{"id":96755,"date":"2019-06-10T01:01:41","date_gmt":"2019-06-09T23:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2019\/06\/10\/theres-hugs-and-nice-bits-new-top-gear-aims-for-emotional-depth\/"},"modified":"2019-06-10T01:01:41","modified_gmt":"2019-06-09T23:01:41","slug":"theres-hugs-and-nice-bits-new-top-gear-aims-for-emotional-depth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=96755","title":{"rendered":"&#039;There\u2019s hugs and nice bits&#039;: new Top Gear aims for emotional depth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Latest lineup say they are \u2018bringing a different vibe\u2019 as they try to halt ratings slumpRacial slurs, culturally insensitive jokes and a punch-up overshadowed the final years of Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May\u2019s reign on Top Gear. But the new lineup of Freddie Flintoff, Chris Harris and Paddy McGuinness aims to modernise the BBC\u2019s multimillion-pound brand, countering the toxic masculinity that often beset it in the past by giving the show \u201cemotional depth\u201d.In contrast to Clarkson and co\u2019s Amazon show The Grand Tour, which the singer Will Young criticised recently for its \u201cshaming homophobic narratives\u201d, the new series of Top Gear, which begins on 16 June, features Flintoff, Harris and McGuinness embracing other cultures and each other amid the banter and fast cars. Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/2019\/jun\/10\/theres-hugs-and-nice-bits-new-top-gear-aims-for-emotional-depth\" target=\"_blank\">&#039;There\u2019s hugs and nice bits&#039;: new Top Gear aims for emotional depth<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Latest lineup say they are \u2018bringing a different vibe\u2019 as they try to halt ratings slumpRacial slurs, culturally insensitive jokes and a punch-up overshadowed the final years of Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May\u2019s reign on Top Gear. But the new lineup of Freddie Flintoff, Chris Harris and Paddy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=96755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96755\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}