Top Gear - Series 22

[xxMATTGxx]

There is news going around that Andy Wilman has left he BBC. Although the BBC are apparently denying it. Here is the email that is "going around" the media:

Well, at least we left ‘em wanting more. And that alone, when you think about it, is quite an achievement for a show that started 13 years ago. I know none of us wanted it to end this way, but for a moment I’d like us to look back and think about just what an incredible thing you all had a hand in creating. When Jane Root gave us the green light in 2002, the brief was to reinvigorate a car show and get an audience of three million. What you all ended up making was one of the most iconic programmes in TV history, a show about cars that went global, won countless awards, was devoured by non car fans and ended up in the Guinness Book of Records.

We had a lot of laughs, we had a lot of tiffs. We went to amazing places and we went to some ****holes. We nearly killed a presenter, we had to run for the border. We started off with whoever we could get in the Reasonably Priced Car, and ended up with Tom Cruise. Throughout all this we made television that was beautiful to look at and beautiful to listen to. The work ethic never slipped, the desire for everyone in this dysfunctional family to do right by the show never faltered. Jeremy, Richard and James, as the visible tip of the iceberg, got most of the attention and praise, but you all in your own fields had such an immense hand in weaving this unforgettable tapestry. I would love to single out everybody by name to thank them for what they did, but it’s impossible and I’d forget someone I shouldn’t have and that would be crap, so I’ll just say Jim, I’m sorry we never got a bear to drive an automatic.

For those of you who still rely on it for work, don’t worry, because the BBC will make sure the show continues. Our stint as guardians of Top Gear was a good one, but we were only part of the show’s history, not the whole of it. Those two words are bigger than us.

Anyway, when you’re feeling low in your working day at any point, look around at some of the crap on TV, then have a think about Top Gear, 2002- 2015, and say to yourself: “I made that.”

A big, big, big thank you, which will never be enough.

Andy.

Sources:

http://www.autoevolution.com/news/to...bbc-93892.html

http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-ra...arkson-sacking

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Update:

Top Gear executive producer Andy Wilman has said he is not quitting the show.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainm...alflow_twitter

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[Luke]

I've seen the show pre-suspension and what I don't understand, a big part of the show was clips from TopGear.. gonna be hard to plug the gaps if they're not allowed to use any of the content..

[xxMATTGxx]

I've seen the show pre-suspension and what I don't understand, a big part of the show was clips from TopGear.. gonna be hard to plug the gaps if they're not allowed to use any of the content..

Yeah, hopefully they will come up with something good for the remaining shows without the need of the BBC content.

[Chippiewill]

Should have made the middle car that porsche.

[xxMATTGxx]

So James May has a new job of being a YouTuber and showing us how he makes a Shepherd's Pie

[David]

So James May has a new job of being a YouTuber and showing us how he makes a Shepherd's Pie

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just watched all of it and not sure why
the random music was funny

[xxMATTGxx]

just watched all of it and not sure why
the random music was funny

Yeah I watched both as well, not sure why either but I kinda enjoyed it

[xxMATTGxx]

just watched all of it and not sure why
the random music was funny

[David]

he should do more tbh