China is widely considered to be the world�s largest car market, so it only makes sense that it would be the next nation to get a home grown version of Top Gear. After all, aside from Top Gear UK there�s also Top Gear Australia, Top Gear U.S.A. and Top Gear Russia.
The big fear at the moment is that Top Gear�s trademark brand of risqu� humour and hilarious stunts won�t make it past the nominally strict Chinese censors, resulting in a show that�s less funny and lacking it�s UK cousin�s critical edge.
Cao Yunjin, a local comedian and one of Top Gear China�s (Zui Gao Dang�s) three hosts agrees:
�The boys go crazy in the show, like pushing a Maserati over the top of a three-storey building and smashing it. It may be too much violence for a fun programme in China.�
He does, however, promise that the show will stay true to its UK roots:
�Top Gear has been successful because the way the UK hosts present it is entertaining. We will do localised fun stuff.�
The pilot episode will feature a competition between a donkey and a Cadillac to see which is better suited to millstone work (that is, turning a wheel to grind wheat or grain). Zui Gao Dang will air later this year on China�s state-owned China Central Television.
By Tristan Hankins
Source: Telegraph
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