Top Gear (2. 00. 2 TV series)This article is about the 2. TV series. For other uses, see Top Gear. Top Gear is a British television series about motor vehicles, primarily cars. It is a relaunched version of the original 1.

Since the relaunch, the conventional motoring magazine programme has developed a quirky, humorous and sometimes controversial style over time, and has become a significant show in British popular culture.[4][5][6] During its first 2. Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May.

Columnist A. A. Gill, close friend of Clarkson[7] and fellow Sunday Times columnist, described the programme as "a triumph of the craft of programme making, of the minute, obsessive, musical masonry of editing, the French polishing of colourwashing and grading".[8]The show's relaunched format was originally hosted by Clarkson, Hammond and Jason Dawe, with Andy Wilman as the show's executive producer, and introduced an anonymous test driver known as "The Stig"; although part of the line- up, "The Stig" has been played by numerous racing drivers over the course of the series. Following the first series, Dawe was replaced by May, and the hosting line- up remained unchanged until 2. March 2. 01. 5, when Clarkson was informed by the BBC that his contract would not be renewed following an incident between himself and a producer.[9] Following Clarkson's dismissal, his co- hosts Richard Hammond and James May, along with Andy Wilman, announced that they would not return to the show without him,[1][1. Clarkson to produce a new motoring series that would later be known as The Grand Tour.[1. Following their departure, Chris Evans and Matt Le. Blanc took over as the new hosts for the 2.

Rory Reid, Sabine Schmitz, Chris Harris and Eddie Jordan joining them in the series when needed.[1. Following negative feedback for the series, Evans resigned, with the BBC choosing to retain the other five presenters and assigning Le. Blanc, Harris and Reid as the main hosts for the 2. First- run episodes are broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two and (from series 2. BBC Two HD. From series 1. BBC Two HD channel, new episodes were also simulcast on BBC HD.

The series is also carried on cable television systems in the United States via BBC America, in Latin America via BBC Entertainment and in Europe and South- East Asia via BBC Knowledge. History. Early years: 2. Following the decision by the BBC to cancel Top Gear in 2. Jeremy Clarkson and producer Andy Wilman pitched the idea of creating a new format for the show to the broadcasters. Their pitch included conducting power laps of notable cars that were featured, such as supercars and high- performance roadsters, performing some of their car reviews at a fixed site as well as locations across Britain and abroad, the utilisation of a studio for discussions on cars and for other segments with a studio audience present, and the participation of a celebrity guest who would be interviewed on motoring matters and take part in a challenge of setting a lap time in an affordable car. As part of their changes, the show's running time was extended to one hour, the fixed site was located at Dunsfold Aerodrome, an airport and business park in Waverley, Surrey, utilising one of its large aircraft hangars for the studio, and using the runways and taxiways for car reviews. Lotus assisted in the design of a race circuit at the site for use by the programme.

While the celebrity segment was referred to as "Star in a Reasonably Priced Car", additional segments were added in – "The Cool Wall", and "The News". The first series of the new format of Top Gear was broadcast in 2.

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Clarkson, joined by two new presenters – Richard Hammond and Jason Dawe, although only the former typically appeared in most segment along with Clarkson – along with the introduction of a test driver called The Stig, an anonymous, helmeted racing driver who conducted the show's Power Laps. Following the first series, Dawe was replaced by James May, who had previously worked on the old format, while the original Stig portrayed by Perry Mc. Carthy was replaced at the beginning of the third series by Ben Collins. While the show operated in a similar manner to the previous format during the early series, with the inclusion of reading out letters from viewers and conducting interviews, it eventually focused on humour and creating a unique presentation style for the programme, and the inclusion of races between cars or between a car and another form of transportation, challenges involving cheap, second- hand cars, unusual approaches to reviewing cars, and road trips. In most of the early series, the presenters regularly destroyed a caravan. Changes and growing popularity: 2.

In early 2. 00. 6, the BBC made arrangements to move the programme's film site from Dunsfold to Enstone, Oxfordshire, in preparation for its eighth series, but were forced to change this after West Oxfordshire council rejected their plans on the basis of noise and pollution concerns.[1. As a direct result, the broadcaster ordered that filming continued at Dunsfold during May of that year, despite having no permit to do so,[1. In addition, the "Star in a Reasonably Priced Car" segment was modified with new rules along with a new car, while Hammond included one of his dogs for the series throughout its studio segments, along with a number of films made for this series and the next. On 2. 0 September, during production for the ninth series, Hammond was seriously injured while driving a Vampire turbojet drag racing car at up to 3.

