Fifth gear

silvermain · 04-12-2006, 20:07

Anyone else watching it? Compared to top gear its auwful! The presenters apart from vikki are pants and with lines like "join us in part 2 for more stuff" how can you resist but stay tuned

kash · 04-12-2006, 20:34

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Anyone else watching it?

No, only watched a couple of episodes ages ago

flashy · 04-12-2006, 21:07

cant say as ive ever watched fifth gear, nothing can be as good as top gear...does anyone actually know who the stig is??? for all we know it could be someone different every week

Tinkerbelle · 05-12-2006, 00:03

So have they scrapped Top Gear completely now

Lolly · 05-12-2006, 00:26

No they start filming again in January (including Hamster!! Yippee!!)

I watch at least 1 episode of Top Gear a day, they're on UKTV Gold.

As for the Stig. He has to be a formula 1 driver, or ex driver, because there is an episode where he drives a Renualt formula 1 car round the track. Now these cars are woth in excess of £1million, and they don't let just anybody drive them!!

entwisi · 05-12-2006, 08:29

There have been 2 stigs, teh first was a F1 test driver(I forget his name) but he was replaced when it came out. I don't think anyone knows who teh current one is outside Topgear/BBC. My money too is on him being someone from F1/F3000 or something similar. Although the lap in the F1 car was quite ragged so I don't reckon he was that familiar with it. He does seem very comfortable in closed cars so maybe touring cars or something like that(Le mans style stuff).

It will be good to get TG back, teh balance between the three presenters is spot on and they can bounce stuff off each other so well it keeps you hooked. Add to that some of the crazy stuff they do and its probably made itself the best motoring show evermade and will take some beating.(The episode with the boats was absolute class!)

Tinkerbelle · 05-12-2006, 09:15

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Originally Posted by Lolly

No they start filming again in January (including Hamster!! Yippee!!)

Ahhh right cheers Lolly

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Originally Posted by entwisi

its probably made itself the best motoring show evermade and will take some beating.

Oh for definite, love Top Gear

SPUGGIE J · 05-12-2006, 09:27

Well the sooner its back the better. Its way ahead of fith gear with more fun and carrying on which makes it easy watching. Fifth Gear will never be able to compete even without the breaks in it and is a poor substitute for numero uno.

flashy · 05-12-2006, 09:37

talking of the hamster has anyone ever seen that braniac science thats on? richard hammond presents it and its funny as ****,they go round blowing stupid things up....just because they can,i'd recommend watching it

AccyJay · 05-12-2006, 10:28

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talking of the hamster has anyone ever seen that braniac science thats on? richard hammond presents it and its funny as ****,they go round blowing stupid things up....just because they can,i'd recommend watching it

Brainiac is ace. I was watching an episode the other week where they were blowing up caravans. All the caravan detonators were fitted to the pockets of a snooker table, so every time a ball was potted a different caravan blew up.

Lolly · 05-12-2006, 13:12

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Originally Posted by entwisi

(The episode with the boats was absolute class!)

That has got to be some of the funniest television i've ever seen!!

yerself · 05-12-2006, 16:11

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There have been 2 stigs,

That's what I thought, but have a read at this:
http://www.askusstuff.com/?p=517

Lolly · 05-12-2006, 16:31

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That's what I thought, but have a read at this:
http://www.askusstuff.com/?p=517

It says in one of the comments "My money is on Damon Hill" My Mum has said that all along, even before they got the new Stig, shes even more convinced now. I'm personally not to sure.

fc:stanley · 05-12-2006, 17:45

Its the cheap nasty version of top gear! Uhh its crap , they dont know what a car is they just read crap! They dont even have a stig !

flashy · 05-12-2006, 18:06

In an interview in March of this year the ex-Stig (McCarthy) actually claimed that there was not one single stig anymore. In fact, different people play him in different weeks.

i said that