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Old 07-11-2010, 22:22
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Utterly excellent viewing. What do others think? Anyone inspired to build a bar or a kitchen worktop out of concrete yet?
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Old 07-11-2010, 22:29
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I love it. It's a fantastic programme - especially because i'm one of the useless traditional males it's aimed at.

I fear that it's not getting much love though It's taken til episode 2 to get a thread
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Old 07-11-2010, 22:31
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I liked it.

I definitely want to build a concrete worktop, and I am glad I now know how to defuse a WW2 bomb And I'm a girl.

Thought this weeks wasn't as good, but I think it shows promise .James May is as good as ever- he can hold his own without Clarkson and Hammond in a way the Hammond can't.

Bravo dear boy.
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Old 07-11-2010, 22:38
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James has this nack of being endearingly inspirational without any forced emotion. And Oz singing 'Drunken Sailor' after more than a couple was hilarious!
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Old 07-11-2010, 23:16
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I fear that it's not getting much love though It's taken til episode 2 to get a thread
Here is the incorrectly named thread from last week with it's totally opposing reviews .

I'm liking 80% odd of it, a pretty decent return for an hour of a Sunday evening

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/s....php?t=1379616
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Old 07-11-2010, 23:18
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I liked it.

I definitely want to build a concrete worktop, and I am glad I now know how to defuse a WW2 bomb And I'm a girl.

Thought this weeks wasn't as good, but I think it shows promise .James May is as good as ever- he can hold his own without Clarkson and Hammond in a way the Hammond can't.

Bravo dear boy.
My 13 year old Daughter would love to have a bar like James made.
I think James makes the most mundane of subjects seem so interesting. I love watching his programmes.
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Old 08-11-2010, 00:09
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Hmmm. It's the kind of program that you would watch when bored on Dave. It's even made for adverts.
It's ok but a bit lame and random. Was wanting it to improve this week but is was the same. 5 out of 10.
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Old 08-11-2010, 01:29
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HA HA I loved the disclaimer at the end as last week I was yelling at the TV "Black isn't live you stupid twonk, red is live!"

But it's funny as I'm gay and know all this manly stuff, (Love my power tools) so the gay stereotype doesn't apply with this man!

And I fancy Charlie Hyland the young researcher!
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Old 08-11-2010, 02:01
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I thought the first episode was dull.
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Old 08-11-2010, 02:06
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I liked it, but then James May is a great presenter and also happens to be a decent chap off camera too.
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Old 08-11-2010, 09:10
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HA HA I loved the disclaimer at the end as last week I was yelling at the TV "Black isn't live you stupid twonk, red is live!"

But it's funny as I'm gay and know all this manly stuff, (Love my power tools) so the gay stereotype doesn't apply with this man!

And I fancy Charlie Hyland the young researcher!
Black can be both neutral AND switched live with a little red tag that falls off if you so much as look at it. I don't know who thought of that system but I hope they died by electrocution.
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Old 08-11-2010, 09:19
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I enjoy it because it is pointless man stuff & it iffitates Mrs BB
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Old 08-11-2010, 10:35
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I didn't like it but then, James May is a poor presenter who may or may not be a decent chap off camera.
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Old 19-12-2016, 04:32
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Does anyone know if Man Lab has gone for good? I think I sort of assumed James May's big Amazon Prime contract meant he wouldn't be doing any more stuff for the BBC. But I see he's doing another one of his 'Reassembler' shows for BBC Four this Christmas. Does this mean Man Lab could come back - or the thing he did about building life-size toys?
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Old 19-12-2016, 07:31
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Does anyone know if Man Lab has gone for good? I think I sort of assumed James May's big Amazon Prime contract meant he wouldn't be doing any more stuff for the BBC. But I see he's doing another one of his 'Reassembler' shows for BBC Four this Christmas. Does this mean Man Lab could come back - or the thing he did about building life-size toys?
He is on the Beeb this Christmas, another four of his 'Reassembler' programmes

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b086t743/episodes/guide
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Old 19-12-2016, 10:11
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

surprised at that, i presume he's still under contract??
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Old 19-12-2016, 11:06
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

surprised at that, i presume he's still under contract??
The Top Gear contract was always separate to his other stuff, which I think
is made by Plum Productions ?

The 'solo' programmes are excellent in my opinion, far better and enjoyable than all the contrived laboured fooling around on TG/TGT
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Old 19-12-2016, 11:15
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The Top Gear contract was always separate to his other stuff, which I think
is made by Plum Productions ?

The 'solo' programmes are excellent in my opinion, far better and enjoyable than all the contrived laboured fooling around on TG/TGT
I have always said that both May and Clarkson are very good when doing grown up television, just a pity that they have to the kiddies' stuff for the big money. Hammond just seems a waste of space.
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Old 19-12-2016, 12:58
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James May is excellent at these types of programmes and I like his relaxed, laid back style, in contrast to a manic Hammond.
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Old 19-12-2016, 13:13
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

surprised at that, i presume he's still under contract??
Why? Clarkson was the only one that there was any problem with and even he's still making appearances in BBC programmes. Hammond and May merely resigned from Top Gear. There was no suggestion that they'd never cross the BBC threshold again.
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Old 19-12-2016, 13:42
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The last series was in 2013 so unfortunately it seems that it has run it's course and he's probably a bit too busy now to restart it. I was a fan of this, Toy Stories and his drink show with Oz Clarke.
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Old 19-12-2016, 13:52
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Why? Clarkson was the only one that there was any problem with and even he's still making appearances in BBC programmes. Hammond and May merely resigned from Top Gear. There was no suggestion that they'd never cross the BBC threshold again.
They didn't resign, they just refused the offer of another contract. Clarkson wasn't fired he just had no contract offered. All obligations were fulfilled by all parties.

The BBC at the time said that all three would be able to work for them again & said that other contracts that May/Hammond had were unaffected too.
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Old 19-12-2016, 19:08
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James May is excellent at these types of programmes and I like his relaxed, laid back style, in contrast to a manic Hammond.
He doesn't seem to be able to do live TV, he was useless in the live parts of the programme about manufacturing the Mini.
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