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Rewind TV: Chatsworth; Roundhead or Cavalier: Which One Are You?; Starlings; 56 Up
19 May 2012 4:12 PM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
For those suffering Downton withdrawal symptoms, the BBC provided a cure with Chatsworth revisited
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I suppose we have Downton to thank (or blame) for the cheerful gush of Chatsworth, a three-part series about the ups and downs of Derbyshire's most popular 300-room house. In the event, it was disappointingly short of lickspittles – servants now being called staff or even, in the case of the team in charge of putting out the knives and forks, an operation that required tape measures, experts. Elsewhere were flocks of gardeners and handymen and a woman dusting 17,500 books before the tourists started flooding in for the new season. And – oh my goodness – here were the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire themselves, mucking in with the litter-picking crew! The 12th duke (filmed struggling across a ditch with a bin bag) seemed more »
- Phil Hogan
Come on, Clarkson. Have the guts to take on Cowell
10 May 2012 4:05 PM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
So Jeremy Clarkson bows out of a ratings fight between Top Gear and The X Factor. But why is he so petulant?
To Twitter, now, and an intriguing new direction in the shtick of Mr Jeremy Clarkson. This week, Jeremy was moved to take to his account to break some heartrending news to fans of his TV show.
"There's a rumour in internet land that there will be no more Top Gears this year," he declared. "I'm afraid that apart from an Xmas special, it's true. Would love to be back in the autumn but Sunday nights then will be full of fat people singing."
The reference, obviously, is to Simon Cowell's X Factor – and clearly, there is to be disappointment for those of us who hoped the two shows would become embroiled in the ratings battle equivalent of Stalingrad, inflicting heavy casualties on both sides, and causing the »
- Marina Hyde
Paddington Bear Swaps Peru For Hollywood
10 May 2012 7:35 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
Paddington Bear is swapping darkest Peru for the bright lights of Hollywood after plans were announced to bring the character to the big screen.
Harry Potter producer David Heyman is behind the film, described as "a modern take" on Michael Bond's best-selling books which have sold more than 35 million copies.
He said: "Paddington Bear is a universally loved character, treasured for his optimism, his sense of fair play and his perfect manners, and of course for his unintentional talent for comic chaos.
"Michael Bond's books offer such wit and wonder, and I am so delighted at this chance to bring Paddington to the big screen."
The loveable, duffle coat-clad bear, famous for his love of marmalade sandwiches, is named after the London station at which he was found.
He was created by Bond and made his literary debut in 1958.
The first book, A Bear Called Paddington, told how »
- PA
Jeremy Clarkson slams Top Gear delay
10 May 2012 4:00 AM, PDT | Virgin Media - TV | See recent Virgin Media - TV news »
Jeremy Clarkson blames 'The X Factor' for the lack of new 'Top Gear' episodes. The presenter is furious that the BBC have decided not to screen the motoring programme - which he co-hosts with James May and Richard Hammond - throughout the autumn and thinks it is because it will be trounced in the ratings by Simon Cowell's ITV talent show. He tweeted: ''There's a rumour in internet land that there will be no more 'Top Gears' this year. I'm afraid that apart from an Xmas special, it's true. ''Would love to be back in the Autumn, but Sunday nights then will be »
Jeremy Clarkson cleared by Ofcom over Elephant Man comment
8 May 2012 6:08 AM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Top Gear presenter's comparison of Japanese vehicle to 'people with growths on faces' prompted 41 complaints to watchdog
Ofcom has cleared Jeremy Clarkson's comparison of a Japanese car to the Elephant Man of breaching the broadcasting code, despite more than 40 complaints that it was offensive to people suffering from facial disfigurement.
Clarkson compared a Japanese car/camper van hybrid to "people with growths on their faces" in an edition of BBC2's Top Gear in February.
The controversial presenter deployed gestures as if he had a disability and slurred his speech in a way that seemed to mimic Joseph Merrick, the so-called Elephant Man, saying that the car looked like something you would not talk to at a party. Co-presenter Richard Hammond called it the elephant car.