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BBC to postpone the broadcast of Best of Top Gear until a later date, and delaying production on the series until the presenter had recovered. Both the BBC and the Health and Safety Executive carried out inquiries into the accident,[1.

October.[1. 9] The opening episode of the ninth series, aired on 2. January 2. 00. 7, included footage of Hammond's crash; [2. Celebrity Big Brother,[2. BBC Two for a decade, alongside the series finale, which attracted around 8 million viewers.

Later that summer, on 2. July, the BBC aired a special edition episode entitled Top Gear: Polar Special. It was one of the first episodes of the programme to be shown in high- definition, and the third special to be produced, focusing on a race to the North Magnetic Pole, at its recorded location in 1. Toyota Hilux and a dog sled.

Considerable planning and co- ordination for the filming of the episode was conducted by both Top Gear's production team and Toyota, with both Clarkson and May, driving the Hilux, being the first people to reach the recorded location of the North Magnetic Pole by car. It was one of a number of challenges in which the presenters had to be focused and serious, despite the comedic scenes shown, with another being on 9 September, when the presenters, including The Stig, participated in the 2. Britcar 2. 4- hour race at Silverstone, using a race- prepared, second- hand diesel. BMW 3. 30d, fuelled by biodiesel refined from crops they had sown as part of an earlier feature.

Popularity the show rose to considerable levels, that the waiting list to get a ticket for a recording was extensive, requiring an individual to wait for 2. On 1. 7 June 2. 00. Hammond and May revealed during an interview on BBC Radio 1's The Chris Moyles Show, that the eleventh series would feature a new "host" in the line- up,[2.

Top Gear Stunt Man", an individual who made few, occasional appearances on the programme. From the twelfth series, feature- length specials were created for the show, each visiting a different part of the world for a road trip using second- hand cars, with a number produced to be aired as a Christmas special. Despite growing popularity, an interview made with the Radio Times by Wilman revealed that future programmes would have less time devoted to big challenges, stating the following: [2. We've looked back at the last two or three runs and noticed that a programme can get swallowed up by one monster film – a bit like one of those Yes albums from the 1.

The Office (U. S. TV series)The Office is an American television comedy series that aired on NBC from March 2. May 1. 6, 2. 01. 3.[1] It is an adaptation of the BBCseries of the same name. The Office was adapted for American audiences by Greg Daniels, a veteran writer for Saturday Night Live, King of the Hill, and The Simpsons. It is co- produced by Daniels's Deedle- Dee Productions, and Reveille Productions (later Shine America), in association with Universal Television.

The original executive producers were Greg Daniels, Howard Klein, Ben Silverman, Ricky Gervais, and Stephen Merchant, with numerous others being promoted in later seasons. The series depicts the everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania, branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. To simulate the look of an actual documentary, it is filmed in a single- camera setup, without a studio audience or a laugh track. The show debuted on NBC as a mid- season replacement and ran for nine seasons and 2. The Office initially featured Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer and B. J. Novak as the main cast; the show experienced numerous changes to its ensemble cast during its run. The first season of The Office was met with mixed reviews, but the following four seasons received widespread acclaim from television critics.

These seasons were included on several critics' year- end top TV series lists, winning several awards including four Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Comedy Series in 2. While later seasons were criticized for a decline in quality, earlier writers oversaw the final season and ended the show's run with a positive reception. Production[edit]List of showrunners throughout the series' run: Greg Daniels served as the senior series showrunner for the first four seasons of the series and developed the British series for American television. He then left the position when he co- created the comedy series Parks and Recreation with fellow Office writer Michael Schur and divided his time between the two series.[2]Paul Lieberstein and Jennifer Celotta were named the series showrunners for the fifth season.[3] Celotta left the series after the sixth season and Lieberstein stayed on as showrunner for the following two seasons. He left the showrunner spot after the eighth season for the potential Dwight Schrute spin- off, The Farm, which was eventually passed up by NBC.[4][5] Daniels returned to the showrunner position for the ninth and final season.[6] Other executive producers include cast members B. J. Novak and Mindy Kaling.[7][8] Kaling, Novak, Daniels, Lieberstein and Schur made up the original team of writers.[9] Kaling, Novak and Lieberstein also serve multiple roles on the series, as they play regular characters on the show, as well as write, direct and produce episodes.[1. Credited with twenty- four episodes, Kaling is the most prolific writer on the staff.[1.

Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, who created the original British series, are credited as executive producers, and wrote the pilot and the third- season episode, "The Convict".[1. Merchant later directed the episode "Customer Survey" while Gervais appeared in the episodes "The Seminar" and "Search Committee".[1. Randall Einhorn is the most frequent director of the series, with 1. The series has also had several guest directors, including Lost co- creator J. J. Abrams, Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon,[1. Jon Favreau, Harold Ramis, Jason Reitman, and Marc Webb.[1.

Episodes have been directed by several of the actors on the show including Steve Carell, John Krasinski, Rainn Wilson, Ed Helms, and Brian Baumgartner.[1. Development and writing[edit]Before the series aired its second episode, the writers spent time researching in offices.[1. This process was used for Daniels' other series King of the Hill and Parks and Recreation.[1. The pilot is a direct adaptation of the first episode of the British version.[1. Daniels had decided to go this route because "completely starting from scratch would be a very risky thing to do" due to the show being an adaptation.[1. He had briefly considered using the idea for "The Dundies" as the pilot episode. After the writers knew who the cast was, they were allowed to write for the actors, which allowed the show to be more original for the following episode, "Diversity Day".[1.

Following the mixed reaction towards the first season, the writers attempted to make the series more "optimistic" and to make Michael Scott more likable. They also established the supporting characters of the series more, giving them actual personalities. They also made the lights in the office brighter, which allowed the series to differentiate itself from the British version. Cruel Intentions 2 Movie Watch Online on this page. A common problem with the scripts, according to Novak, is that they tend to run too long for the regular 2. For example, the script for the episode "Search Committee" was initially 7. A complete script is written for each episode; however, actors are given opportunities to improvise during the shooting process. Fischer said, "Our shows are 1.

They put everything down on paper. But we get to play around a little bit, too. Steve and Rainn are brilliant improvisers."[2. This leads to a large number of deleted scenes with almost every episode of The Office, all of which are considered part of the show's canon and storyline by Daniels.[2. Deleted scenes have sometimes been restored in repeats to make episodes longer or draw back people who have seen the episode before to see the bonus footage.

In an experiment, a deleted scene from "The Return" was made available over NBC. Tunes, explaining the absence of a character over the next several episodes.[2. Daniels hoped that word of mouth among fans would spread the information, but eventually considered the experiment a failure.[2. Casting[edit]According to Jenna Fischer, the series used an unusual casting process which did not involve a script.

The producers would ask the actors several questions and they would respond as the characters they were auditioning for.[2. NBC programmer Kevin Reilly originally suggested Paul Giamatti to producer Ben Silverman for the role of Michael Scott, but the actor declined. Martin Short, Hank Azaria, and Bob Odenkirk were reported to be interested in the part.[2. In January 2. 00.

Variety reported that Steve Carell, of the popular Comedy Central program The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, was in talks to play the role. At the time, he was already committed to another NBC mid- season replacement comedy, Come to Papa,[2. The Office. Carell later stated that he had only seen about half of the original pilot episode of the British series before he auditioned.

He did not continue watching for fear that he would start copying Gervais' characterizations.[2. Other people who were considered or auditioned for the role included Ben Falcone, Alan Tudyk, Jim Zulevic, and Paul F.

Tompkins. Rainn Wilson was cast as power- hungry sycophant. Dwight Schrute, and he watched every episode of the series before he auditioned. Wilson had originally auditioned for Michael, a performance that he described as a "terrible Ricky Gervais impersonation"; however, the casting directors liked his audition as Dwight much more and hired him. Seth Rogen, Matt Besser, Patton Oswalt, and Judah Friedlander also auditioned for the role.

John Krasinski and Jenna Fischer were virtually unknown before being cast in their respective roles as Jim and Pam, the central love interests. Krasinski had attended school with B. J. Novak, and the two were friends.[3. Fischer prepared for her audition by looking as boring as possible, creating the original Pam hairstyle.[3. In an interview on NPR's Fresh Air, Fischer recalled the last stages of the audition process for Pam and Jim, with the producers partnering the different potential Pams and Jims (four of each) together to gauge their chemistry.