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TG series 1 is pretty brutal. At least the first few episodes. The movies they do aren't very good, the production quality is bad etc. At least compared to what they have now. Series 2 when James comes it, things start getting better.

Series 14 starts on sunday! I am fricking excited.
Also, don't watch the BBC Canada version. You can find the proper BBC 2 versions on the interwebs, and the quality is much much better. Plus there are no commercials, so you get the full hour long episode. Not so for the BBC Canada version. So you actually miss part of the show.

Clarkson also just released a video called "Duel". Which is pretty good. It's classic Clarkson. I would recommend watching it.

Also.. TG America never got off the ground, mainly due to the UK teams misgivings of the ability of the show to stay true to the TG formula. That formula being provide unbiased opinions of cars. They can do that in the UK and on BBC because it is fully publicly funded. The american version would require sponsors, advertisements, etc, and the hosts wouldn't be able to give a full unbiased opinions of the vehicles.