New Executive Producer for BBC's Top Gear Quits Months Before Show's Relaunch
BBC’s new Top Gear hasn’t even been relaunched yet, and it is already facing a setback.
Lisa Clark, the show’s executive producer, is quitting just five months after being brought on by new host Chris Evans. The two had previously worked together.
The sudden departure deals a blow to the show’s looming relaunch in May. The popular show is facing a huge hurdle as it tries to reinvent itself after Jeremy Clarkson was fired for punching someone and co-hosts James May and Richard Hammond also quit to show their support for Clarkson. The new BBC show is also abandoning the three host format.
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BBC says Clark’s departure wont affect the new show’s launch date of May 8 or the rest of the production schedule. Clark came on board to replace Alex Renton, who has followed the original Top Gear trio for their new Amazon Prime show. A new executive producer will be named in the new year.
[Source: The Guardian]
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Evans has a good track record, think he is in for a pound, in for a penny. I am thinking glass half full, I get a new Top Gear from the BBC AND I get a new Top Gear from Amazon Prime. Was hoping that Rowan Atkinson would get a starring role in a new TG, forget the Mr. Bean stuff, Atkinson is a car nerd through and through, with a dry wit than could leave Clarkson crying with laughter.
I've been watching American Top Gear since it came out and this whole thing just makes me even happier that I like it.