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I love how everything they do right now is just like a huge "fuck you" to BBC.

:fullofwin:

7 million an episode? 250 a season?

Rekt?

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Originally Posted by knight604 (Post 8687267)

7 million an episode? 250 a season?

Rekt?

Close.

7 mil an epi. 12 epi perseason. 3 seasons.

250mil all said and done after 3.

Wonder what the split is between them.

Jezza gets 4mil and they split 3 etc.

That's alot more than what BBC gave them for budget.

the Argentineans are still butt hurt..

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Once upon a time, long long ago, there was a television show called Top Gear. And on this show, Top Gear, some people in Argentina got pissed off over some stupid license plate. We all thought this whole thing was over by now, but an Argentinian judge wants to put former host Jeremy Clarkson in jail for up to three years over it.

In case you’ve just turned a year old (congrats, happy birthday!) and you’ve forgotten what happened, a long game of telephone-with-crappy-cell-reception led to rumors that the Top Gear crew was traipsing through Argentina with a license plate mocking the country’s loss in the Falklands War. In actuality, the plate just said H982 FKL, which is only really a reference to the Falklands War if you’re very creative and looking for an excuse to be a terrible person.

In order to avoid offending anyone further, and in an attempt to ameliorate the situation, the crew swapped the H982 FKL plate out for something that was slightly less of a non-reference to anything.

And that’s apparently a problem, according to the BBC:

A group of Falklands War veterans appealed against the closure of the case and it has now been reopened by the court of appeals in the Tierra del Fuego province.

The prosecution accuses Mr Clarkson of “falsifying, altering or suppressing the number of a legally registered object”.

“We think that the Top Gear team changed the plates with full knowledge of the fact that it was illegal,” spokesman Osvaldo Hillard of the Centre for Malvinas Veterans said.
In essence, you can’t change your license plate without approval from the authorities in Argentina. Doing so can cost you anywhere from six months to three years in jail, as the BBC notes.

It’ll probably take forever for this to get sorted, and Clarkson will, in all likelihood never see jail time for this dumb thing.

Could make for a fun TV special, though. Maybe Amazon will film it.

Argentina Re-Opens Top Gear Case, Wants Clarkson To Serve Up To Three Years

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Originally Posted by brrrz (Post 8687270)

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Are those the 3 Hybrid Supercars they wanted to put against each other on their track but never could? cause that would be an epic way to start their new show

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Originally Posted by fsy82 (Post 8694626)

Are those the 3 Hybrid Supercars they wanted to put against each other on their track but never could? cause that would be an epic way to start their new show

yup, one guy owns all 3. i'm pretty sure chris harris' youtube video will come out first anyways.

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Originally Posted by Pidish (Post 8694588)

the Argentineans are still butt hurt..

Argentina Re-Opens Top Gear$Case, Wants Clarkson To Serve Up To Three Years

As funny as a TG-style version of Prison Break would be, Argentina needs to fuck right off. I'm not sure how they would plan to charge them given that the car was registered in the UK and they weren't actually given the opportunity to swap the plate.

Has anyone seen this book locally?

https://www.carthrottle.com/post/why...s-of-top-gear/

i saw the author do a bbc radio interview, and he was talking about how JC had become very disappointing to him as a person, and after the attack he stopped speaking to clarkson

here's a clip BBC Radio 5 live - In Short, Top Gear script editor 'let down' by Clarkson

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Originally Posted by meme405 (Post 8687245)

I love how everything they do right now is just like a huge "fuck you" to BBC.

:fullofwin:

all of them have still been doing shows & interviews for the BBC, even Clarkson

Jeremy Clarkson:BBC can't say goodbye to former top gear team

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Originally Posted by TypeRNammer (Post 8695899)

Has anyone seen this book locally?

https://www.carthrottle.com/post/why...s-of-top-gear/

On Amazon.ca
http://www.amazon.ca/That-Bombshell-.../dp/140916473X

hrm tempted to get it. Looks interesting

The hotel that Jeremy punched his producer @ put up a plaque to commemorate the event

Jeremy Clarkson gets plaque at hotel where Top Gear fracas took place - BBC News

http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cps...son-plaque.jpg

it was given to them by a guest :lol

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Jeremy Clarkson gets plaque at hotel where Top Gear fracas took place

The scene of Jeremy Clarkson's infamous fracas with a BBC Top Gear producer has been commemorated with a plaque at the hotel where the altercation took place.

Simonstone Hall in the Yorkshire Dales shared a picture of the plaque, donated by a hotel guest, on Facebook.

"Here lies the BBC career of Jeremy Clarkson who had a fracas on this spot, 4 March 2015," reads the plaque. "The rest is legend."

Clarkson was suspended, then dropped, by the BBC following the incident.

The Top Gear team were staying at the hotel during filming when Irish producer Oisin Tymon was assaulted by Clarkson during a late-night argument over food.

Tymon suffered swelling and a split lip and visited a hospital for his injuries.

Following an internal investigation, the BBC announced Clarkson's contract on Top Gear would not be renewed.

Chris Harris and Sabine Schmitz reportedly joins Top Gear cast Chris Harris And Sabine Schmitz Chosen As New Top Gear Hosts: Report

I'd been trumpeting Sabines name in all forums/comments sections since this began, glad to see she may have the job!

I know people love Chris Harris, so if these two are the co-hosts, I think Top Gear shouldn't have to worry about surviving

I would still prefer Richard and James though, but we'll still have the original guys on Amazon

I have a feeling they'll be good, but the show will be back to the original TG style which is more like other car shows (ie Motoring on TSN)

Well good news it we'll have two good motoring programs we can watch now.

Sabine seems really down to earth and awesome.

But now that they have real skilled drivers...will they be ambitious and...successful? I rather enjoy how shit at everything Clarkson, Hammond and May are.

It'll be nice to see two flagship car shows on TV.

I'm so excited to see what Chris Harris can do with a good budget an access to cars pre-launch!!!

Sabine/Harris battles will be really fun too!

Rich

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Originally Posted by mos_skeeto (Post 8710376)

David Coulthard in too:

Former Racing Driver David Coulthard Joins New ?Top Gear? | Variety

WOW. That's gonna be pretty crazy

totally forgot about the christmas special, its out already at ur usual locations. dont forget its also in 2 parts

oh turns out theres no presenters, just clips of all 22 seasons of top gear

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A special two part episode featuring the clips from all 22 series of Top Gear from A-Z to celebrate the end of an era of Top Gear. The program will not feature any presenters or use the Top Gear studio as it will be narrated by John Bishop. [14]

Just a clip show. Didn't bother downloading. Just BBC squeezing out a few extra bucks.