Top Gear - Season 12
11-02-2008, 09:37 PM
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11-02-2008, 10:47 PM
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I just went searching and wondered if you were doing the new season. Thanks again... you rock!
I watched that Lambo factory episode a year or so ago in a hotel room on some biz trip. Those guys are the definition of dedicated. The one dude has been making crankshafts for like 20 years. Amazing the personal care they take on these cars.
I watched that Lambo factory episode a year or so ago in a hotel room on some biz trip. Those guys are the definition of dedicated. The one dude has been making crankshafts for like 20 years. Amazing the personal care they take on these cars.
11-03-2008, 10:14 AM
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Thanks again. Took me about 30 mins to d/l from your site. My torrent had been going for a few hours already and was at <50% done.
I laughed more in the first 10 mins than I did in all 5 episodes of TG Australia.
I laughed more in the first 10 mins than I did in all 5 episodes of TG Australia.
11-03-2008, 01:13 PM
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Oh man, TG Australia is brrrrrutal! They should keep the young guy and ditch the other two. It needs a lot of help.
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11-03-2008, 01:57 PM
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If you don't compare it to TG UK, it's passable. In fact, I would say it's better than most automotive shows, especially the ones coming out of Canada. However, comparing it to TG UK, it's a complete failure.
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Clarkson raises more complaints for BBC By Heather Hughes11/04/08 10:03
Joke about truck drivers and prostitutes doesn't go down well as new series of Top Gear starts.
Days after Russell Brand and Radio 2 boss, Lesley Douglas, resigned over complaints on a BBC radio show, the BBC are facing another barrage of criticism for overstepping the mark when it comes to comedy. So far, the broadcaster has received 517 complaints about remarks made by Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson regarding lorry drivers murdering prostitutes.
The comment was made during the first episode of the twelfth series, broadcast on BBC2 last night, in which Clarkson and his fellow presenters learnt to drive heavy goods vehicles.
"This is a hard job and I’m not just saying that to win favour with lorry drivers, it’s a hard job," he said. "Change gear, change gear, change gear, check mirror, murder a prostitute, change gear, change gear, murder. That's a lot of effort in a day."
The remarks hit a nerve with some, being made almost exactly two years after the killings of five Ipswich prostitutes by Steve Wright, who was convicted in February this year. Cari Mitchell, speaking on behalf of the English Collective of Prostitutes, described the remarks as "more serious than the Ross and Brand debacle" because he was "making light of murder" according to the BBC.
Responding to the complaints, a BBC spokesman said: "The vast majority of Top Gear viewers have clear expectations of Jeremy Clarkson's long-established and frequently provocative on-screen persona. This particular reference was used to comically exaggerate and make ridiculous an unfair urban myth about the world of lorry driving, and was not intended to cause offence."
The broadcast watchdog, Ofcom, also received a number of complaints about the remark, but said: "We are looking at the complaints we have received, but we're not currently investigating the programme."
A Top Gear insider told TV.com that he believes the complaints concerning Clarkson are "more to do with the current environment," and stresses that "this is a very different situation to what happened last week." Do you agree?
Clarkson raises more complaints for BBC By Heather Hughes11/04/08 10:03
Joke about truck drivers and prostitutes doesn't go down well as new series of Top Gear starts.
Days after Russell Brand and Radio 2 boss, Lesley Douglas, resigned over complaints on a BBC radio show, the BBC are facing another barrage of criticism for overstepping the mark when it comes to comedy. So far, the broadcaster has received 517 complaints about remarks made by Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson regarding lorry drivers murdering prostitutes.
The comment was made during the first episode of the twelfth series, broadcast on BBC2 last night, in which Clarkson and his fellow presenters learnt to drive heavy goods vehicles.
"This is a hard job and I’m not just saying that to win favour with lorry drivers, it’s a hard job," he said. "Change gear, change gear, change gear, check mirror, murder a prostitute, change gear, change gear, murder. That's a lot of effort in a day."
The remarks hit a nerve with some, being made almost exactly two years after the killings of five Ipswich prostitutes by Steve Wright, who was convicted in February this year. Cari Mitchell, speaking on behalf of the English Collective of Prostitutes, described the remarks as "more serious than the Ross and Brand debacle" because he was "making light of murder" according to the BBC.
Responding to the complaints, a BBC spokesman said: "The vast majority of Top Gear viewers have clear expectations of Jeremy Clarkson's long-established and frequently provocative on-screen persona. This particular reference was used to comically exaggerate and make ridiculous an unfair urban myth about the world of lorry driving, and was not intended to cause offence."
The broadcast watchdog, Ofcom, also received a number of complaints about the remark, but said: "We are looking at the complaints we have received, but we're not currently investigating the programme."
A Top Gear insider told TV.com that he believes the complaints concerning Clarkson are "more to do with the current environment," and stresses that "this is a very different situation to what happened last week." Do you agree?