Fifth Gear is a British show and as implied by the title, it's about cars. The hosts have motorsport backgrounds and take you under the hoods of the latest speedsters and conduct tests and stunts to see what different cars are capable of.
Fifth Gear is a British show and as implied by the title, it's about cars. The hosts have motorsport backgrounds and take you under the hoods of the latest speedsters and conduct tests and stunts to see what different cars are capable of.
Fifth Gear is a British show and as implied by the title, it's about cars. The hosts have motorsport backgrounds and take you under the hoods of the latest speedsters and conduct tests and stunts to see what different cars are capable of.
Fifth Gear is a British show and as implied by the title, it's about cars. The hosts have motorsport backgrounds and take you under the hoods of the latest speedsters and conduct tests and stunts to see what different cars are capable of.
I dug one of my eyeballs out with a spoon after watching this drivel. hide show
Where to start? The presenters....
I reckon when they did the casting for this series they must have hauled Tiff and Plato in the office (a cafe?) and offered them a deal to present the whole show, Tiff and Plato said ok but for X amount. Hmmmm say the Channel 5 porducers, "Too exspensive. We'll have to get 2 muppets to sit on cars in a crummy studio making pointless snotty comments about cars they'll never own inbetween Tiff and Plato's cool sketches just to pad it out a bit. They'll have to be cheap as well, prefereably with no driving skill whatsoever. We'll never let them drive anything more exspensive that a Ford Ka anyway. Maybe we'll let them play with the Bang and Oulafson stereo in an Audi but that's it." They take a trip down the local dole queue in Staines or some other hole of a town and recruit Tom and Johny. Tiff and Plato take the deal to drive the mint cars and these plebs can fill in the gaps. "Nice work" say the producers to each other, "Champers for lunch?"
Tom Ford.
What a talentless freak. his snyde comments and sarcastic tone make my toes curl up when his mug in degrading my nice new Bravia, even the dog stays clear of me when these guys are on after nearly being thrown at the telly in anger. Even when Tom introduces the ad break he does it with contempt, what a tool. When they arent giving him some Kia peice of poo to rag around a car park, he's parked his massive 4rse on it in the studio because he cant be bothered to stand up for more than 3 minutes at a time. Me and my mates just want to hold the ape down and give him a damned good shave! Im glad he stacked his van and broke his foot, its just a shame he didnt smack his head and get some sense knocked into him.
Tim Shaw.
I think this guys missus sold his MR2 for 50p on ebay, good girl. She's got him sussed and if she thinks he's a tool, who am i to argue?
Vicky Butlet Henderson.
Eat something you rake! Dopey blonde thinks she can drive, she should be pole dancing in the background or something to take our minds off the nonces presenting this drivel. My mate went out with her, she's a nice enough girl but for gods sake woman, learn your place and get up that pole!
I feel slightly better now.
ambitious but rubbish hide show
if you want a car show watch top gear i'm not saying the shows complete crap because it isn't ok most tom ford is an idiot and he should be replaced harry hill so he could get the other presenters to fight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
then i'd watch it but until then i'sticking with top gear you see the thing is fifth gear was launched as a rival fo old top gear which is almost completely forgotten so its embeded in the past a bit . and another thing if your'e going to make a car show atleast get some presenter that can inject a bit of comedy into it . i'm sorry but i prefer top gear australia
Great show in my opinion! hide show
I was always a Top Gear fan when it came to car shows, but recently I started watching Fifth Gear aswell, mainly due to the reason that most of the time, Top Gear isnt even on due to them having very very short seasons.
Fifth Gear is more like the good old Top Gear episodes, alot more focussed on cars and serious car reviews. There is still alot of fun, but Fifth Gear I find is alot more informative.
Although it will never be the same as Top Gear to me, mainly due to the different presenters, this show gets a 8.5 from me(well for now anyways.
A decent show about cars. hide show
Fifth Gear is a show where they review cars, and educate on other car related topics. It is a more informative show then Top Gear but not as exciting. It is nice seeing Tiff and Jason throw these cars around a track since they are both proffesional drivers, and they can handle them very well. Viki can get really annoying, and while she is also a pro driver, she just can get really annoying in her reviews.
I would recommend to watch this show along side Top Gear, hear you will see what pros can do with the cars and then you can go watch Top Gear where they will keep you entertained.
Trying desperately to copy Top Gear and failing to do so completely hide show
If you want to watch a good car programme - watch Top Gear.
This programme tries very hard to copy Top Gear, it tries to repeat all of their stunts and trials but do it worse and with less energy.
Their presenters are very dull and the impression that comes across is that they aren't very knowledgeable about cars. Aside from Tiff Needell not one of them can drive well. Tom Ford is the only good presenter on the show at the moment.
Strangely, the series is filmed in the Ace Cafe in Perivale. The reason is unclear since this cafe caters mostly for motorcycles. This show is trying to take the motorcycle market because they know Top Gear does not.
The biggest gripe with this show is that they do not test new cars. The cars they test have been out for a while. This may be because they are catching up but more than likely is that the car companies aren't willing to send cars to them to test.
This is not a good show and it is surprising it is still on the air. It got 1.0 from me because it won't let me submit 0.0.
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