Top Gear Australia: Time?

ykickamoocow · June 3rd, 2008, 2:23 PM

Just a quick question which may seem obvious but i just want to confirm.

Since it is being broadcast on SBS which is showing adverts these days will Top Gear Australia episodes only be 42 minutes long instead of the 60 minutes for the UK version and if so what will the Australian version not have in order to cut down time. Will they drop the news segment or Star in a Reasonably Priced Car?

SL65 · June 3rd, 2008, 2:27 PM

Correct me if I'm wrong, but nothing is confirmed for TG Australia apart from the host and an approximate period we can expect its debut.

So there won't necessarily be a News segment or Star interview.

Viper007Bond · June 4th, 2008, 12:45 AM

Or there may be and they'll just do one less car review. We don't know.

Since the show is being designed for whatever amount of time they have, nothing will be "cut". It'll air as intended rather than chopped down.

stiggie · June 4th, 2008, 3:54 AM

As they said that TGA will not be simply an imitation of BBC TG, what it will and won't have remains to be seen. We'll just have to wait until later this year to see it and find out then.

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ykickamoocow Joined: Mar 3rd, 2007 Location: Sydney Posts: 166 Rep Power: 15	Top Gear Australia: Time? Just a quick question which may seem obvious but i just want to confirm. Since it is being broadcast on SBS which is showing adverts these days will Top Gear Australia episodes only be 42 minutes long instead of the 60 minutes for the UK version and if so what will the Australian version not have in order to cut down time. Will they drop the news segment or Star in a Reasonably Priced Car?

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Viper007Bond Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 25 Posts: 22,290 Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 298	Or there may be and they'll just do one less car review. We don't know. Since the show is being designed for whatever amount of time they have, nothing will be "cut". It'll air as intended rather than chopped down. __________________ There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005

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stiggie Joined: Feb 11th, 2007 Location: Wollongong, Australia Age: 29 Posts: 1,396 Car: Ford Focus LX Rep Power: 35	As they said that TGA will not be simply an imitation of BBC TG, what it will and won't have remains to be seen. We'll just have to wait until later this year to see it and find out then. __________________ "Cupiditus, at purgamentum."

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SL65 Ambitious but rubbish! Joined: Jul 12th, 2004 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 19 Posts: 9,299 Car: 1998 Subaru Legacy 2.5L Rep Power: 46	Correct me if I'm wrong, but nothing is confirmed for TG Australia apart from the host and an approximate period we can expect its debut. So there won't necessarily be a News segment or Star interview.

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