Great News

[Ric.ror]

Jeremy Clarkson is refusing to relocate to Media City if the BBC decide to move Top Gear there
He does not want to come up north
And guess what ...............

[andy-hughes]

He won't have to.

[phototest]

They are going to give him notice?

[JonnyBoy12]

Pardon my ignorance, but where exactly is Media City?

[barney15c]

Manchester..Salford to be precise

[Ric.ror]

I was thinking we dont effing want him here

[brionon]

And guess what---they don't want the clown up north ?

[andy-hughes]

The entire premise of the BBC's relocation is an utter nonsense.

It correctly realises (finally!) that the majority of its audience, and licence payers, are located north of Watford, so it needs to address the London-centric attitude which pervades almost all its output.

With a typical sledgehammmer/nut interface approach, the manderins decide to move entire swathes of production and personel up to Manchester - which is a pointless gesture and will do more harm than good.

As evidenced a lot of staff are refusing to uproot and move, and they will either force the corporation's hand, or leave, neither of which are a desireable outcome.

As for guests appearing for PR - do they really think people will schlep up the motorway to Media City? Have they forgotton that failure to attract big names up to Liverpool was the sole reason why the Richard & Judy show moved souht from Liverpool, and Birmingham's Pebble Mill studios failed to attact anyone of any serious note?

The BBC is run by fools who are not only out of touch with their viewers and listeners, but also their own staff, and they will live to regret this monumentally ill-thought-out sop to all of them.

[Ric.ror]

http://www.dailymail....-Jeremy-Clarkson.html

Heres a link to prove it so he cannot change his mind

[Mosaic]

Media City....handy for Ordsall and in't middle o' nowhere. What's not to like? Southern softies......

[OrdsallSi]

He would not last five minutes in the Bricklayers Arms keep him down south

[Ric.ror]

I think you will find Andy that they will go
Where else are they going to get that kind of exposure

[Gromit]

Stupid non story.

Top Gear is not made in London. There are no plans to move it to MediaCity.

Why would anyone refuse to work at a complex with its own Pie Factory?

http://www.mediacityb..._of_media_city_uk.jpg

[andy-hughes]

Roc.ror - we shall see. But remember, all the print media and all the other TV companies are London-based - they may decide that they can live without the BBC.

[ChuckFickens]

Well I have to say that (according to that mail article) the BBC got a flaming good deal on their new headquarters! that's a lot of building for £877

[flip_flop]

Exactly what Andy said at 12.46.

Like him or loathe him (personally I think he's great) the fact of the matter is Top Gear is Jeremy Clarkson, and as Top Gear is sold around the world and generates massive income for the BBC, if the star said he will not do the programme from Manchester then Top Gear will not move to Manchester - it really is as simple as that.

Plus, as Gromit said, TG isn't made in London - OK the offices are in London, but the studio and track are in Guildford.

Non-story. It won't happen.

[venator]

Jeremy lives on the Isle of Man - hardly any tax and not in the EU!

So what's his problem - he could fly to Manchester just as well as London, in fact much quicker.

He'd probably prefer to walk on the water, thiough!

[Ankou]

is chipping norton on the isle of man ?

[R1Geezer]

He has a Holiday Home on the IOM, mostly he lives in Chipping Norton.

[deggers316]

well hes from tickhill just outside doncaster
to be fair manchester although i like the place,(brum is better) no city can offer what london can give
i wouldn't come back up north if i lived there except for the fabulous Yorkshire moors / dales to visit