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Showing posts with label Top Gear. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Top Gear. Show all posts
Friday, March 24, 2023

BBC puts Top Gear on pause after Freddie Flintoff car crash, will make decision on future of car magazine show 'later this year'.

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by Thinus Ferreira The BBC has decided to pause production on the 34th season of Top Gear following presenter Freddie Flintoff's car ac...
Monday, November 2, 2020

TV NEWS ROUND-UP. Today's interesting TV stories to read - 2 November 2020.

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Here's the latest news about TV that I read and that you should read too: ■  As South Africa's bloated and financially struggling pu...
Monday, October 22, 2018

BBC Studios announces ITV Choice's Paddy McGuinness and Freddie Flintoff as replacement presenters as Matt LeBlanc readies his Top Gear exit.

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The BBC has announced that the British entertainers Paddy McGuinness and Freddie Flintoff will be the new presenters replacing Matt Le...
Friday, June 1, 2018

Matt LeBlanc quits BBC Studios' Top Gear, will still be seen in the upcoming 4th season, with the BBC looking for a replacement from 2019.

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Matt LeBlanc has suddenly decided to quit as co-presenter of Top Gear on BBC Brit (DStv 120) with the upcoming 4th season that will be h...
Sunday, September 24, 2017

DStv SHOWCASE SEPTEMBER 2017: MultiChoice CEO Mark Rayner: DStv remains hard at work at driving down repeats and helping viewers with content discovery; DStv Now has 'surpassed expectations'.

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MultiChoice CEO Mark Rayner says DStv remains hard at work at driving down repeats and rebroadcasts across the various DStv channel...
Wednesday, February 22, 2017

DAILY TV NEWS ROUND-UP. Today's interesting TV stories to read from TVwithThinus - 22 February 2017.

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Here's the latest news about TV that I read, and that you should too: ■  "The SABC's coverage of Jacob Zuma's State o...
Monday, February 20, 2017

DAILY TV NEWS ROUND-UP. Today's interesting TV stories to read from TVwithThinus - 20 February 2017.

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Here's the latest news about TV that I read, and that you should too: ■  The SABC didn't want to and couldn't bother to br...
Wednesday, February 15, 2017

DAILY TV NEWS ROUND-UP. Today's interesting TV stories to read from TVwithThinus - 15 February 2017.

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Here's the latest news about TV that I read, and that you should too: ■  The champagne is flowing (again) at the SABC. The cash-s...
Tuesday, December 6, 2016

MultiChoice content boss Aletta Alberts on the ways DStv is reducing TV repeats: 'We are improving our product dramatically'.

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MultiChoice says that is has heard DStv subscribers' complaints about too many repeats and that the pay-TV provider is "impr...
Tuesday, July 5, 2016

Wheels come off of BBC's relaunched Top Gear as Chris Evans quits after just 6 episodes; 'gave it his best shot' but not good enough to save revamped car show.

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The wheels have come off of the BBC's attempted relaunch of its Top Gear motoring magazine show brand with new presenter Chris Evans...
Thursday, June 2, 2016

Former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson heading to South Africa in mid-July for first studio audience recording for new car show, The Grand Tour.

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The former Top Gear trio of Jeremy Clarkson , Richard Hammond and James May  are heading to South Africa in mid-July where they will f...
Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Chris Evans named the new presenter of Top Gear on the BBC, replacing Jeremy Clarkson' production of new 23rd season set to start soon.

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The British radio and TV personality Chris Evans has been named the new presenter of the motoring magazine show Top Gear, replacing Jere...
Saturday, April 25, 2015

Today's interesting TV stories to read from TV with Thinus - 25 April 2015.

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Hlaudi Motsoeneng 's lawyer  Zola Majavu  is put on  Morning Live  on SABC2. "Unpacks" the court again ordering that  Hlau...
Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Today's interesting TV stories to read from TV with Thinus - 1 April 2015.

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The backlash in America against South Africa's Trevor Noah has started one day after he was announced as the new host of The Daily S...
Sunday, March 29, 2015

Today's interesting TV stories to read from TV with Thinus - 29 March 2015.

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Terrifying death threat to BBC's director-general after firing of Jeremy Clarkson . Round the clock bodyguards dispatched to home of...