Yeah, they started airing series 6 & 7 episodes as "lost" episodes
this past summer, but the advertising was really patronizing to anyone
who's a true fan of the series ("Downloaded by RUTHLESS internet
pirates!"). I don't think they've gone any further back than that,
tho, since there are fewer wacky races and challenges as you go
further back.
On Nov 22, 2:53 pm, David Bruggeman <[email protected]> wrote:
> Since the Reliant Robin features in subsequent episodes, that seems
> particularly
> stupid (then again, so does the Robin). Unless they manage to edit out all
> references to the Robin in the series when shoehorning them into hour
> timeslots. Here's a link to explain the fascination:
>
> http://www.autoblog.com/2010/08/12/top-gear-clarkson-blamed-for-relia...
>
> FWIW, BBCA does occasionally air episodes from before whenever they started
> showing the show regularly. But it doesn't seem to be in any systematic
> fashion, and it doesn't seem to be entire series at a go.
>
> David
>
> ________________________________
> From: M-D November <[email protected]>
>
> Subject: Re: Top Gear Mothership episode availability (was Re: [TV orNotTV]
> Top
> Gear US)
>
> It's also worth noting that BBCA edits the show without mercy, so if
> you're looking to catch new episodes, try to catch their first airing,
> which (as of the most recent series) BBCA allocates more time to leave
> in the News and some shorter films. (If you catch a rerun of the
> first episode of the most recent series, for instance, you WON'T get
> to see the hysterical Reliant Robin film.)
>
> Of course, you can always grab the episodes through, shall we say,
> extralegal means. =)
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