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Originally Posted by sheps
If the race were genuine why would Clarkson not have used the tunnel rather than a ferry crossing? Answer, because the whole race would have been won before they’d set off. Which means the convoluted "Got to run, he could be here any second' down-to-the-wire bullshit is just that; the races couldn't BE more timed to the second to deliver a 'cliffhanger'. If you purposefully hobble a competitor because you know that person will win, what's the point of the race?
Say what you like about the Chris Goffey/William Woollard era of TG, but it was factual, in-depth and geeky to the point it was a motoring show that appealed to those interested in cars, not an entertainment show with a veil of motoring that appealed to people who don't even like cars (like my brother, for example - despite the fact he drives a RS megane)
The BBC don't feel compelled to do this with anything else, so why should a motoring show get this treatment? They don't f*ck around with football or any other sport, they don't intersperse the news with morons dressed up as idiots, acting like 5 year olds.
Format re-boot urgently required; ditch the star in a car segment (but invite guests who are proper petrolheads, not just C-listers with a book or TV show to promote) loose the stupid 'look at the car we've made' segments and offer some proper engineering insight, look at production facilities/techniques, invite manufacturers in, etc. And, on the opening episode of the reboot, murder Richard Hammond, live on air. Preferably something slow and intensely painful.
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You miss the point.
The reason they continue to make it like it is and then copy the format (almost to the letter) in other countries is because it gets huge ratings.
Many of the people who now watch it are not car enthusiasts. Indeed I think they actually nailed it when they said that the car park was full of Scoobys each week.
The program has passed from being a specialist car fans show to mainstream "light entertainment".
As a car enthusiast you may not like it but ratings = money and as long as BBC are able to keep making shed loads off the spin offs and merchandising, the format will be sacred.