So... I tuned in to the new series hoping that, now the shouting carrots gone it may have improved... Ever optimistic that's me, plus I need something to show for the £147 the bloody BBC are going to rob me of this year But despite a brief surge of oooo pretty shiny thing interest in the Ferrari & wandering thoughts of what Matt 'man totty' LeBlanc may look like naked mud wrestling with Russell Crowe .........my attention soon wandered into picking my belly button fluff And then...before I knew it...it was over! Time to put it out of its misery Mr BBC or stop charging us all for making expensive shite
It really is a scandal.... There is nothing on the BBC that I really watch anymore nor listen to their radio. But in order to watch/listen to anything else not connected to them I'm supposed to pay £147?!? Imagine if any of the other media outlets did the same & charged you for the privalege of simply turning your TV on what an outcry there would be! For several years I didn't have a TV & the letters sent by them were bordering on the threatening. It's a disgrace. If anyone got a demand for that amount of money for something that they wasn't using they'd be like wtf & there would be legal safeguards!
I completely agree, so much shite on TV I decided to unplug the TV ariel and stop paying the bbc tax! I had an inspector the first year but nothing last year. I refuse to pay for something I don't use. Netflix and YouTube is enough to keep me occupied in the depths of winter. F**k the BBC
That's always been my point exactly. I work in the industry and we're all against what we refer to as a stealth tax. But if you want to watch TV regardless as to whether you watch anything BBC or not then you are bullied into paying and strung up if you don't. You can't even get around it by removing your aerial, dish and streaming boxes to prevent you from picking up any BBC channels as they just say that the TV has tuner capable of receiving channels and that's enough to prosecute.
I was writing when you posted, but be careful with inspections, if you end up with a jobs worth then they could claim that the TV is capable of receiving TV channels.
I think I probably did get lucky as he was a nice bloke. I don't have a smart TV though so couldn't stream through that.
I personally feel the BBC is excellent value for money. No I'm not joking. I rarely watch any of the other channels, Broadchurch excepted. I certainly wouldn't lambast the BBC just because I didn't like a few presenters finding their feet. Yes the presenters were a little bit wooden tops but give them a chance ffs. At least Chris Evans had an interest in our two wheeled friends, and they got rid of him too soon. I also noted on TG, they had M le B intentionally playing the roll of Joey. I'm sure that is an image he was trying to leave behind. To have a few TV channels that don't have adverts is a god send and the envy of the world, and long may it continue. The BBC isn't perfect in fact it is a long way off perfect, but I for one would hate to see its demise.
I agree if you watch BBC & listen to their radio output that some of their content is excellent, wildlife &,Attenborough as an example. But if you never or rarely check into it then how can it be fair you're charged money for it. Yes let it continue but if you don't want it's services then you should be able to opt out. And as for TG, the money they spend on it & the salaries they pay shouldn't have presenters 'finding their feet'. I'm a long term fan of it but sorry it's had its day, I'd rather watch the old repeats in free view.
Personally I quite enjoyed the first episode, they will take a bit to find there feet as did clarkson and co! But I thought they quite funny and a whole lot better than last season which was dire, a shame as I do like Chris Evans, Matt le Blanca is a biking man so we might start to see a few more bike orientated stuff
I thought it was highly original and Matt Leblanc was nothing like Joey or the bloke he played in Episodes (himself) and it was nice to see them testing cars that we could all afford. (That was all sarcasm for ones reaching for the keyboard). In all honesty, I thought the Clarkson Top Gear was well past it's sell-by date so at least I won't have to watch anymore of this shite.
But I thought everyone in Jersey has a Ferrari or Jag please don't dash my dreams that Bergerac isn't true to life
No joking, if wanted to see exotic cars I could sit down by Victoria Avenue for an hour and would see more exotica than the complete series of Top Gear, McLarens, Astons, Jags, Ferrari's. Just over 100,000 people and about 107,000 registered vehicles, 40 mph max speed limit and they're moaning about that being too high. I'll stick to walking and cycling, it's quicker....oh and the odd blast on the Tuono
Wow never knew that about 40mph limit! That's a bummer....how bizarre, especially when at the other end of the scale you've got the IOM!
Fastest place in Britain or the sunniest place in Britain. Tough choice but I couldn't stand the midges.
I saw the most beautiful Rizla replica Gixxer when I was last there, in a gorgeous orange flake, parked up by the police station in St Aubyns... Anyway, Top Gear. I have to say, I almost liked it. My problem with it was that they're just forcing it a bit too much. Trying to recreate the chemistry of the three idiots won't work because it was a natural chemistry, even when it was getting hammy and too contrived. It always had the air of three mates talking bollox amongst themselves. This new three don't have it...yet...or maybe never will. I have to say it had the whiff of american reality TV, with created jeopardy and forced 'coolness'. Just don't try quite so hard and it might just work. But, it had no ginger whinger in it and that's 3/4 the battle.
Very eloquently put Ken, I think thats similar to what I was trying to say before I was consumed with woman rage & a tad too much sherbet
