The Grand Tour. (Top Gear is dead).

[stokeriño]

...You save me from the hardship of doing something I had no intention of doing anyway?

And I'm retired from MSPaint drawing - it went when I lost my laptop's touchpad mouse.

[King Ellis]

You're a bastard and I hope you get cancer.

[stokeriño]

I won't let cancer kill me. If I'm diagnosed as terminal, I'll just take a car to an aircraft carrier and drive it off the edge. I'm reliably informed that doing so will allow me to be reincarnated with no ill-effects, and in a different colour.

[IAceI]

The guy driving that Veyron should be shot for wrecking an awesome car. Wanker.

That or the bloody pregnant woman and the man she was with in the Astra. I always knew Astra's were the Devil.

[Timmoru Suzuki]

Watched a great challenge in a repeat earlier, where Clarkson had to race a marathon runner along the marathon route, Clarkson was of course by car, and the marathon runner won! It was a great skit anyway, but there was an hilarious bit after, when Hammond was pissing himself laughing at Clarkson losing to someone on foot, and Clarkson says something like:

"You can stop laughing, you've tried to beat me in a train and failed, you tried to beat me in a plane and failed, last week you had a boat and were sick twice, yet this man just beat me using nothing more than half a horse-power and some toast!"

Hilarious.

[therockbox]

So, is it true this isn't coming back in the Summer? Apparantly Clarkson said the voiceover at the end of last week's episode was wrong.

[stokeriño]

Top Gear will return, BBC insists

Top Gear will return in the summer, the BBC has said - despite host Jeremy Clarkson declaring that it will not.

At the end of the latest series last week, the BBC Two announcer stated the show would be back in the summer.

But in his newspaper column in The Sun, Clarkson said: "Can I just say, here and now, it won't be."

A BBC spokesman responded by saying: "Top Gear will be back. A summer special is planned." A new series would reach screens in the autumn, he added.

Ratings winner

"We're expecting all three boys to present the programmes."

But he refused to give any further details or explain the confusion.

The show made a successful comeback in January, four months after co-host Richard Hammond was involved in a serious high-speed crash while filming.

An estimated eight million people tuned in to see the last episode in the series on Sunday - BBC Two's largest audience for 10 years.

Maybe there's confusion about whether it will 'return' in the Summer or Autumn, depending on how one would define 'return'?

Edited March 11, 2007 by stokeriño

[kliq]

Yeah I think it's just a case of Clarkson being Clarkson and having to be right. It'll be back in the autumn with all 3 of them, trust. (Y)

Top Gear is never on in the summer because it's usually a quiet time for motoring news in general. It's always on at the start and end of the year.

[mikevandam]

Watched a great challenge in a repeat earlier, where Clarkson had to race a marathon runner along the marathon route, Clarkson was of course by car, and the marathon runner won! It was a great skit anyway, but there was an hilarious bit after, when Hammond was pissing himself laughing at Clarkson losing to someone on foot, and Clarkson says something like:

"You can stop laughing, you've tried to beat me in a train and failed, you tried to beat me in a plane and failed, last week you had a boat and were sick twice, yet this man just beat me using nothing more than half a horse-power and some toast!"

Hilarious.

[stokeriño]

I was completely unaware that it was returning this weekend until a few minutes ago, so I'll post it here for the sake of others:

TOP GEAR SEASON 10, 8pm SUNDAY BBC2. REMEMBER IT, BITCHES.

"In episode 1 of this 10 episode series, the trio take three lightweight supercars across Europe in search of the world's best roads. Meanwhile, the Star in the Reasonably Priced Car is none other than Dame Helen Mirren."

Would Germany's autobahns be too obvious a winner?

[Cactus Drags]

Ta for the heads-up, I've not seen any ads or anything. I'll have to Sky+ it though, the NFL's on.

[Slogger]

Anyone know how long untill it's shown down here?

[Steeb]

Depends where 'down here' is.

Anyone know if/when it's repeated in England?

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

"Best roads" might be most enjoyable or stunning roads to drive -then you've got the Alpine mountain roads, you've got Denmark/Sweden (and the bridge between the two that Clarkson drove across on his way to Norway the other season), you've even got Snake Pass in Scotland.

Also, driving on the Autobahn back in the early 90s was the weirdest experience. It was all smooth and fast until we hit the former East Germany and at that moment the roads were potholed, gravelly and definitely slower.

[therockbox]

Thanks for the reminder, I'd completely forgot about this.

It's going to be difficult for them to top the American episode from the last series, but Top Gear is usually awesome anyway.

[619 fan]

It's starting right now with a big preview of the new series... it's gonna be immense! I saw clips of the returning Toyboata and I saw a big fire and a man racing a car using a jet back... looks like another great series!!

[New Damage]

It's only been on 10 minutes and already James May gets the shit ripped outta him lol.

[The Kraig]

This is the first Top Gear I've ever seen on BBC2. I always just watch the old ones of UKTV. This is weird. And why does Hamster look like an utter fag? He's been hanging around Jonathan Ross too much.

[stokeriño]

Channel Five burned down the Cool Wall - for this they must pay! :@

Edited October 7, 2007 by stokeriño

[King Ellis]

Kraigy obviously doesn't appreciate style when he sees it, Hammond was looking quite dapper.