With May, Clarkson and Hammond presenting this was a ten star show. With Le Blanc etc. Presenting it was a one star show. With Chris Harris (excellent) Flintoff and Paddy presenting it was a four or five star show. Unfortunately the increasingly childish antics of Chris, Flinty and Paddy from October 2020 when they are on screen together has reduced it back to a one star show. I predict a rapid drop in viewing figures by the end of the current six episodes if the remaining five are as bad as the first one, dire. Chris' test drives are the only bits worth watching.

Good news, the next two episodes are a great improvement so there's hope yet that it will get back to being at least a seven star show.

Oh dear March 2021 and all pretence that TG is a motoring programme has gone out the window. Informative car info which was 80% of the content has been replaced by 80% the boys having expensive fun with almost zero entertainment value for viewers. Anyone looking for just cause to scrap the TV licence can use TG as an illustration of how far the BBC has declined recently.

November 2021 and some good news, the childish behaviour has been dialled down from 10 to 7 so there is hope for it yet.

The 5 june 2022 episode. Judging by this episode the BBC think that the average age of a Top Gear viewer is ten. The extremely childish behaviour of The Three Stooges in this episode was painful to watch and another few like this one and the viewing figures will drop off (another) cliff. It's also looking increasingly obviously staged. One star is far too generous.

I TRIED watching the Top Gear past 2015, but with Jeremy, Richard and James' departure, the show is simply AWEFUL. BBC and Top Gear made what's probably the biggest mistake in Prime Television HISTORY, by firing the Top Gear presenters who had been with the show for over 20 seasons, and now, they're trying to fill the shoes of Giants, with a rag-tag bunch of idiots... I honestly don't know who any of these new people are, and frankly, I don't care.

I tried today watching the new "Nepal Special" where 3 random guys take 3 £6000 cars for a drive through Nepal, but it's simply not entertaining. And they think that being mischievous and screaming like a child, is going to make it seem like they can somehow bring levity to a really boring situation (almost like these youtubers who scream and act fake, just in an effort to seem funny).

So here's my rating: Anything before 2015 is 10/10 Anything after 2015 is 1/10

Just can't get into it anymore. 3 northern type blokes, all similar bland personalities, does not make for enthralling, amusing viewing. The Fun has gone and any jokes just seem "flat". It's now just another car show, in fact it's worse than a lot of other car shows.