AceAceBaby wrote:
Another great show. I don't think you even need to like cars much to enjoy their daft adventures. What about all the stories about grumbles about May and Hammond's fees and them leaving? I think they have a great team right now, and that would be sad.
The show's producer wrote a post on the Top Gear website about these rumours where he stated that Hammond and May's contracts are up for renewal and they were obviously haggling over pay, but that otherwise they were very happy with the show and ultimately unlikely to walk out. Of course, that could be a load of bollocks and he's simply trying to put an optimistic spin on things, but I wouldn't have thought so. He did also admit that Clarkson was paid more than the other two, but that since New Top Gear had been largely his idea, that was more or less to be expected.
Fifth Gear is alright, it's trying to do something different to Top Gear. It is, essentially, a continuation of Old Top Gear. I do find it a bit weird that there's this supposed animosity between the two shows, yet Fifth Gear presenter Tom Ford regularly writes for Top Gear Magazine.