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Article: Off the road!; Top Gear presenters furious as Pebble Mill show is axed.
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- Birmingham Evening Mail (England)
- Article date:
- August 8, 2001
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Byline: Edward Stephens Motoring Editor
BIRMINGHAM has lost one of its leading television programmes with the decision to take Top Gear off the road after 23 years.
The programme, which is produced at the Pebble Mill Studios, has become BBC 2's top show and the decision to drop it has infuriated presenters.
Racing driver Tiff Needell, who has been a presenter on the show for 14 years, said: 'They have been looking at Top Gear for some time and they dropped the bombshell ...