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Old 30 April 2009, 08:46 PM
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Default Top Gear - for whom the bell tolls?

AdelaideNow... Push to make Top Gear less blokey
Old 30 April 2009, 10:07 PM
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I thought April 1st was last month....
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Half of Top Gear's audience is female now - it's difficult to see how changing the presenters will help.


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Old 01 May 2009, 07:08 AM
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It's perfect just as it is, it's the blokeyness that I like. Not all of us wimmins like pink fluffy things
Old 01 May 2009, 12:35 PM
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Their vote says it all - 98% say it doesn't need any feminine content

TBH, I'd rather they went back to reviewing cars in their inimitable way and stopped cocking about so much. Sure, a lot of wimmins wouldn't enjoy it as much, but they've got Eastenders and lots of other drivel to watch whilst ironing.
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pmsl, i live the loose women responce.

if it changes it wont be popular, due to how popular it is its one of the few shows the bbc can tell people like that to sod off, 7 mill views and less than 0.1% ever complain, by majoirty it should stay as is.

and tbh know the presenters, they'll be a micky take bit on it very soon about this comment lol
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Its not a show I bother with, but if they start quoting stupid laws to designate the type of show they are going to produce, as far as I am concerned that would be the bitter end. Its PC Plonking going well and truly over the top.

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The loose women quote was the best, Having said that looking at Carole Mcgiffin I would suggest they already have a bloke on the panel.
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FFS - Leave the Program Alone!

I (as a wimmin) for one will not tune in if they insist on having a tart like Vicky BH trying to show off and think she's the dogs b*ll*cks!

It's wimmin like her that give us a bad name!

It is patronising to think we want a more balanced line up (although I do think James May could put a frock on and pass as a wimmin!)

Surely adding a tart would INCREASE the MALE viewing figures, not the female?

Oh & Corradoboy, we are not all soap numpties either, give me a good episode of Police Interceptors anyday!!
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Originally Posted by Scooby Blue WRX
FFS - Leave the Program Alone!

I (as a wimmin) for one will not tune in if they insist on having a tart like Vicky BH trying to show off and think she's the dogs b*ll*cks!

It's wimmin like her that give us a bad name!

It is patronising to think we want a more balanced line up (although I do think James May could put a frock on and pass as a wimmin!)

Surely adding a tart would INCREASE the MALE viewing figures, not the female?

Oh & Corradoboy, we are not all soap numpties either, give me a good episode of Police Interceptors anyday!!

+1

NO TOKEN GIRLIES ON BLOKEY PROGRAMMES!!!!

I HATE it...........drives me scrofulous! Why do they always have to spoil things?
Old 01 May 2009, 01:48 PM
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BBC Breakfast this morning was yet again beating the drum about how Top Gear glamourises speeding.

So ******* what Bill Turnbull you lentil-loving **********
Old 01 May 2009, 01:53 PM
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Is it me or is the Dutch version of Top Gear a bit more extreme?
Old 01 May 2009, 02:37 PM
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What a load of b*ll*cks! Positive discrimination in it's most pathetic form.
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Remember they tried this a few years ago. Go Kate Humble on to be all Girly, and talk about how many cup holders there were in a car, and how pretty the fabric on the seats were.

They got rid pretty sharpish.

A couple more features including that German Tart wouldn't go a miss.

Just don't bring back ******* Vicky Butler squeel-a-son.
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Hate Kate Humble. Got a face I'd never tire of slapping.
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She looks good in a wet suit though

Yes, I have seen
Old 01 May 2009, 04:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Simon C
She looks good in a wet suit though

Yes, I have seen


Not as good as me though!






*ahem*
Old 01 May 2009, 04:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Scooby Blue WRX
a tart like Vicky BH trying to show off and think she's the dogs b*ll*cks!
Glad someone else dislikes the stumpy munter

Originally Posted by Scooby Blue WRX
Surely adding a tart would INCREASE the MALE viewing figures, not the female?
Nah, an hour free of wimmins apart from a few cuteeeees in the audience in short skirts is what us blokes like. Wimmins come in two varieties, ornamental, and foofing mental

Originally Posted by Scooby Blue WRX
Oh & Corradoboy, we are not all soap numpties either, give me a good episode of Police Interceptors anyday!!
Don't really care what you watch whilst ironing TBH, just shut up and get on with it
Old 01 May 2009, 04:23 PM
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Originally Posted by stilover
Remember they tried this a few years ago. Go Kate Humble on to be all Girly, and talk about how many cup holders there were in a car, and how pretty the fabric on the seats were.

They got rid pretty sharpish.

A couple more features including that German Tart wouldn't go a miss.

Just don't bring back ******* Vicky Butler squeel-a-son.
Kate was on 'old' TG when it was more cup holders and load space, along with Julia Bardbury. Kate's a bit old and ecomental, but I still so would with Julia

Sabine is OK in small doses, but lacks presenting skills, and her German demeanour wouldn't sit well for long.

VBH should be stabbed
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What about a compromise , VBH in more riskee attire

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Originally Posted by corradoboy
VBH should be stabbed


+1


As for Julia Bradbury........who's she ********? She's all over the telly like a rash all of a sudden, but she's been going for donkey's.........
Old 01 May 2009, 04:30 PM
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Julia had a break whilst her Air Miles account was under investigation apparently. Wouldn't be good for Watchdog if their main presenter was caught on the fiddle. All sorted so the stuff she filmed during suddenly filled the screens up.
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Originally Posted by dpb
What about a compromise , VBH in more riskee attire
By risky, do you mean like a noose, or a diving bell plunging to the ocean floor

Or did you mean risqué
Old 01 May 2009, 04:33 PM
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Julia Bradbury did some walking programs along old railway lines. Some light comments regarding the beeching line cull. Not bad program.

Don't think TG needs to be changed at all IMO.

On another forum when new TG is aired it nearly always ends up with who was most best looking in the audience during "Star in reasonably priced car"
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Julia's walking shows are superb, especially 'Wainrights Walks'. The 'Railway Walks' ones was OK.

We often debate the fittest honey in the audience on here too

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I wonder if anyone would be jumping up and down shouting equality if it was a girly show? no, because blokes 1. couldnt careless about stuff like this and 2. have got better things to do!
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If you ask me, the whole show appeals too much to women, and not the other way around.
My 11 and 13 year old daughters like watching it for ***** sake.
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i dont like girls, i like cars.

i would much rather see the inside of an engine, than the inside of a fanny.

adding girls to the show would make me turn off.
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Well I kinda like both

Originally Posted by RyanSTI
i dont like girls, i like cars.

i would much rather see the inside of an engine, than the inside of a fanny.

adding girls to the show would make me turn off.


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