Stupid Legal Reasons Mean That Clarkson & Co Are Banned From Saying These Things On The Grand Tour
It seems the BBC are looking for any opportunity to sue The Grand Tour if Clarkson takes the slightest morsel from his previous Top Gear adventures. Andy Wilman - the producer of the new Amazon car show - has revealed that the rules the old Top Gear trio are subjected to are unbelievably tough and fully protect the Top Gear BBC show from any form of copyright.
As if there wasn’t enough drama surrounding the break-up with the BBC, The Grand Tour cannot feature a written lap time board, a Stig or even refer to the motor news section as ‘The News’. There can be no Top Gear test track and there has even been a debate over whether James May can use his ‘cock’ catchphrase.
The legal scenario was made even more ridiculous when the trio went on a shoot to Namibia. As they had described the African scenery as ‘beautiful’ in past Top Gear episodes, Clarkson has had to resort to saying “For legal reasons, this scenery is shit”.
Despite the frankly ridiculous legal restrictions forced upon the new show, we’re all looking forward to seeing what The Grand Tour has to offer.
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Yay they didn’t take “and on that bombshell…” yet
Oh crap I’m giving them ideas
Yeah legal reasons…legal fear of loosing new tg already low popularity…
Why the bbc is acting acting like a crazy ex girlfriend? You lost it, let it go or your going to be ridiculous.
Looks fair to me- The guys will notbe able to use a few words, not a problem for them.
On the other hand the bbc won’t be able to make a decent car show.
“It is now time to handle it over to our tame racing driver. Some once said to me he got nuts in he’s mouth when he race. He’s called squirrel-racer is all i know”
Why we shouldn’t support big companies like BBC
How can I watch TheGrandTour if James can’t announce the birth of a new Dacia Sandero?!
I believe this will only serve to make their show better, because they will think of a humorous way around the issue.
For Grand Tour
The News = Current Events
TG test track = GT time trial
There are ways around it.
Plot twist - Chris Evans joins the grand tour.