Since Jezza, Hamster and Captain Slow (and it must be said Andy Willman the director) took over, they've changed it into something that has a connection to cars but is more entertaining because they injected personality into it.
There's something both childlike and also knowing about it that grabs my attention and I can be found at transmission time sat there waiting to see just what they'll get up to next.
It's obvious that they're having a blast and getting off on their own celebrity yet I don't find the latter infuriating like I do someone like Simon Cowell. We need more programmes made with passion and presented with gusto like that not the forced bonhomie of things like Springwatch.
Sunday's show with the test of the Maclaren P1 (below) was excellent with Jezza spouting effusively about the car and what it was capable of.
But perhaps the best bit was 'the challenge' with Hamster in the Alfa 4C versus the multi mode quad bike. The sight of Clarkson blasting across the water in a white shirt and jeans just had me roaring with laughter knowing how much he abhors health & safety. The icing on the cake was the mick take about the warning sticker from the quad and intimate bodily parts.
If it was me doing that programme, I wouldn't want paying. Just cover the cost of getting to where I need to be and I'd do it for free. The fact that they own the rights and thus get paid every time it's shown on BBC, Dave and god knows how many other channels, is pure genius.
More power to their elbow is all I can say.
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