The segment prompted complaints to the BBC and to media regulator Ofcom, including one from high-profile body disfigurement charity Changing Faces, which said »
- Mark Sweney
TV review: World Snooker Championship Final; Britain Beware; The King & the Playwright: A Jacobean History
7 May 2012 4:05 PM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Five children meet horrible ends on a farm – you've got to laugh
There were several years during the early 1980s when I'd give over every May Day bank holiday to watching the concluding frames of the World Snooker Championship Final (BBC2) on TV. There are a few million viewers who still do and I expect Ronnie O'Sullivan and Ali Carter gave them plenty of excitement, but somehow, a long time ago, the hypnotic effect of watching young men with a pallor that suggested they had yet to encounter daylight repetitively potting the same balls for hours – make that days – on end began to wear off. I'm not sure why, as I'm still just as happy watching other sports many people find equally dull. The game hasn't changed, so it must be me. I can only think I lost interest at about the time I began to go outdoors a bit more myself. »
- John Crace
'Top Gear' Recap: Making Movies & Movie Stars
7 May 2012 12:00 PM, PDT | buddytv.com | See recent BuddyTV news »
Tonight, on Top Gear: Jeremy Clarkson drives around a field, James May measures a runway, and Richard Hammond lays a cable.
The show opens with Jeremy reminding us that James lives in 1956, and so they sent him to the Top Gear test track to take out the new Vauxhall Corsa Nurburgring Edition. Although not initially enthused, once he gets behind the wheel, Captain Slow seems to be enjoying himself. At least, until The Stig takes the wheel for a cornering test; then James looks like he's going to throw up. »
- editor@buddytv.com
Matt LeBlanc Tells 'Top Gear' About Getting Drunk With Bob Seger
1 May 2012 5:49 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
Matt LeBlanc stopped by the U.K. version of "Top Gear" (Mon., 8:30 p.m. Et on BBC America) Monday night, and host Jeremy Clarkson surprised the "Episodes" star with footage from one of his early performances -- a Bob Seger music video from 1994.
LeBlanc revealed that he was very drunk all the way through the shoot. He and Seger had gotten to talking on set and one thing led to another, and they ended up downing a whole bottle of tequila between them right before filming started.
"Episodes" Season 2 premieres on Sunday, July 1 on Showtime. "Top Gear" airs Mondays at 8:30 p.m. Et on BBC America.
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- Catherine Lawson
Jeremy Clarkson Loses Land Battle
27 April 2012 5:06 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
British TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson has lost a legal battle to ban walkers from a path near his home.
Clarkson, famed for fronting hit motoring show Top Gear, applied to ban public access to a walkway close to his property on the Isle of Man, off the west coast of England.
He alleged having a footpath so close to the home breached his human rights, but officials on the island have ruled there is "strong and persuasive evidence" the public has a right to walk in the area. »
'Richard Hammond's Crash Course': Tiny 'Top Gear' Brit tackles tank and tree
16 April 2012 3:50 PM, PDT | Zap2It - From Inside the Box | See recent Zap2It - From Inside the Box news »
In 2006, Richard Hammond, co-host of BBC America's auto extravaganza "Top Gear," suffered head injuries after a serious accident while driving a jet-powered dragster.
He recovered and has continued piloting all manner of fast vehicles alongside co-hosts Jeremy Clarkson and James May, but to the casual observer, it might seem like tugging on Superman's cape to be starring in a new show, premiering Monday, April 16, on BBC America, called "Richard Hammond's Crash Course."
"It is slightly awkward," Hammond tells Zap2it, "the mention of crash with my name next to it, but it is a crash course, in the sense that I got to a new place and hook up with a bunch of guys doing a specific job, using a very specific and dedicated machines.
"Then I have a crash course, because I have a few days to learn that job and how to use the machine to do that job. »
- editorial@zap2it.com
What makes the perfect Have I Got News For You host?
13 April 2012 6:47 AM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
After 10 years of guest hosts, the format is showing signs of wear and tear. How can proceedings be livened up?
