Is there some incontrovertible law of nature that all car programmes on TV must be presented by at least one irritating twunt?
Why for the love of all that is holy can’t we have just one .....ONE.... programme about cars that it is possible to view without having the experience almost completely ruined by being forced to endure the gratingly awful personality defects of its presenters?
To illustrate the point here is my list in order of twuntiness:

Dominic Littlewood on ‘Wrecks to Riches’ – This guy is surely in a league all of his own – fat, bald, vain, mockney and totally ignorant of the subject but parrots a bit of information that someone has just told him as if he knew all along. The black guy (who does all the work) by contrast is knowledgeable and charming.

Bernie Fineman on ‘Classic Car Rescue’ – an obnoxious inarticulate ill-educated bodger. I wouldn’t want one of the cars he has “restored” – not even as a gift.

Richard Hammond on ‘Top Gear’ – total bell-end.

Mike Brewer on ‘Wheeler Dealers’ – another mockney - only has one script (which includes exclaiming‘woo hoo’ whenever he drives a car) and uses it for single every episode.

Jonny Smith on ‘Fifth Gear’ – a poorer example of gender reassignment you will not find.

Mark Evans on ‘A xxxx is reborn’ – does some great work; especially the E Type Jag total restoration but ruins the whole thing with weak infantile humour.

Jake Humphreys – on BBC F1 a self-agrandising, talentless children’s TV presenter who must surely have an influential nepotistic parent who got him the dream job that many knowledgeable motorsports journalists would have killed for.

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I confess to liking Ed China on Wheeler Dealers... I wish he was my mate, he can fix anything! (And he never charges labour, which is the only way they ever make a 'profit' on the cars )

You really need to get out more and stop watching car programmes if they bother you that much. You'll be pleased to know Jake is leaving F1 commentry at the end of the season Personally i think he does a great job on there, always on top of his game and pics up on everything that is happening around him and everything that has happend in a race, i think the muppet in the team is EJ, now he is a plonker Louis walsh of F1 He hasn't really got a clue.

Ady 555 wrote:

....i think the muppet in the team is EJ, now he is a plonker Louis walsh of F1 He hasn't really got a clue.

Cheers Ady. At last someone agrees with me can't stand the guy, love it when it misses a race.

Paddi - Totally agree I gave up watching motoring programmes because of the presenters.

Motor sport is best watched with the sound off - why can't we get technology that takes off the vocals?

Mark Evans is brilliant and top gear is brilliant Mike

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Hey, leave Jake alone, shame he's going in my opinion. As above, it's EJ who should be banished.

Top Gear is light hearted TV, just don't take it too seriously.

Agree about Bernie though, complete twunt.  ON THE WAY: BMW F21 M140i
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