ITV in the Face: Granada (3 of 3)

[WAYNE1977100]

I remember hearing a story about Granada Television taking the Ford Motor Company to court over the use of the Granada name, We all know that Granada Television lost as we had The Ford Granada from 1972-1995. A great car.

[Feisty1967]

Yeah, and I'll tell you something else TashkentFox, Richard Hammond is also my daughter's hero, cos he presents no less than 2 programmes on CBBC, i.e Blast Lab and Total Wipeout and James May is also a very talented classically trained pianist. So they are not idiotic neanderthals, you have no idea what you are talking about.

[TashkentFox]

@Feisty1967 CBBC isn't exactly the peak of intellectual thought. Just because someone went to university doesn't mean they can't be an idiotic neanderthal.

[Feisty1967]

I like Cavemen! Leave Cavemen alone! I much prefer them to insipid Michael Buble, Jamie Cullum, Take That and other such effeminate ponces. What on earth is wrong with a real man's man?

[pistak09]

Men and Motors closed earlier this year (2010) in April, but it was deffinatly the last suvivor of the Granada / Carlton experiment.

[Feisty1967]

Er.. they weren't cavemen they are REAL MEN which unfortunately I fancy,

[PeterannaProductions]

@TashkentFox I don't think that Top Gear was ever broadcast on Men & Motors. Men & Motors was was created by Granada Television (i.e. ITV) and British Sky Broadcasting (i.e. BSkyB).

[PeterannaProductions]

Men & Motors closed on April 1, 2010...:(

[TashkentFox]

@PeterannaProductions Don't worry, the people who were watching it can still tune into Top Gear, which in recent years has become ever more moronic and stupid.

[PeterannaProductions]

@TashkentFox I don't think Top Gear was ever broadcast on Men & Motors. Top Gear is a BBC programme and Men & Motors was from Granada Television (i.e. ITV) and British Sky Broadcasting (i.e. BSkyB).

[PeterannaProductions]

@TashkentFox I don't think that Top Gear was ever broadcast on Men & Motors. Men & Motors was was created by Granada Television (i.e. ITV) and British Sky Broadcasting (i.e. BSkyB).

[Feisty1967]

@TashkentFox I fancy those guys! how is it moronic and stupid? It's real men doing things that real men should do, not poncing around on a dancefloor doing the Foxtrot in tight Lycra. whats wrong with you? Are you gay?!!

[Applemask]

@Feisty1967 A lot of people preferred the old magazine format which unfortunately died with Fifth Gear.

[TashkentFox]

@Feisty1967 I'm not gay, it's just that Top Gear has changed from being a fairly serious car programme (with the odd joke here and there) to the very embodiment of everything that's wrong with Britain today.

[Feisty1967]

@TashkentFox No it hasn't! They are 3 nice, well spoken, well educated guys having fun with cars, which is a proper pursuit for men. Even my 84 year old mother enjoys watching the show and she never misses an episode. What is wrong with you people? You need to lighten up and get a sense of humour. If you watch Top Gear, most of it is funny and tongue-in-cheek. you are taking it far too seriously.

[TashkentFox]

@Feisty1967 Can't you understand that different people have different tastes? Some people like watching three grown men acting like 8 year olds and some of us don't.

[deselmes]

I ROFLed at the bit where you call the Monopolies and Mergers Commission a bunch of pussies!

[docmagnus88]

Well done! Thank you for this potted history of Grenada. I'd always wondered.

[Applemask]

Thank YOU for creating the Metal Men.

[docmagnus88]

Cheers, Tina says hi!