So Eddie Jordan is the show’s latest host. What was that approximately a novel-inspect programme?When I first heard the news,I thought that Matt LeBlanc was an interesting (and bankable and likable) addition to Top Gear alongside Chris Evans. But then came the rumoured addition of racing supremo Eddie Jordan to total the main presenting team. So after all the speculation, the names (some female) bandied around, or this is how it ends – with an all-male list and one token woman (Sabine Schmitz) as a sometime presenter.
Don’t women drive and didn’t Top Gear famously have a high number of female viewers? What happened to a possible daring,newly emancipated dawn? When the gear sticks were crunched, was it considered just too much of a brand risk?Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com