Has The BBC Hit "Top Gear" Lost It's Way?

As Top Gear finished its much-delayed run a few weeks ago, the cheery continuity announcer said that the show would be back in the summer. Well, I'm sorry, love, but it won't be.

Not unless someone from the Greenwich Observatory suddenly decides that we need a new month between May and June.

The fact is that it takes four months to film enough material for a run of Top Gear. And then another couple of months to turn the miles of tape we generate into something you might actually want to watch.


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Agent63 - 4/16/2007 9:37:27 AM

+5 Boost

Top Gear is an interesting British show featuring mostly exotics. 5th Gear on the other hand with former TG presenter Tiff Needle, they test more practical cars compared to Top Gear. Both are good shows but obviously the two shows have different views on cars they test.

It's overall entertaining and that's what people watch it for. Sure they review and test drive cars and they do state the pros and cons of a vehicle but they do it in a way that normal car reviewers don't.

It's become popular worldwide.