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oldpink
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PostPosted: 18:30 - 14 Mar 2016    Post subject: new top gear in trouble already Reply with quote
or is it a publicity stunt

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Top Gear host Chris Evans has said footage of a stunt filmed near the Cenotaph should not be shown as part of the programme.


yet BBC news are quite happy to show it

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35802386
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Lord Percy
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PostPosted: 18:32 - 14 Mar 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Obvious publicity stunt.
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PostPosted: 19:16 - 14 Mar 2016    Post subject: Re: new top gear in trouble already Reply with quote
oldpink wrote:
yet BBC news are quite happy to show it

A teaser of it. Watch the all new Top Gear to be fully outraged.

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PostPosted: 19:43 - 14 Mar 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Although they're now saying it won't feature on the show.

This is why the BBC Top Gear is going to suck. Meanwhile, I imagine Amazon 'Top Gear' are currently filming in a mosque full of strippers wearing Madeline McCann masks; complaints will be made, but not one fuck will be given Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 20:25 - 14 Mar 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
That's Ken Block in his 'Hoonicorn' Mustang.

No I have not been playing Need For Speed.
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PostPosted: 23:04 - 14 Mar 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Lord Percy wrote:
Obvious publicity stunt.


Yes, but not very subtle were they.
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PostPosted: 14:27 - 15 Mar 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Blimey. At least Clarkson had the decency to wait until the programme was on air to offend anybody.
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PostPosted: 14:48 - 15 Mar 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Vincent wrote:
I used to wonder if Clarkson or "Bip & Snot" were really behind the wheel when you saw the car getting chucked about from the outside.... Thinking


One of my good friends is a freelance cinematographer and he did a job for Audi a few years back with Ben Collins aka The Stig and he told him most the time it was him doing the cool driving and if you couldn't see there faces in the shots it probably wasn't them either.
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Lord Percy
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PostPosted: 22:04 - 18 Mar 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Well... As I've always said, the stuff we see in the news is mainly total bollocks broadcast solely for the sake of increasing readership.

And again that seems to have been the case.

Still publicity for Top Gear though...
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PostPosted: 22:12 - 18 Mar 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Lord Percy wrote:
Well... As I've always said, the stuff we see in the news is mainly total bollocks broadcast solely for the sake of increasing readership.

And again that seems to have been the case.

Still publicity for Top Gear though...


And for people without Facebook accounts:

Ken Block wrote:
Explanation FOR THE FANS: the British tabloid media decided to try to make Top Gear, host Matt LeBlanc and myself look bad this week by exaggerating a story about us doing some slides and donuts near a war memorial in London. That is unfortunate and I want my fans to know that I have complete and total respect for veterans (my Dad was a veteran) and would never do anything to deliberately disrespect them in any way whatsoever - so I was quite disappointed that some of the media was (and still is!) misinforming the public about what we were doing.

For those of you that don’t know what happened: we did our slides/donuts down the street (closest drift tire mark was 180 feet (60 meters) away) from a war monument (the Cenotaph) in central London. The press ran long-lens photos that compress the distance and makes it look like we are much closer - and then they said that we “disrespected” the memorial. I drove past the memorial several times (it’s in the middle of a two lane road, London traffic goes past it 24 hours a day, every day of the year), but I did not do anything on or around it. We were respectful, and the production crew instructed me to be the appropriate distance away - which I adhered to.

This whole tabloid negativity came as a complete surprise to me as BBC are the ones who invited me over, worked for months applying for all of the proper permits to do the driving/filming, got it all approved by the proper councils of government as well, and directed my actions. We did nothing wrong, yet the British tabloids have made something out of nothing.

Unfortunately, sensationalized headlines garner attention in this day and age. I was in London to work with Top Gear to make awesome automotive television programming and promote the country and city - and we continued to do that and make an awesome piece, despite the paparazzi and false reporting.

Anyway… the entire shoot went amazing, Matt LeBlanc and I had a great time making an amazing/funny piece and it will be broadcast in a few months. And, it will not feature the war memorial because it never was intended to be featured in the first place!
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PostPosted: 23:07 - 29 Mar 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ken Block wrote:
For those of you that don’t know what happened: we did our slides/donuts down the street (closest drift tire mark was 180 feet (60 meters) away) from a war monument (the Cenotaph) in central London. The press ran long-lens photos that compress the distance and makes it look like we are much closer

ORLY? I guess RJ has some sort of telephoto helmet cam then. Naughty vlogger. Tut Tut

https://youtu.be/JVA2-hgIoKk?t=9
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PostPosted: 07:41 - 30 Mar 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Still sticking to my theory that Clarkson is still on the Beebs payroll & the whole thing has been one big publicity stunt from the start to boost ratings for 'amazons' new show.
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PostPosted: 08:10 - 30 Mar 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
<numbernerd>I make that ~2 seconds to travel from the Cenotaph to the further doughnut rings that are "60 metres" away. So he went past that Plodvan at 67mph, did he?</numbernerd>
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