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
Has BBC fired Chris Evans before it gets too late? And now?
What the new gear was supposed to be for me: Chris Harris doing whatever he wants
What the new gear is for me: Wasting Chris Harris’ time
Lowest gear now it seems.
Why did they have to get Chris Evans on? His sense of humor won’t match the car show and it’ll end up like 5th Gear with random dogfight comments and innuendo’s, some good car stuff but mostly frustrating. They really need a bunch of funny but relaxed bunch of guys who say things they find funny, not what others think
I worked with Chris for a day a couple of years ago and found him to be very down-to-earth and very likeable - a far cry from the monster that the Sun are trying to make him out to be.
Frankly, I wouldnt trust the Sun to reliably tell me what time it was, let alone have them providing me with “insider information” which they probably hacked from someones phone. Allegedly.
Give new Top Gear a chance.
“The production team doesn’t know anything about cars”Production crew decides to shoot a shootout between the BRZ/FR-S and the GT86 among the 3 hosts. In reality they bring 3 AE86’s in different colors. :’D
Well it serves the meddling BBC right. You’d think they’d have learned by now that the ratings didn’t come just from the cars.
BBC, just stop. Top Gear is worthless without the trio. Anyother combination of people is not going to work (especially with Chris Evans). Even though apparently the new series with the proper trio on Amazon Prime didn’t go so well on it’s pilot apparently, I’ll stick with them instead of BBC’s pile of $&!%
“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.”
TL;DR: BBC’s going Soccer Mom with the usual “Safety is funny” crap.
Thanks for encouraging parents to take down the idiots along with the rest of the community they’ve ruined!
Well correct me if I’m wrong but Jeremy always said he hated the meddling of big wigs at the bbc and that they wouldn’t let him run his show how it should