Top Gear special

[molemesses]

Is anyone a bit miffed with it as I am?

They are not really in as much danger as they are making out.

Visas, camera and recording permissions take months to arrange. Surley they have some sort of security with them?

absolute blocks. uterly tedious and dreary. DH nad DD2 are watching it.
and a 'joke' about being beheaded on the iternet for good measure

I have to admit, I'm a bit disappointed. Their Specials are usually good.

'course they're not, but it's still funny. Even the beheading JOKE

I know I'm being a tad sceptical here but am I the only one who thinks all these catastrophes (things falling off cars, engine parts flying off, cars getting stuck etc) are all carefully planned to make the programme a bit more viewable and exciting?

I know I'm being a tad sceptical here but am I the only one who thinks all these catastrophes (things falling off cars, engine parts flying off, cars getting stuck etc) are all carefully planned to make the programme a bit more viewable and exciting?

Of course they're all planned to make it as entertaining as possible.

They wont beat the one in america where they had to travel in the deep south imo.

when they stopped "looking" at the ruins, but apparently just looking at the road, do you know what the ruins were? They were amazing!

I'm not very good at watching Top Gear! I am so uninterested in cars...

think I need to go onto Dadsnet - the 'deep into Jordan' bit was hilarious!

Satin - you are SO right - that was brilliant!

My DH is usually civilised and evolved company. But he does like Top Gear, and I caught him getting the giggles about the brown rain diahorrhea.

I thought the ending was great - very funny and totally unexpected!!!!!

Not the best one they've done (the Vietnam and African specials were brilliant entertainment) but better than the South American one which really didn't engage my attention.

Much as I love Top Gear I think it's getting more than a bit tired.

sorry to be on my soap box, but what kind of joke is 'speed kills' as said by James May!!

FFS - this programme gives the totally wrong message to testosterone filled young men.

i do have a sense of humour but i just find Top Gear one of the most pointless things in life

Stickylittlefingers ..... if you mean the ruins in Jordan, I think they were Jerash.

they went passed Palmyra in Syria

Of course it's all carefully planned - even the supposedly 'witty banter' in the studio during regular episodes is so obviously scripted. I wouldn't be surprised if the hicks in the petrol station incident in the deep south were all actors. Funny how they had the cameras just in the right place to catch it...

Thank you . Not bothered about the cars, but the ruins were stunning...

I want Top Gear to be axed & those smug old men & the short one who looks like a teenage girl to be off my TV forever.
Of course this will never happen. Bugger.

I think perhaps the only unscripted thing was James May being knocked down.