PM
Boing, new series in 10 mins.
Title: Re: Top Gear Sunday 8pm
Post by: Bacon on January 29, 2012, 20:23:22 PM
I stayed awake for this at 8pm lol, missed it again (well half of it) will catch it on iplayer if i'm awake later.
Title: Re: Top Gear Sunday 8pm
Post by: Clock'd 0Ne on January 29, 2012, 21:08:03 PM
Great episode, a good return to form I reckon. I do love that Aventador Wub
Title: Re: Top Gear Sunday 8pm
Post by: Bacon on February 12, 2012, 18:17:17 PM
New episode tonight

QuoteSeason 18 Episode 3 of 7
Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond take charge of shooting a car chase for a remake of The Sweeney, assisting with the stunt-driving choreography and the direction of lead actors Ray Winstone and Plan B. James May takes the Vauxhall Corsa VXR Nurburgring for a run around the test track, and delivers his verdict on the updated Fiat Panda. Hollywood actor Ryan Reynolds is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car
Title: Re: Top Gear Sunday 8pm
Post by: matt5cott on February 12, 2012, 23:05:12 PM
This series is a significant improvement IMO, usually I FFWD past star in a reasonably priced car, I haven't done so this series.

Ryan Reynolds or whatever his name is' comment about his flaw being 'I can't stop murdering children' was cutting unexpected and very funny 8)
Title: Re: Top Gear Sunday 8pm
Post by: XEntity on February 12, 2012, 23:14:43 PM
Quote from: matt5cott on February 12, 2012, 23:05:12 PM
This series is a significant improvement IMO, usually I FFWD past star in a reasonably priced car, I haven't done so this series.

Ryan Reynolds or whatever his name is' comment about his flaw being 'I can't stop murdering children' was cutting unexpected and very funny 8)

I actually laughed quite a lot through this episode, shame about the film stuff, as I found that pretty boring and predictable, the rest was good though!
Title: Re: Top Gear Sunday 8pm
Post by: DEViANCE on February 12, 2012, 23:18:26 PM
It was the worst of the series so far but they had set the bar high so far, I still enjoyed it though and had plenty of laugh out loud moments.
Title: Re: Top Gear Sunday 8pm
Post by: matt5cott on February 12, 2012, 23:43:18 PM
Quote from: XEntity on February 12, 2012, 23:14:43 PM
Quote from: matt5cott on February 12, 2012, 23:05:12 PM
This series is a significant improvement IMO, usually I FFWD past star in a reasonably priced car, I haven't done so this series.

Ryan Reynolds or whatever his name is' comment about his flaw being 'I can't stop murdering children' was cutting unexpected and very funny 8)

I actually laughed quite a lot through this episode, shame about the film stuff, as I found that pretty boring and predictable, the rest was good though!

Yeah the film bit was a low-point for sure  :-X
Title: Re: Top Gear Sunday 8pm
Post by: Bacon on February 13, 2012, 02:00:23 AM
Had it turned on but it didn't grab me at all so wasted the hour browsing ebay.
Title: Re: Top Gear Sunday 8pm
Post by: Clock'd 0Ne on February 13, 2012, 23:24:55 PM
Quote from: matt5cott on February 12, 2012, 23:43:18 PM
Quote from: XEntity on February 12, 2012, 23:14:43 PM
Quote from: matt5cott on February 12, 2012, 23:05:12 PM
This series is a significant improvement IMO, usually I FFWD past star in a reasonably priced car, I haven't done so this series.

Ryan Reynolds or whatever his name is' comment about his flaw being 'I can't stop murdering children' was cutting unexpected and very funny 8)

I actually laughed quite a lot through this episode, shame about the film stuff, as I found that pretty boring and predictable, the rest was good though!

Yeah the film bit was a low-point for sure  :-X

I watched this a little earlier, despite enjoying the ep overall as I just said to knighty on MSN it seems they are turning Hammond into an idiotic and cringeworthy charicature that can't be taken seriously, moreso than any of the others playing up themselves.

What Clarkson did with the filming was quite good overall despite the stupid bit about disabling the traction control, but then as soon as Hammond started on his bit you knew it was just going to turn silly and be pointless; its too predictable. This kind of staged stuff is definitely the worst they do.
Title: Re: Top Gear Sunday 8pm
Post by: matt5cott on January 10, 2013, 15:56:58 PM
Quote from: Clock'd 0Ne on February 13, 2012, 23:24:55 PM
as I just said to knighty on MSN it seems they are turning Hammond into an idiotic and cringeworthy charicature that can't be taken seriously, moreso than any of the others playing up themselves.

(http://www.topgear.com/uk/assets/cms/b8d6249d-12c4-467f-86e5-3ef07d4b2682/670x377Image.jpg)

"we're currently due to return to BBC Two at 8pm on January 27! And guess what? You're getting the long-awaited Christmas Special thrown into this series, too, which is inexplicably scheduled for transmission in, erm, early 2013..."
Title: Re: Top Gear Sunday 8pm
Post by: Clock'd 0Ne on January 10, 2013, 21:03:19 PM
 ;D Well, even if there is still more silliness its still one of the better things that will be on TV to watch. Roll on the Christmas special!
Title: Re: Top Gear Sunday 8pm
Post by: neXus on January 11, 2013, 01:24:29 AM
Anyone know why the Xmas special was not shown at Xmas?
Did they push it back because of the Bond Special they also did?