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BBC And Top Gear Smacked With Lawsuit By Tesla Motors

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Tesla Motors is suing the BBC, alleging the hosts of a BBC program, “Top Gear,” committed libel in a show dealing with Tesla vehicles. The show aired an episode a while ago that had a review of the Tesla Roadster, which the company alleges broadcast malicious and false claims about the car to the company’s detriment. The British Broadcasting Corporation is vigorously denying the allegations.

Clarkson does not amuse Tesla Motors

In Dec. 2008, popular English automotive-related show “Top Gear” aired an episode on BBC2 in which the hosts put the Tesla Roadster to the test regarding its range claims. The British Broadcasting Corporation is getting prosecuted by Tesla Motors for the false assertions the program had in it after the episode aired, The Guardian reports. The Roadsters are intended to get over 200 miles on an electric charge although the Tesla Roadster only ran for 55 miles according to “Top Gear” host Clarkson. The “Top Gear” crew was shown in the show pushing the vehicle from the “Top Gear” test track as the Roadster supposedly had motor and brake problems. Tesla isn’t amused.

Tesla Motors refuses to admit truth

The Roadsters never really ran out of charge on the “Top Gear” episode, Tesla claims. Neither of the cars lent for the show ever got down below 25 percent, Tesla claims. USA Today reports that Tesla monitored the 2 automobiles being lent for the episode. Tesla also asserts the brakes didn’t fail on one vehicle as the show claimed, however a fuse controlling a component in the braking system failed, and the brakes would still have been sound. During the episode, host Clarkson did praise the Tesla Roadster as “an electric vehicle you would really want to buy,” and for being able to go from 0 to 60 miles per hour in less than four seconds with “a motor the size of a watermelon, with one moving part.” Tesla really just wants the show to stop airing although it does not want much in monetary damages. Forbes states that Tesla has been angry for a while over the show but did not start legal proceedings until the concern of the claims in the show stopped being addressed by BBC.

Trouble in the past for hosts

“Top Gear” has been in lots of controversy in the past. The hosts of the show are known for the crude comments made while the majority is upset about other aspects of the show. The hosts include James Might, Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond. This show is just like every other automotive TV program. It wants the cars with horsepower that guzzle a lot of gas. There are over 300 million individuals in the world that watch “Top Gear.” About 6 million of them are from Britain, states Bloomberg.

Citations

The Guardian

guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/mar/30/tesla-sue-top-gear

USA Today

content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2011/03/tesla-top-gear-jeremy-clarkson-elon-musk-lawsuit/1

Forbes

blogs.forbes.com/hannahelliott/2011/03/30/tesla-sues-top-gear-for-libel/

Bloomberg

bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-30/carmaker-tesla-sues-bbc-s-top-gear-over-electric-roadster-test.html

Characters From Fawlty Towers

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Most people out there know that Fawlty Towers is an amazing sitcom and if not one of the best, the best to ever be shown in the UK, did you know the series was also based in Torquay?. Although you would certainly not find a hotel like this in Torquay and it is a place that you would enjoy spa breaks ^(http://www.indiefilmhouse.com/goto/http://www.tlh.co.uk/aztec-spa/aztec-spa-breaks.asp) and hotels in Devon ^(http://www.indiefilmhouse.com/goto/http://www.tlh.co.uk/) this is a programme where knowing all of the characters from the sitcom is certainly worth the time and you need to watch it if you have never seen it before.

Basil Fawlty

John Cleese is of course the actor behind this ingenious character and based it on a hotel manager he spotted when staying at a Torquay hotel in 1970. Well Basil is of course the manger of the towers and his goal is to make the hotel a lot higher in the class that it appeals too, the problem is, he has a very big lack of patience and a high temper and can never seem to get on with his guests or his staff members. he seems to think he is the boss and charge of everything which I guess in a way is true but he is pretty scared of his wife and he will back down if she mentions his name.

Sybil Fawlty

The wife of Basil, played by Prunella Scales is energetic and petite. She lets Basil run the hotel whilst mostly talking to her friends over the telephone. She seems to come in and stop Basil right in the middle of one of his schemes and always manages to put him down.

Manuel

My favourite character, played by Andrew Sachs, is a Spanish waiter who means well but is very dis-organised and is always being picked on by Basil Fawlty. with this I am actually talking both physical and mental abuse i.e. a frying pan to the head.

Torquay is actually a great place to go to and if you want to take your Christmas holidays ^(http://www.indiefilmhouse.com/goto/http://www.tlh.co.uk/breaks-activities/christmas-holidays/) then you need to do it!

