It Sounds Like The New Top Gear Is Completely Falling Apart

We haven't even seen the first episode of Chris Evans' new Top Gear, but according to reports the show is failing after being beset by fallings out, an unqualified production staff and meddling bosses

Darren Cassey

03 Jan 2016

It Sounds Like The New Top Gear Is Completely Falling Apart

The team filming the new Top Gear was always going to have a tough act to follow. Jeremy Clarkson and friends had built the biggest television show the world had ever seen, so when Chris Evans took over he was under a lot of pressure to do something different and do it well.

According to reports in The Sun, the show’s team have struggled to put a show together. The main problem seems to arise from the fact that the BBC want new Top Gear to be as safe as possible and not court controversy in the way the old show did. This has resulted in bosses ‘meddling’ with production and not giving Chris Evans the freedom he desires.

It’s no secret that the show’s rebirth has hit some hurdles. Last month it was reported that executive producer Lisa Clark and script editor Tom Ford had both quit the show following news Chris Harris and Sabine Schmitz could take up roles as presenters.

BBC 2 controller Kim Shillinglaw is apparently making life difficult for the teams, as she will not let crews get too carried away with themselves, much to the frustration of “control freak” Evans.

An ‘insider’ told The Sun:

“Kim has been central to everything that is happening. Generally, she has a reputation as a meddler.

“The show has had to become a lot more PC following the Clarkson row. There is less leeway to do out-there stuff and Kim has become a bit of a nightmare.”

Other issues include:

Chris Evans crashed a brand new Jaguar on his first day at the Top Gear test track
The presenter has also refused to give up his other presenting gigs on television and radio
The production team doesn’t know anything about cars, meaning TG magazine staff have had to come in to help
Evans is apparently terrible at pre-recorded films, which make up the majority of Top Gear’s run time

It’s safe to say the new Top Gear has had a rocky start, but that was to be expected given the pressure the team is under. That said, this sounds like a complete farce. Amazon Prime must be jumping with glee right now.

Comments

Its a shame but its expected when you have 3 presenters who have come from different styles and formats and a production team who want to control the entire show. Frankly I can’t see it working.

I can see Sabine and Chris getting along. Evans? Not so much. Maybe do it with 2 presenters and invite someone to the next series? Just how the Top Gear did after they changed to less serious format?

To me this show is just an extra we get next to the amazon show :p

‘’Flop Gear,’’ lol

This comment is just begging for upvotes…

“The production team doesn’t know anything about cars”… Seriously??! I thought that was required to work with Top Gear

That’s utter bs for Chris Harris, he has his own YouTube channel about cars right now so I doubt his knowledge about cars is lacking

If they really don’t know anything about cars,we’ll be seeing Priuses in supercar reviews on the show later since the staff who collected the car can’t distinguish the Toyota logo and the Bugatti or Ford logo just because they’re all a oval shape or having the same letters sometime sooner or later

It’s the BBC. No one knows anything about cars. Knowing about cars isn’t left wing enough.

How to improve TG in a heartbeat, get rid of Evans, he is clearly not fit to do this job.

Not improve, make it less bad. Sound exactly the same, but when you think about it.

You want to know the worst part? New Top Gear will be aired almost everywhere around the globe. I tried to get Amazone Prime; They say it’s ILLEGAL to stream from Amazone outside the UK.
Thank you, UK, no more REAL Top Gear for me :-(

Just use a VPN - you get amazon prime, problemo solved.

You know there are…other ways to watch (wink-wink)

New Amazon Top Gear might be a fail too. There might be no money to support it, as most people will either not watch it as it isn’t a possibility for them or go to torrents.