{"id":61683,"date":"2009-12-03T16:39:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-03T21:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/03\/i-fifth-gear-i-hope-yet-for-britains-other-car-show\/"},"modified":"2009-12-03T16:39:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-03T21:39:00","slug":"fifth-gear-hope-yet-for-britains-other-car-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/61683","title":{"rendered":"<i>Fifth Gear<\/i>: Hope yet for Britain&#8217;s other car show?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/hirings-firings\/\" rel=\"tag\">Hirings\/Firings\/Layoffs<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/uk\/\" rel=\"tag\">UK<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/celebrities\/\" rel=\"tag\">Celebrities<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/rumormill\/\" rel=\"tag\">Rumormill<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/tiff_tv\/status\/6108215923\"><img decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" border=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/10\/fifth-gear-uk-staff.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\nOur heart goes out to the crew at <em>Fifth Gear<\/em>. It really does. Because it&#8217;s got to be tough living in the shadow of the BBC show that spawned it. We&#8217;re talking about <em>Top Gear<\/em>, of course, and by any other yardstick, <em>Fifth Gear<\/em> is a fantastic car show. But its popularity has never approached what Clarkson and company enjoy, which has reportedly led to UK&#8217;s Channel 5 decision to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/10\/19\/trouble-in-u-k-televisionland-has-fifth-gear-been-cance\/\">cancel the show<\/a>. Which is really a shame.<\/p>\n<p>All hope may not be lost, however, as reports indicate that Channel 5&#8217;s decision isn&#8217;t final just yet. But if it is, the show&#8217;s lead host Tiff Needell has hinted that it could very well get picked up by another network altogether. Alternatively, Needell could get a show of his own. If he does, we hope he takes some of his co-hosts with him. Because short of Jezza, Hampster, Captain Slow and the Stig, <em>Fifth Gear<\/em>&#8216;s ensemble is one of the best &#8211; on the airwaves or off. <em>Thanks for the tip, Paul T!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/tiff_tv\/status\/6108215923\">Tiff Needell on Twitter<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.icars.sg\/2009\/10801\/fifth-gear-may-be-rescued-by-other-stations\/\">iCars Singapore<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/03\/i-fifth-gear-i-hope-yet-for-britains-other-car-show\/\"><i>Fifth Gear<\/i>: Hope yet for Britain&#8217;s other car show?<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\">Autoblog<\/a> on Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:39:00 EST.  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Because it&#8217;s got to be tough living in the shadow of the BBC show that spawned it. We&#8217;re talking about Top Gear, of course, and by any other yardstick, Fifth Gear is a fantastic car show. 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