Characters From Fawlty Towers

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Most people out there know that Fawlty Towers is an amazing sitcom and if not one of the best, the best to ever be shown in the UK, did you know the series was also based in Torquay?. Although you would certainly not find a hotel like this in Torquay and it is a place that you would enjoy spa breaks ^(http://www.indiefilmhouse.com/goto/http://www.tlh.co.uk/aztec-spa/aztec-spa-breaks.asp) and hotels in Devon ^(http://www.indiefilmhouse.com/goto/http://www.tlh.co.uk/) this is a programme where knowing all of the characters from the sitcom is certainly worth the time and you need to watch it if you have never seen it before.

Basil Fawlty

John Cleese is of course the actor behind this ingenious character and based it on a hotel manager he spotted when staying at a Torquay hotel in 1970. Well Basil is of course the manger of the towers and his goal is to make the hotel a lot higher in the class that it appeals too, the problem is, he has a very big lack of patience and a high temper and can never seem to get on with his guests or his staff members. he seems to think he is the boss and charge of everything which I guess in a way is true but he is pretty scared of his wife and he will back down if she mentions his name.

Sybil Fawlty

The wife of Basil, played by Prunella Scales is energetic and petite. She lets Basil run the hotel whilst mostly talking to her friends over the telephone. She seems to come in and stop Basil right in the middle of one of his schemes and always manages to put him down.

Manuel

My favourite character, played by Andrew Sachs, is a Spanish waiter who means well but is very dis-organised and is always being picked on by Basil Fawlty. with this I am actually talking both physical and mental abuse i.e. a frying pan to the head.

Torquay is actually a great place to go to and if you want to take your Christmas holidays ^(http://www.indiefilmhouse.com/goto/http://www.tlh.co.uk/breaks-activities/christmas-holidays/) then you need to do it!

The Eleventh Hour Arrives For Doctor Who

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So ultimately the eleventh Doctor Who has arrived, debuting suitably together with his first full Doctor Who episode, ‘The Eleventh Hour’ over the Easter weekend in the UK. The hour-long first episode of Doctor Who series 5 was written by new series entrant Steven Moffat, and if it’s a good instance of things to follow with this series, then followers of the longest running sf show in history are in for a terrific ride. Matt Smith is immediately likeable as the eleventh Doctor who, who, regardless of his youth, carries with him a substantial amount of that all-essential genius and gravitas that the character at all times needs.

He is instantly all over the part, and commands each scene he’s in. Amy Pond, performed by Karen Gillan, is going to take a little bit more getting familiar with, and I am by now sick of everybody talking about just how attractive she is. With a bit of luck the main focus will move to her acting and the stories as soon as she is not running round in a kinky policewoman’s uniform. This primary story within the eleventh Doctor Who series is a reasonably standard earthbound SF tale, however it’s in how issues are brought to a climax that the beauty of Moffat’s script lies.

The way by which the eleventh Doctor Who ^(http://www.indiefilmhouse.com/goto/http://www.doctorwhogiftstoys.com/blog/) triumphs over the most recent menace, and rescues the planet in just twenty minutes, is brilliant. The episode is beautifully put together, and while the effects are a bit of unwieldly now and again, it is possibly the best ‘New Doctor’ episode we have enjoyed since the series got here again in 2005.

The direction and editing are good, but the music is not ideal in a few parts, most notably the latest rendering of the famous theme tune. I do like the new title arrangement though. The new TARDIS is superb, the eleventh Doctor Who ^(http://www.indiefilmhouse.com/goto/http://ezinearticles.com/?Finally-the-Eleventh-Hour-of-Doctor-Who&id=4083023) shows potential and Amy reveals promise. In all, it is a fantastic start to what will optimistically be a considerable run of this real institution of genre tv.

The greatest TV mystery - Who is the Stig?

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The cover on the Stig's identity has been blown. It is reported that the Stig is a married man with three kids and apparently drives a boring car. This is just the latest rumor in a strong of apparent revelations about the identity of the shadowy character who is only ever seen on screen in a driving helmet. In 2003, the Sunday Mirror claimed that they had uncovered the identity of the stig as former Formula one driver, Perry McCarthy. Perry McCarthy failed to confirm the rumor at the time only saying that he knew who the stig was and nothing. Yet, although he cleared himself of any knowledge of who the stig is, it is reported that he has been apparently replaced by the current mystery driver who everyone is dying to meet.

Even music man, Jamiroquai singer, Jay Kay has been suspect of being the mystery driver. An insider has claimed that jay kay had confirmed that he played the infamous role of the mystery driver on several occasions. Other wild claims state that The Stig’s home is a shrine to himself and his walls are covered in pictures of himself, with famous his famous suit and helmet on display in a glass cabinet. Additionally, an art gallery owner in Bristol printed a picture of the Stig without his helmet on and had to sign a confidential agreement stating that he would never tell anyone who the mystery driver is. However, it is reported that he has already told his friends and family and as everyone knows, word of mouth spreads faster than wild fire. I dont think that the real identity of Top Gear's Stig will ever be revealed as it really would just ruin the TV show.

After an interview with a BBC representitive, it was said that “no one will ever officially confirm his identity”.

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