New Top Gear

[Steve84N]

Chris Harris is the best but he's suffered from being scripted. His work freelance was the best and he was my favourite journo.

[ronk]

Any of them are better than that Chris Evans fella - I’ve never been more tempted to throw a brick at the TV when he was on !

[Fishy Dave]

Not the best start to the new series. Had all the ingredients, fast cars, Ken block, decent locations, just not cooked properly.

Yes, that's exactly my conclusion too. Maybe it's the chemistry between the presenters or perhaps it's the script?

[PerryGunn]

Happily see Sabine tho

She was on Extra Gear if you missed it...

[slick]

Well what can I say........same old Top Gear recipee , just a new bunch of clowns........but not funny at all , Matt Le Blanc is wooden , Chris Harris is more suited to in depth road tests and that Rory is the BBC's token stab at political correctness, sorry , maybe I'm getting old and (more) cynical .......oh and miserable

[bryand]

Hhmmm i was a big fan of last years & still enjoy MLB as host & can tolerate a slice of RR ( the other clown just annoys me like a village idiot ) but almost 60 mins of the 3 basically driving around the USA with very little entertainment of any context has left me wondering how i can retrieve my lost hour

My thoughts exactly, I think Chris Harris is being told to act like that as from what I've seen he isn't like that on his youtube stuff.

[Darren Slone]

I didn’t enjoy it last night, far too scripted and wooden, trying to be lads but with false unrealitstic banter, not for me

[mr wilks]

Chris Harris is the best but he's suffered from being scripted. His work freelance was the best and he was my favourite journo.

Ive only ever seen the guy on TG & last year within first few episodes he was swiftly downgraded from possible main man to sidekick , last night he was like the annoying kid at the school party who ate all the smarties & guzzled the IrnBru just plain annoying & bad script or not for me added nothing of value to the show .
I'l persevere as there is so little car stuff on mainstream tv but maybe record the next episode so i can fastforward

[Nanu]

Haven't tried GT series 2 yet, but just seen the last 20 mins of top gear and quite happy I missed the first 40

Didn't miss much. I watched the first 20 mins and switched over. The attempt at spontaneous humour just annoys the hell out of me

[Zoomer]

Haven't tried GT series 2 yet, but just seen the last 20 mins of top gear and quite happy I missed the first 40

Didn't miss much. I watched the first 20 mins and switched over. The attempt at spontaneous humour just annoys the hell out of me

MLB is just about OK but the other 2, one can drive but that's it and the other? It's the same old TG but without the very funny idiots. It's not interesting/ informative or funny.

[Steve84N]

Ive only ever seen the guy on TG & last year within first few episodes he was swiftly downgraded from possible main man to sidekick , last night he was like the annoying kid at the school party who ate all the smarties & guzzled the IrnBru just plain annoying & bad script or not for me added nothing of value to the show.

Have a look at this stuff instead: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_ ... is+on+cars

Loads of good ones including the holy trinity shootout, F40 vs F50 ruining tyres, C63 vs RS4 etc...

[MrPT]

It’s a tricky one. I thought the best bits of the last series were just Chris H in the car on his own - he’s far more relaxed when left to do his own thing, and dare I say has a better presentation style (when combined with driving) than a lot of TV presenters. Problem is that’s going to bore the hell out of your average household, what with his talk of rose joints and “inherent chassis balance”. I hope they find the winning formula eventually - as others have said, all the ingredients are there.

Must admit though, the Le Blanc “sheets of A4” quip made me lol.

[craig3.2]

I thought it was ok,but too scripted.
Had all the ingredients,but didn't come off as well a it should have.

[Mr Tidy]

The best thing that happened was Chris Evans went!

I've always liked Chris Harris' stuff on youtube, but he doesn't seem to be allowed to present in his own style on TG - although that may be because much of the TG audience wouldn't appreciate it! But some of the films he made about cars he actually owned were fantastic.

I like Matt - he seems the most comfortable on camera, but given his acting background I suppose that's not surprising!

Rory moans he never gets to drive the best cars, but that seems to be his role - the keen participant who has limited knowledge.

Sabine is great at the Ring, but anywhere else Chris seems to be at least as quick and you can't focus too many episodes on the Ring for a general entertainment audience!

I'll give it some more time, but seeing as it is about cars I'll probably keep watching!

[paulgs1000]

All trying too hard. And a bit deja vu. . .
Dreadful misuse of Chris Harris as clown - best car presenter on YouTube by a mile.
Where they did try something different then it didn't quite work - but prepared to give it time.
The Grand Tour is beginning to be the new Last of the Summer Wine - without the massive shooting budget and cutting edge recording techniques it might even be embarrassing. Still watch it for the bits of magic.