From the radio times site "Robert Llewellyn and Lisa Rogers introduce the series in which two teams must create a piece of machinery using junk from a scrapyard. A team of Sheffield teddy boys take on the Bucks bus mechanics in a quest to build an amphibious motorcycle." Could be interesting. -- Alex SRX 400 "I laugh in the face of danger" "Then I hide until it goes away" www.drzoidberg.co.uk
Gotta love the Kawasinki's slalom run; possibly the only bike/rider combination not worthy of an FTB#.
Maybe it's just me, but a few things about the way in which the programme format has developed have started to grate. Like, WTF have they started showing a clip of the completed machines at the very start of the programme? It kinda spoils the surprise at the end. Also, the narrative has an irritating habit of only raising concern about potential design faults that ultimately end up causing a problem. So from the moment the VO says "But will the red team's Range Rover based motorised chocolate grater really cope with the plunge through the steaming acid bath?", you know they're utterly fucked and there will be time for a smug "I told you so" moment when the whole thing comes unstuck at the end. Don't get me wrong, Lisa Rogers is cute as a button but bring back Cathy Rogers and her mad wardrobe.
They did this to Robot Wars as well , showing the highlights from the battles during the intro and rendering the rest of the program even more pointless than normal. Ah , I've not caught enough of them lately to notice that. -- Alex SRX 400 "I laugh in the face of danger" "Then I hide until it goes away" www.drzoidberg.co.uk
Not really... My mate Owen, bespectacled guy with multiple ear-piercings working with Jason and some mates, all from a High-Wycombe based bus company, was really jaded by the end of the days filming. They weren't allowed to use their own design, the whole deal is a set-up. You must use the programmes design no matter how pants you think it is, Jason apparantly spent an hour or so arguing this out with the producer... Various useful bits, like working motors/engines etc., are left in easy to find locations, follow the camera-crew...A loose script is suggested, no, really it would be better if you said this, "... A shame really, I used to enjoy it, now the magic has gone... Jason, Owen and Co. thought their design was a looser from the off... They were not allowed to submit their own design, which they thought would have won... TV... its all Hollywood y'know..... -- O ----- 1 Black, 1 Red. | o | Numbers ... | o | Egocentric statement | ooo | -----