This year marks the 10-year anniversary of Angus Deayton's departure from Have I Got News For You; a move that prompted the show's guest host format – an experiment widely praised for reviving the show a decade ago, but which is now undeniably starting to show signs of wear and tear.
This new series, for example, will see Damian Lewis appearing for the fourth time, Jo Brand appearing for the eighth time, Jeremy Clarkson appearing for the ninth time and Alexander Armstrong presenting his 20th episode. Apart from Armstrong, who remains under contract to appear on terrestrial television at least six times a day regardless of the programme, these people are chosen because they're a safe pair of hands.
They can all deliver jokes with the same slightly detached I'm-just-reading-this-off-the-autocue air of golden-era Deayton and, »
- Stuart Heritage
Noel Gallagher: 'I f***ing love Top Gear'
7 April 2012 11:24 AM, PDT | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Noel Gallagher has revealed that he is a big fan of BBC Two's Top Gear. The singer-songwriter explained that while on his ongoing Us tour, he has been watching a marathon of episodes fronted by Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond. "So... Indianapolis? Spent the day watching Top Gear on BBC America... I f**king love Top Gear," he wrote on his blog. Gallagher also said that he was heckled by a fan during his gig in the city while performing Oasis hit 'Supersonic'. "I don't know why, the gig was more like a town meeting (more) »
- By Tom Eames
I'm sorry but this constant demand for public apologies really offends me | David Mitchell
25 March 2012 6:00 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Newt Gingrich's faux outrage at a joke made by Robert De Niro is the latest evidence of a thriving apology extortion racket in public life
Robert De Niro got into trouble last week for telling a joke. When introducing Michelle Obama at a Democratic fundraiser, he said: "Callista Gingrich, Karen Santorum, Ann Romney. Now do you really think our country is ready for a white first lady?" It went down well at the time but the next day Newt Gingrich seemed unamused: "What De Niro said last night was inexcusable and the president should apologise for him. It was… beyond the pale and he should be ashamed of himself."
That's a tough response. Gingrich reckons that De Niro's remark is so offensive that he can't even apologise for it himself. The apology has to come from the head of state. Not even Russell Brand ever went so far that »
- David Mitchell
Blur to perform new "tear-jerker" at London Hyde Park gig
5 March 2012 4:22 AM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Blur will perform a brand new song during their show in London this summer. The band, who will play a special gig in Hyde Park on August 12 to mark the end of the London 2012 Olympics, teased fans with the prospect of new material. Bassist Alex James told Jeremy Clarkson on Top Gear that the track is "like a hymn, a real tear-jerker". Talking about the group's 'Outstanding Contribution to Music' award at (more) »
- By Lewis Corner
This Week in Blu-ray: Top Gear, Hugo, Mandrill and Johnny English Reborn
29 February 2012 8:00 AM, PST | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
Tonight! We visit in with some of our favorite whacky Brits as they power through the seventeenth season of one of the greatest reality television programs in the history of time, space and everything else. We explore a historic, beautiful look at cinema’s start through the eyes of contemporary film’s biggest nerd. We watch a 9-foot tall man roundhouse kick an entire country. And we watch Rowan Atkinson continue to spit in the face of reason, churning out more laughs. Also, James May talks to a gurrrl. Top Gear: The Complete Season 17 If you are anything like me, then you’ve never really been much of a gear head or a car freak. That’s okay, we’re simply the kind of people who would rather be in the living room watching a movie than in the garage tinkering around with engine parts. That said, there’s nothing more magnetic to me than the »
- Neil Miller
Michael Fassbender Nails Audition For Drive 2
23 February 2012 11:28 AM, PST | BestWeekEver | See recent BestWeekEver news »
Michael Fassbender has everything I love in an actor: A hot face, a great body, and no qualms about full-frontal nudity. (Note: This is all it takes Jeremy Irons.) He also has an obviously crazy streak that causes him to do thoughtless testosterone-driven things. Which is all it really takes to prove your manhood on Top Gear, the English show about cars that’s really more about the three hilarious hosts, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May. Fassbender sits down with Clarkson, revealing the most deliiiiiiightful Irish accent I’ve just ever damn heard. See, in my fantasies, Fassbender has an upper-class English accent… but this Irish thing makes him so much more approachable. (Note that if I ever had the chance to approach him, I would likely instead “approach” the underside area of the booth I was sitting in and silently weep out of fear and longing.) Anyway! »
- Michelle Collins
Top Gear libel case over Tesla electric sports car struck out
23 February 2012 8:30 AM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
High court rules that Jeremy Clarkson's review of the £92,000 Tesla Roaster was not capable of being defamatory
Motor manufacturer Tesla has failed in its latest attempt to pursue a legal action against BBC2's Top Gear over a review of one of its electric sports cars.
