Chris Evans To Present Top Gear

[Baldric]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33158464

[Baldric]

At least it's gone to a Petrol Head, might be ok!

[tonyav]

Mmmmm, no Hammond and May though.

[vulcan42]

talk about mouth to mouth resuscitation !!

[Hopkirk]

Can't bear Evans, but Clarkson had to go.

[Prudie]

That's enough for us to stop watching it.

[maggiebee]

Good grief, every time you turn on the radio or TV these days you get Chris Evans. Thank goodness for the off switch.

[Jomlett]

Watch out for NOT TOP GEAR coming to a channel near you.

[Ann]

OH has just slammed his paper down shouting O HOW RIDICULOUS!

[ummmm]

Best man for the job, imo, but I doubt it would work the same without the trio.

[Ann]

OH likes Brian Johnson lead singer in AC/DC. Has anyone seen the excellent programme "Cars that Rock" on Quest channel which he presents? If OH couldn't have his beloved TG format with Clarkson, Hammond and May he says he would willingly accept Brian Johnson!

[tonyav]

I'm sure that he'll get to see the old Top Gear trio again, Ann. But on a different channel.

[yogi-bear]

Could have been worse, I suppose.....they could of picked Alan Carr

At least Evans knows something about cars having a large personal collection of them.......but he's not Clarkson, the greatest car enthusiast....................................................... in the world!

[Baldric]

Be interesting to see who, if anyone replaces Hammond and May who had a good rapport with or without Clarkson. If the three of them were to be teamed up on another Channel I think they would beat CE's ratings with no problems at all.

[Jomlett]

Didn't Clarkson write most of Top Gear?

[Buenchico]

Damn!

I've just read the bit in your link where he says that he WON'T be leaving Radio 2. Sob! :(

[murraymints]

just glad all the, yes I am... no I'm not, speculation is over...still wont watch it !

[Maydup]

Well I might just give it a look now. I've never liked Top Gear in any of its formats, least of all the Clarkson era. But Chris Evans is much more appealling and worth a try. No one is bigger than the product unless of course you are David Attenborough!

[Hopkirk]

I suspect it was Andy Milman actually.

[Baldric]

24 Apr 2015 - Not enough Top Gear Tilt-age. Clarksons gone, now Andy Milman quit and James May said he is not doing the show without JC.

[mikey4444]

Well, well, well...the most important news of the century !

Top Gear will survive without motor-mouth JC, and be better of without him.

And this new departure will leave Hammond more time to concentrate on more important matters, like Crufts, for instance !

But why May should have stayed so long is a mystery to me. He is capable of so much more.