TGTV update: episode two

Right, show one's out of the way, the BBC switchboard is busy fielding the complaints, the British police are urgently reviewing their police car policy, and everyone's sold their Prius and bought an M3.

This week though, I doubt we'll have the same impact on the nation, because obviously we're up against the Euro Final.

Still our policy is to stick our head in the sand and make the best programme we can for whoever wants to come and watch it. All seven of you.

This week, we've got the new Evo X on the track, power ballet sliding round the new Impreza nutter bastard, and Jeremy takes the CLK Black for a drive and practically ends up marrying it.

Meanwhile in the Alps, Hammond is racing the Audi RS6 against some skiers, but when I say skiers, don't think a Foxton's Estate agent on holiday.

You have never ever ever seen skiing like this. They are French, good looking, and I loathe them.

Reading back through that lot, you may notice something quite worrying - basically his week we've made a car programme, and you know what, it feels really nice.

Everyone loves the films where we do challenges and cock about and explode, but they are a rod for our backs because of the pressure to keep doing them - top that, bigger laugh please etc etc, and this week we've said no, here's some beautifully shot stuff and we do hope you like it, but if you don't then we certainly did.

I honestly think this is where the show will end up one day. The massive millions of audience will drift off, and we'll be left with a respectable few million still buying our albums - filling arenas rather than stadiums.

Anyway, that's a while off yet hopefully, and as for the rest of the show, we've got the guys from Spooks in the Reasonably Priced Car - Rupert Penry-Jones is a nutcase at the wheel by the way - and Top Gear stuntman gets his second outing.

Now let me just dwell on him for a second. People watched him last week, and we knew what would happen - nobody got the point of him.

But stick with him, because hopefully he gets funnier with repetition. Think back to the Fast Show - Jessie's diets or Unlucky Alf only got funny after they did the same thing 20 times.

I remember during the first series of Top Gear in 2002, the crashing sound of uncomprehending silence from the audience as we introduced the Stig. And now, where would we all be without that lovely backward speedy fellow?

Anyway...

Source : Topgear