The California-based company has been attempting to bring libel and malicious falsehood actions against the Jeremy Clarkson programme.
The review of the £92,000 Tesla Roadster, which first aired in December 2008, showed the car apparently running out of electricity on the Top Gear track and being pushed into a garage to await recharging.
"Although Tesla say it will do 200 miles we have worked out that on our track it will run out after just 55 miles and if it does run out, it is not a quick job to charge it up again," said Clarkson's commentary.
Tesla said the Roadster shown had not run out »
- John Plunkett
'Top Gear': Patrick Warburton Named His Muscle Car After Angelina Jolie
22 February 2012 5:56 AM, PST | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
Patrick Warburton joined the ranks of men who've offended the sensibilities of their wives and other women on "Top Gear" (Tue., 9 p.m. Est on Hist), when he revealed that he named his muscle car after Angelina Jolie even though it annoys Mrs. Warburton.
So just why is Warburton's prized 1969 Dodge Charger called Angelina? Because it's "dark, sexy, mean [and] sultry," just like Ms. Jolie herself, he joked.
Warburton then revealed that his motor home is also named after a famous actress and sex symbol. "The motor home is named Pammy, after Pam Anderson. Just big, bodacious ... and, also it just kind of irritates the wife so it's funny."
When host Rutledge Wood suggested that maybe he might want to consider naming something after the Mrs. for a change, Warburton demurred, saying it wouldn't be as much fun.
There was some good news for his wife though. When Wood revealed Warburton's »
- Catherine Lawson
'Top Gear': Patrick Warburton Named His Muscle Car After Angelina Jolie
22 February 2012 4:27 AM, PST | Aol TV. | See recent Aol TV. news »
Patrick Warburton joined the ranks of men who've offended the sensibilities of their wives and other women on "Top Gear" (Tue., 9 p.m. Est on Hist), when he revealed that he named his muscle car after Angelina Jolie even though it annoys Mrs. Warburton.
So just why is Warburton's prized 1969 Dodge Charger called Angelina? Because it's "dark, sexy, mean [and] sultry," just like Ms. Jolie herself, he joked.
Warburton then revealed that his motor home is also named after a famous actress and sex symbol. "The motor home is named Pammy, after Pam Anderson. Just big, bodacious ... and, also it just kind of irritates the wife so it's funny."
When host Rutledge Wood suggested that maybe he might want to consider naming something after the Mrs. for a change, Warburton demurred, saying it wouldn't be as much fun.
There was some good news for his wife though. When Wood revealed Warburton's »
- Catherine Lawson
Jeremy Clarkson cleared over public sector rant
21 February 2012 3:00 AM, PST | Virgin Media - TV | See recent Virgin Media - TV news »
Jeremy Clarkson did not breach broadcasting rules by joking that striking workers "should be shot." Broadcast regulator Ofcom ruled the controversial star's comments on 'The One Show' - made about public sector workers who staged a walkout on November 30 last year - was not in breach of its rules and regulations as they "were not made seriously". It further added the statement was "not at all likely to encourage members of the public to act on them in any way." Jeremy's comment on the show, when asked what he thought about the industrial action, was: "I think they have been fantastic. Absolutely. »
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