Genial automotive idiots moving to Prime

[David Bruggeman]

Per EW, Jezza, Hamster and Cpt. Slow will reteam for an Amazon Prime show that will be executive produced by Andy Willman and air in 2016.

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/30/amazon-signs-top-gear-trio-new-show

Quartz has some more about the deal, including Amazon's ability to license the program to other networks, possibly to address gaps in global coverage of its streaming service.

http://qz.com/467893/jeremy-clarkson-and-the-top-gear-team-are-heading-to-amazon/

David

[Bob Jersey]

Any chance of at least someone passively resembling The Stig, or has BBC parked that plan?

B

[Adam Bowie]

I would imagine that niether the new Amazon show nor the new BBC version of Top Gear will use The Stig. For one thing, the concept will be (c) BBC, and for another it's probably a bit tired. I would expect both shows to change formats substantially. 

What'll be interesting is the extent to which commercialisation comes into play with the Amazon show. The BBC had some very strict rules about product placement and the like, whereas potentially Amazon won't. On the other hand, they won't want to favour one manufacturer over others. But you know that when a car company give the crew a dozen cars for them to play giant football with, in the process smashing them up, it's not the production company that'll be picking up the tab. 

On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 3:55 PM, Bob Jersey <bob.in...@juno.com> wrote:

Any chance of at least someone passively resembling The Stig, or has BBC parked that plan?

B

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[Kevin M.]

On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 8:08 AM, Adam Bowie <ad...@adambowie.co.uk> wrote:

I would imagine that niether the new Amazon show nor the new BBC version of Top Gear will use The Stig. For one thing, the concept will be (c) BBC, and for another it's probably a bit tired. I would expect both shows to change formats substantially. 

The BBC rebranded their entire Top Gear website with the Stig, and several of their iPhone games feature the Stig. I suspect the Stig will remain at Top Gear for the duration.

 

What'll be interesting is the extent to which commercialisation comes into play with the Amazon show. The BBC had some very strict rules about product placement and the like, whereas potentially Amazon won't. On the other hand, they won't want to favour one manufacturer over others. But you know that when a car company give the crew a dozen cars for them to play giant football with, in the process smashing them up, it's not the production company that'll be picking up the tab.

I suspect it'll be more along what is seen on the Top Gear Live events, with blatant sponsorship by companies like Red Bull who provide cars, or racing teams who loan out their drivers. I also like that the live events have also featured the former TG Australia hosts, who had their own unique chemistry, and it'd be nice to see them (as well as the US hosts) on the Amazon series in some capacity.

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[Jay Lewis]

On 15-07-30 03:44 PM, Kevin M. wrote:

> I also like that the live
> events have also featured the former TG Australia hosts, who had their
> own unique chemistry, and it'd be nice to see them (as well as the US
> hosts) on the Amazon series in some capacity.

I believe the hosts from TG:Aus who have participated have been from the
last 2 series (the Channel 9 years) and not Charlie Cox, Warren Brown or
James Morrison.

I liked the chemistry of (stig-esque pro driver Steve) Pizzatti, Brown &
Morrison.

Now TG:Russia... the less said the better.
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[Adam Bowie]

On 30 Jul 2015 19:44, "Kevin M." <drunkba...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 8:08 AM, Adam Bowie <ad...@adambowie.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> I would imagine that niether the new Amazon show nor the new BBC version of Top Gear will use The Stig. For one thing, the concept will be (c) BBC, and for another it's probably a bit tired. I would expect both shows to change formats substantially. 
>
>
> The BBC rebranded their entire Top Gear website with the Stig, and several of their iPhone games feature the Stig. I suspect the Stig will remain at Top Gear for the duration.
>  

But The Stig was the only face left after they had to remove the presenters. That's the obviois default to fall back to in a crisis.

A new producer of the show was appointed today, and I think new Top Gear will be totally different.

She has worked with new  presenter Chris Evans before on a couple of occasions, and they'll be brimming with original ideas. Evans is his own man and made his millions working closely on original formats. He's not going to be a presenter for hire.

Aside from being about cars, and probably having a reworked version of the same theme tune, I expect to see a completely different show.

Adam

[Jay Lewis]

> But The Stig was the only ~face~ helmet left after they had to remove the

> presenters. That's the obviois default to fall back to in a crisis.

FTFY. ;)

> Aside from being about cars, and probably having a reworked version of
> the same theme tune, I expect to see a completely different show.

Evans is a good pick for the show. He's a car guy (I believe he bought a
Ferrari 250GTO for a then-record-setting price) & good presenter.

Word has it (from the Daily Fail so...) Jenson Button is being courted.
A F1 driver on-board wouldn't hurt either (think Tanner Foust from TGA)
if he's got good presenting chops.