ed
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Its all about viewers for TV stations though isn't it?
Not really. The BBC is a public service which is funded for by the license fee not advertising.
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Fonz
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the GF wants to watch it too so i dont get grief 
AMEN to that!!!
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StuartVRS
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Clarksons page in the Sun paper said that top gear was not coming back.
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mattk
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Im with Nath, I can watch 5th Gear for all the technical stuff.
I read Auto Express so thats where my seriousness quota gets used up
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Nath
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For me its an hour of entertainment, not car reviews. I'm guessing they changed the old format for a reason. The BBC seem content with the current format, so why change a good format.
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Steve
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5th gear is crap.
and auto express is also full of shit, plus i dont enjoy reading mags that much, top gear was the only decen thing about
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Nath
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5th Gear is crap, it's followed Top Gears lead but failed. Plus Tim Lovejoy is a Grade A cunt.
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Steve
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bit of a stupid name also considering a lot of new cars have 6 gears 
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Nath
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I do like their jibes aimed at Top Gear though. Quite ironic considering how SHIT 5th Gear is.
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Fonz
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Originally posted by Nath
5th Gear is crap, it's followed Top Gears lead but failed. Plus Tim Lovejoy is a Grade A cunt.
have you seen him on the Sunday morning programme "something for the weekend"??
he suits that, he is "excitable" but not in the same was JC can get never liked him on 5G
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Robin
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Originally posted by ed
Perhaps they should go back to making a television show about cars?
they could do that but then they wouldnt get 8,000,000 viewers.
They'd still get 8,000,000 license fees though.
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Robin
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They'll still be getting 8,000,000 license fees though, not every household is watching, but they still pay...
The BBC wouldn't care if they got 1 viewer or 123219041billion, the income is the same for them.
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Nath
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Nobody likes the license fee, so surely they only way they can make it seem worthwhile is to make programmes that people like to watch? They need viewers to keep the license fee payers happy (as happy as they can be anyway).
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John
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Of course they care how many viewers they get
If one of your main programs isn't getting millions of viewers how do you justify charging people a licence fee.
They need viewers just as much as a commercial station.
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Robin
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You have to pay it even if the programming is shite though, which it is, so I can't see them caring TBH.
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Lynny
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is there any wonder hes sick, with pathetic things like this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6189163.stm
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Robin
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Why John? you HAVE to pay it, you have no choice, even if you never watch it, they still charge.
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ed
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I'm sure a lot of other people have called things gay before.
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ed
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Originally posted by Robin
Why John? you HAVE to pay it, you have no choice, even if you never watch it, they still charge.
I am under investigation apparently. I don't even have a TV
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John
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Originally posted by Robin
Why John? you HAVE to pay it, you have no choice, even if you never watch it, they still charge.
I know you have to pay it.
The government woudln't let them up the price as much as they wanted this year because they can't justify it.
If nobody watches it and they go to whatever meetings they have with rubbish figures they will be told where to go.
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Lynny
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Originally posted by ed
I'm sure a lot of other people have called things gay before.
my point...
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Robbo
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Originally posted by ed
Perhaps they should go back to making a television show about cars?
Perhaps if there were any decent cars about to review then they woul... but fuck all has been released thats of any interest whatsoever so they made a sgt peppers... was awesome IMO and Im quite sure there will be a return to the usual next series...
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Robbo
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Does Lovejoy do 5th Gear???!!!
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Marc
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Yeah!
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Joe
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Yes Robbo.
Top Gear is fine as it is, would be shit if they went back to reviewing a 1.8 Vectra LS.
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