http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2syY12OPkwI
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Originally Posted by tbomachines
Best television show I have ever seen. It sucks we don't get it here in the states, at least not with basic cable  . And they want to curb illegal downloading... |
Actually as far as I've read the producers of Top Gear don't seem to care about that last part...if anything they like it because it increases the number of viewers. The shows executives are known to read threads on Finalgear.com (Who provide downloads)
The BBC isn't funded through normal advertisements like here and if you watch a full unedited episode of Top Gear you'll find that they don't have pauses for commercial breaks. In Portugal its the same way, most shows are played from beginning to finish with commercials being played between two shows. As opposed to the commericials that are played every ten minutes here.