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  1. daviddallas

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    #1 daviddallas, Jul 13, 2015
    A new Top Gear was on tonight minus Jeremy. But they just showed some material that was already shot with Jeremy. . Of course there wasn't any mention of Jeremy not being there. .
     
  2. netman

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    #2 netman, Jul 14, 2015
    I think the James and Richard are under some contractual obligation and are just doing it to meet the letter of the law. They both seamed liked they really did not want to be there in the studio.
     
  3. Ingenere

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    #3 Ingenere, Jul 14, 2015
    Was that on BBC America?
     
  4. rob

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    #4 rob, Jul 14, 2015
    I caught the last hour of it last night it really is a shame that will be the last show.
     
  5. amenasce

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    #5 amenasce, Jul 14, 2015
    They will be back, i think on Netflix but not before 2017 due to non compete agreement.
     
  6. Jack-the-lad

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    #6 Jack-the-lad, Jul 14, 2015
    It has been speculated that the noncompete (if there really is one), might only apply to broadcast, not streaming. So far, the people who actually know aren't saying. I imagine the contracts were signed before anybody had a notion of how lucrative streaming of original programming would become.
     
  7. 4rePhill

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    #7 4rePhill, Jul 14, 2015
    The talk is that Clarkson's non-compete clause in his BBC contract only covers UK TV companies and his lawyers are convinced that he can make a Top Gear rivalling motoring programme using an American TV company, which can then be sold World-wide, including to UK channels.

    If this is the case then he would not be limited to making a show for on-line streaming only.

    The whole non-compete clause in the contract shows just how important Clarkson was to Top Gear, and how much the BBC feared him walking away and starting up a similar programme elsewhere.

    It seems that fate has decided that their worst fears concerning Clarkson may well come true!
     
  8. WJGESQ

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    #8 WJGESQ, Jul 14, 2015
    Political Correctness takes a blow.
     
  9. daviddallas

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    #9 daviddallas, Jul 14, 2015
    Yes
     
  10. DK308

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    #10 DK308, Jul 15, 2015
    Top Gear with any of the three is not back, and it was not a new TG - it was the last episode with Jezza, Hammond and May. It was just an episode the two made to show the films planned for the last episodes of series 22.

    The elephant symbolized Clarkson.
     
  11. Gran Drewismo

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    #11 Gran Drewismo, Jul 15, 2015
    Yeah did you guys not notice the giant elephant in the room?
     
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  13. Jack-the-lad

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    #13 Jack-the-lad, Jul 25, 2015
    From what I've been reading in the British press it's looking more and more like a Netflix or similar deal is in the works. Even though the carrier is likely to be American, I would think the program would continue to be based in the UK. TG without the British gestalt wouldn't be TG.
     
  14. 4rePhill

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    #14 4rePhill, Jul 26, 2015
    I'm pretty certain that the Lamborghini is a RHD press car on loan from Lamborghini and does not belong to him.

    (If it's the car I think it is, it's on Italian registration plates which in the UK, Clakson would not be able to own and drive it on as there is a Law in the UK that stipulates that UK driving licence holders cannot own and drive a car on foreign plates - They have to have a UK registration number assigned to them. You can own and drive a car for a short time on foreign "export" plates, but to remain legal you have to get a UK registration number)
     
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    #16 Caeruleus11, Jul 30, 2015
    That might be the one way I start watching Amazon videos!
     
  17. rdefabri

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    #17 rdefabri, Jul 30, 2015
    Same here - appears to be quite a coup for Amazon!
     
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