[reecho]

Wow looks like fun.......

[Shambles]

Great slideshow

[freakzoide]

Hamond is getting fat... and old!
The long air makes him look like like James

[SRT Metro]

Nice pics! 

[eye30]

when is it on the box?
or have I missed it?

[hipposniper]

WTF is James May wearing, wrong.. very wrong

[Dazzler]

Nice find Reecho.. sometimes they are just too wacky for me 

[Lorian]

I think the beach is Polzeath in Cornwall, about half way between Newquay and Tintagel.

[reecho]

This series will be broadcast late June/early July.

Oh by the way the Lacetti has met it's maker.....

[Surferdude]

Glad someone brought this up. I was thinking about posting a thread on Top Gear.
Here in Australia, Channel 9 has trumped SBS for the broadcast rights this year.
For as long as Top Gear has been around, SBS has done a great job with it.
Minimal ads so we get a 6o minute show over about 65 minutes.
Now, however, Nine runs a shortened 60 minute version with the obligatory 14+ minutes of ads.
And, despite their pre-launch promises, I think i've seen about 3 or 4 episodes which were new.
I'm rapidly losing interest which is a shame because I enjoy the show and its madcap presenters immensely.

[Lorian]

They still produce some gems, in particular the Polar ice cap, Botswana and Vietnam specials stick in my mind. The Army/Fiesta episode was good, and the James May Airship was fun. As long as you remember it's not really a car programme nowadays, but entertainment for men.

I wouldn't condone it but I suspect they are available to download ad-free someplace on the web.

[bumpkin]

but entertainment for men.

and the fairer sex, I think that it is probably one of the few "mens" shows that a woman will quite happily sit and watch with you

[2i30s]

my missus watches it with me and has a good laugh at there stupidity. 

[Surferdude]

They still produce some gems, in particular the Polar ice cap, Botswana and Vietnam specials stick in my mind. The Army/Fiesta episode was good, and the James May Airship was fun. As long as you remember it's not really a car programme nowadays, but entertainment for men.

Exactly. A great program.
But - the three specials you mention above are all good but they lose their impact by the THIRD viewing.

It's obvious they stage manage these things but I have no problem with that. As you say, it's entertainment first, last and foremost.

However, apart from my daughter (31 y/o), I know no females who like it. My wife hates Jeremy with a passion.

[Lorian]

but entertainment for men.

and the fairer sex, I think that it is probably one of the few "mens" shows that a woman will quite happily sit and watch with you

They are just watching hamster