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| Venomator Member Since: 25 Aug 2014 Location: Peterborough Posts: 2087  
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New Top Gear Presenter announced by BBC...
Must go and disinfect my keyboard now... 
Chris Evans Chris Evans is known to be passionate about cars TV and radio personality Chris Evans will replace Jeremy Clarkson as the lead presenter of an all-new Top Gear line-up, the BBC has announced. Evans said he was "thrilled" to get the job, describing the motoring show as his "favourite programme of all time". "I promise I will do everything I possibly can to respect what has gone on before and take the show forward," he added. Clarkson was dropped in March after punching a producer while on location. Car enthusiast Evans, who has signed a three-year deal with the BBC Two show, had been tipped to replace Clarkson but had previously insisted he was not interested. The BBC's David Sillito said the all-new line-up meant Clarkson's co-hosts Richard Hammond and James May would not be involved. He said while Chris Evans was a household name, Clarkson had a long-running association with Top Gear and his were big shoes to fill. Top Gear is watched by some 350 million viewers worldwide and is one of the BBC's biggest shows, with overseas sales worth an estimated £50m a year. 'Cheeky unpredictability' Once the news broke, Evans tweeted: "First tweet as new Top Gear host. I would like to say Jeremy, Richard & James are the greatest. And NO I'm not leaving the R2 Breakfast Show." In a statement, Evans said: ""I'm thrilled, Top Gear is my favourite programme of all time. "Created by a host of brilliant minds who love cars and understand how to make the massively complicated come across as fun, devil-may-care and effortless. "When in fact of course, it's anything but and that's the genius of Top Gear's global success." null Chris Evans, seen here with Jeremy Clarkson, currently hosts the BBC Radio 2 breakfast show and the One Show Controller of BBC Two and BBC Four Kim Shillinglaw said she was "delighted" that Evans would be presenting the next series of Top Gear. "His knowledge of and passion for cars are well-known and combined with his sheer inventiveness and cheeky unpredictability, he is the perfect choice to take our much-loved show into the future," she said. "Chris is a huge fan of Top Gear and has great respect for the craft and work ethic of one of the best production teams in the world. "He knows the phenomenal attention to detail it takes to make a single sequence of Top Gear, let alone a whole series. He is already full of brilliant ideas and I can't wait for him to get started." Production on the new series of Top Gear will start in the next few weeks and more information will be announced in due course. Jeremy Clarkson was suspended, then dropped, by the BBC in March following a "fracas" with a producer at a hotel. His final appearance on Top Gear will be shown on 28 June. The episode will be made up of two films shot before Clarkson was suspended, with Hammond and May presenting links from the studio. Rog... 
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16th Jun 2015 7:49pm |
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| RobKeay Member Since: 19 Jul 2009 Location: Stafford Posts: 1579 
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Do you think Chris Evans could be the next king of England.
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16th Jun 2015 8:20pm |
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| Natlas Member Since: 20 Mar 2013 Location: West Sussex Posts: 460 
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Works for me, Chris Evans has shown a good deal of original flair over the years, mind you, do we know his view of all things Defender and Series?
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16th Jun 2015 9:01pm |
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| Egoold Member Since: 02 Dec 2013 Location: Glasgow Posts: 110 
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I think it's fair to say he likes defenders
"I’ve owned several Landies in the past, my favourite two being my old Series 1 and the white ragtop V8 petrol Defender I bought when I lived in Los Angeles" http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/event/arti...e-tag.html |
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16th Jun 2015 9:10pm |
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| leeds Member Since: 28 Dec 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 8580
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IMHO they are welcome to him but please can we have someone that is not a total tosser on the breakfast show. He wakes me up every morning because I can not work out how to get the alarm to come on without it being on radio 2 ( and generally I like radio 2) but he really gets me into grumpy mode. I love it when he goes on his jollies. I vote for Zoe Ball for breakfast either that or persuade Terry to come back.
Regards Barbara |
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16th Jun 2015 9:51pm |
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| RobKeay Member Since: 19 Jul 2009 Location: Stafford Posts: 1579
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I did like his show but it now appears his ego has taken over. Hopefully he will go mad again.
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16th Jun 2015 10:08pm |
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| muddybaldboy Member Since: 09 Apr 2012 Location: Ruthin Posts: 395  
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X2 for Zoë (and i reckon I have the same alarm clock!!) He who dies with the most toys...wins! |
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16th Jun 2015 10:53pm |
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| Anderzander Member Since: 08 Feb 2011 Location: Lancashire Posts: 999
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Children's BBC report on it: http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/3315...r-top-gear
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16th Jun 2015 10:59pm |
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| Darcy Fairfax Member Since: 05 Oct 2014 Location: London Posts: 721  
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IMHO, no.
Clarkson et al were indeed annoying at times, but together, irreplaceable for Top Gear. |
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16th Jun 2015 11:31pm |
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| lambert.the.farmer Member Since: 11 Apr 2012 Location: harrogate Posts: 2006 
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Sorry but whenever I think of chris Evans I am immediately put in mind of his marriage to an at the time very young Billie piper and I can't help but wonder what skeletons the man has in his cupboard. This should give an idea of my view of how bad an idea him hosting top gear is in my mind. Rhubarb and custard let fly with their secret weapon.
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17th Jun 2015 4:24am |
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| gilarion Member Since: 05 Dec 2013 Location: Wales Posts: 5109 
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What’s the difference between Chris Evans and God!
God does not think he is Chris Evans! For those who like Welsh Mountains and narrow boats have a look at my videos and photos at.. http://www.youtube.com/user/conwy1 |
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17th Jun 2015 1:35pm |
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| DonH2000 Member Since: 12 Jan 2015 Location: North Kent Posts: 551 
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He has a good face for radio and I think he should stay on the radio. This morning he was on hyper-drive and it did not make for good breakfast radio. That's just my opinion. Cheers Don.
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17th Jun 2015 3:39pm |
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| ARC99 Member Since: 19 Feb 2013 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 1831 
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I thought you wanted someone decent, I gave up listening to R2 breakfast because I could not stand her.  Don't make old people mad.
We don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much to  us off.
Richard |
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17th Jun 2015 3:43pm |
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| Clive Member Since: 21 Mar 2014 Location: Littleborough Posts: 467 
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I can't stand Chris Evans myself, I know Clarkson was smug at times but he made it come across as funny, whereas with Evans I find it just totally irritating.
Hey-ho though, I'll give it a coat of looking at and we'll see, you never know, it might not be too bad. |
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17th Jun 2015 6:36pm |
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