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Series 15 episode 4 preview: “a bit silly”
Posted by Richard Porterat 3:58 pm on Friday July 16, 2010
You may be a bit shocked by what I’m about to say but I think it needs saying: sometimes, just sometimes, Top Gear is a bit silly.
We don’t tell you about boot space, we rarely mention miles per gallon, Jeremy insists on referring to ‘torques’. We are not, in other words, a searing hotbed of consumer journalism.
On the other hand, if you want to be entertained, we like to think that sometimes we come up trumps. Some viewers are very accepting of that. Others get a bit cross and want to know why they hell we haven’t road tested the new Astra yet.
If you’re in the latter camp, you probably won’t like this Sunday’s show much. Well, you might enjoy the first bit in which Jeremy drives the Audi R8 V10 Spyder and Porsche 911 Turbo cabriolet. But even that gets a bit silly towards the end.
The news is even more silly. It has a story in it that concerns – and I swear I’m not making this up – a car for the blind. Because sometimes the whole world can seem as silly as Top Gear.
Then we’re into the real meat of this silly sandwich as Jeremy, Richard and James are challenged to build compact and cool motorhomes for a camping holiday in the West Country.
If you don’t like silly, you probably ought to turn off. If you love the three presenters at their bantering, bickering, blithering best then this is one of the funniest things we’ve done in ages. It’s very silly but we hope it’s also slightly entertaining.
Oh, and we’ve got Hollywood actor Andy Garcia in the Reasonably Priced Car. He’s not silly as such, but he has got a rather silly moustache.
Personally, I think this is the show of the series so far. But then I am quite silly.
BBC 2
Sunday, July 18th, 2010
8:00pm to 9:00pm
Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May attempt to build cool and interesting motorhomes before setting off for a bank holiday weekend in the West Country to see how each of their creations performs in the real world.
Meanwhile, Jeremy is also at the test track to test the new Audi R8 V10 Spyder against the latest version of Porsche's enduring 911 Turbo cabriolet. Plus, another leading celebrity takes their turn as the Star in the brand new Reasonably Priced Car.
Aspect Ratio......: 16:9
Resolution: 688x384
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Video Codec: XviD
Video Bitrate: 1100 kb/s
Audio Bitrate: 128kb/s - CBR
Language: English.
SRASC wrote:Definitely one of the funnier episodes. I love Top Gear Challenges!
ahahaahah @ may & hammond near the end
Jeremy Clarkson wrote:This is Lauren
lolwagon r wrote:This is a milf in the scarf behind JC in the news
SRASC wrote:Jeremy Clarkson wrote:This is Lauren
Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz in the Reasonably Priced Car
Posted by Richard Porter at 9:40 am on Thursday July 22, 2010
Back in 2002 when we were planning New TopGear, we used to reflect on the newly minted idea of a star in a Reasonably Priced Car and cackle quietly to ourselves.
‘Tom Cruise!’ we would smirk. ‘Tom Cruise in a crappy Korean hatchback!’
That was the gag: massive A-list celebrities finding themselves shoehorned into the kind of car they’d normally never be seen dead in. The whole thing was deliberately preposterous.
And so, frankly, was our dream of getting the world’s biggest movie actor into an affordable mid-range car.
Except that this week, after just 15 series, somehow it has come to pass. This week’s star in the Reasonably Priced Car genuinely is Tom Cruise.
As if that wasn’t ludicrous enough, he’s brought a colleague with him. Her name is Cameron Diaz.
It’s fair to say, we’ve have never, ever had two bigger guests and for the past week the air in the office has been alive with a sort of sweaty-palmed excitement.
The rest of Sunday’s programme isn’t exactly shabby, either. Richard is in one of those exciting extreme sports races we haven’t done for a while. James has a world exclusive crack at maxing the brand new, 1,200bhp Bugatti Veyron Supersports. Jeremy reflects on the life of Ayrton Senna in a beautiful and moving piece of film making that should momentarily appease those who think TG isn’t serious enough these days.
Yet strangely, all these genuinely excellent items are slightly dwarfed by the appearance of two Hollywood A-listers in our funny little Kia.
Eight years after we first giggled at the idea of a star in a Reasonably Priced Car, this feels like we’ve finally achieved a small but important ambition.
R. Mutt wrote:I can't wait for this new episode. Sounds epic
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