So, we’ve just witnessed the second episode of the second season of the second Top Gear franchise. Was it any good? As it happens, the answer is both a thumb-raising “yes”, and a head-shaking “no”.

While my colleague Steane was generally happy with the improvements made in the last episode of TGA, I was a little [...]

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If you’re an American reader you’ve no doubt heard this news by now. For everyone else in the world though, you my be interested to note that our ‘Murican friends have scored themselves a Top Gear franchise of their own, with three very distinct personalities to host it.

First off there’s Adam Carolla, who many of [...]

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The next season of the universally-acclaimed car show Top Gear is just around the corner, and according to Executive Producer Andy Wilman it’s been re-tuned to bring automotive entertainment to the masses in a faster and furiouser format. The new structure revolves around shorter segments, a presenter-controlled news section and the same hi-jinkery that made [...]

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