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Rick · Site Admin Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22829 Location: UK

Has anyone else caught this on C5 as yet?

While some of the period footage is quite amusing, the "celebrities" that they interview for their "in-depth" insights into the world of classic cars, and now-old cars back in their day, are by and large deeply cringeworthy with just the odd exception. The voiceover chap is pretty annoying too, all IMO naturally.

Do we really need another programme where muppets continue to suggest comparisons between an E-Type's bonnet and parts of the male anatomy? I mean really!!???!?? And the unnecessarily fruity language at times precludes junior watching it too, which is a shame (or would have been, had the content been higher quality).

Obviously it's not as bad as the Classic Car Show from a year or three ago, but there are quite a few better programmes on the subject out there worth looking out for.

RJ
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peter scott · Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7219 Location: Edinburgh

You'd have thought that the initial program might have started with pre-war cars, perhaps even pre WW1.

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JohnDale · Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2016 4:55 pm Post subject:

Hi Rick/Peter, what a disappointing load of twaddle. Where did they find so many ' celebrities ' who had absolutely no knowledge of any depth about cars?
Shan't be watching any further episodes anyway,cheers,JD.
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baconsdozen · Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 1119 Location: Under the car.

'Celebrities' so little known that even they seem unsure of who they are. Total tripe,you'd get more useful facts from the Bunty annual or 'Jane and Bill go to the seaside with mummy and daddy.'.
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Ray White · Joined: 02 Dec 2014 Posts: 7273 Location: Derby

I'm glad it's not just me who is fed up with this sort of dross.
They should get US to make a programme.
How difficult can it be?

Penman · Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4880 Location: Swindon, Wilts.

Hi
Now you all understand how Driving Instructors feel about the C**p programmes about learning to drive etc.
they are always edited to death in order to denigrate the instructor and make them fit a stereotypical format.
The same applied to the 100yr old drivers programme.
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Rick · Site Admin Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22829 Location: UK

One thing they showed on a couple of occasions, during the Lotus Europa piece, was a badge that read Europe, presumably affixed to a car they were looking at. Was it ever badged as a Europe, perhaps for a foreign marketplace??? I know little about them so just wondered if this was a correct badge or not?

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MikeEdwards · Joined: 25 May 2011 Posts: 2740 Location: South Cheshire

I've been recording these to watch at a convenient moment, sounds as if I might be able to save the bother.

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Rootes75 · Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2016 10:59 am Post subject:

Agreed, some of the footage caught my eye but most of it was dross. We turned over in the end.

I'd rather watch Chasing Classic Cars or my current favourite American Pickers.
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Rootes75 · Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2016 8:59 pm Post subject:

I have seen Jay Lenos garage advertised but haven't watched it yet.
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misterbridger · Joined: 09 Oct 2015 Posts: 46

That "annoying" presenter is my nephew (by marriage) Rufus Hound, and I can confirm that he has never shown any interest in or knowledge of old cars. He does however have an agent that says yes to everything!