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Originally Posted by Tom

Fifth Gear was a copycat of the old Top Gear format

No, Fifth Gear IS the old Top Gear format, Fifth Gear originally was going to be callled Top Gear after it moved

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Originally Posted by Chewy

No, Fifth Gear IS the old Top Gear format, Fifth Gear originally was going to be callled Top Gear after it moved

It isn't, Five stole the presenters, production crew and format just before BBC axed it first time around

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Originally Posted by Tom

It isn't, Five stole the presenters, production crew and format just before BBC axed it first time around

Exactly, its the same show as the original Top Gear

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Originally Posted by Chewy

Exactly, its the same show as the original Top Gear

It isn't

If it was the same show then it wouldn't be on BBC2 at all any more, plus it had two completely different production companies. And the Top Gear wasn't relaunched until after the first series of Fifth Gear so it could've returned in its original form on BBC2.

Five stole it rather than it moving

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Originally Posted by Tom

It isn't

If it was the same show then it wouldn't be on BBC2 at all any more, plus it had two completely different production companies. And the Top Gear wasn't relaunched until after the first series of Fifth Gear so it could've returned in its original form on BBC2.

Five stole it rather than it moving

Okay, technically its the same show :P

Whereas Top Gear is something of a comedy-entertainment cross breed, I mean, the specials shows the show isnt really about the cars

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Originally Posted by Chewy

Okay, technically its the same show :P

Whereas Top Gear is something of a comedy-entertainment cross breed, I mean, the specials shows the show isnt really about the cars

I think after the relaunch it turned into the Richard, Jeremy and James show with cars chucked in much in the way I said a few posts back how X Factor has turned into a show about the judges with some singing chucked in.