AHM wrote:Chris Evans is worse than Jeremy Clarkson. Two of the most predictable and overpaid presenters - How about some fresh tallent?
What are your suggestions, or are you thinking that some spotty oik fresh out of drama school should be given a go? The main presenter needs charisma, energy, humor, timing and more than a little gravitas....look at the Channel 5 Classic Car program to see how not to do it!
I'm wondering what folks would really like to see in a car program these days. The old Top Gear days of factual presentation would have the audience switching off within 5 minutes, and the facts as such are all available on-line and in countless monthly magazines. 5th gear seems to be something in-between the old Top Gear and the current program, but that hasn't received any comment on here by way of comparison. So what's missing guys? What would you have in a 1 hour program, 20 episodes a year?
For me, the program that stands out above all others is 'Chasing Classic Cars'. It's presented by Wayne Carini, who runs a restoration shop in Connecticut, mid way between New York and Boston. His presentation skills don't hold the audience, but his phenomenal knowledge and the subject matter does.
In his first episode he gets a call about a Bugatti Type 57 Atalante that was parked up in a garage in 1962 and had been untouched since. It got my goose bumps going! We see the car from the garage door being opened, and the theme is much the same in most episodes, where a rare car is discovered, dragged back to Wayne's restoration shop, renovated / restored, then put up for auction.
http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/other ... barn-find/The 'find' content over 3 series has been just staggering, ranging from Edwardian era (Brass cars in the US), through 20s and 30s American and European exotica, and then mainly featuring cars from the 50s, 60s and 70s, with a lot of Ferraris, Cobras, Porsches, Jaguars and a few muscle cars thrown in for good measure. It is the content that makes the show for sure, but the mix of market and restoration knowledge, as well as the goose bump finds, makes it compelling watching for me. Record only to avoid the adverts!
Mark
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 1:49 pm
