Three balding men bickering about cars. A random selection of guests. Ramblings on about car crashes. A recipe for success? Its questionable, but for some reason the British Public have fell in love with the cult show that is Top Gear.

On paper, it shouldn’t work. Every angle and aspect of the show should not work. But it does. Top Gear. It always seems to make prime time viewing television, and old shows are re-ran and re-watched almost every day both on Dave and the BBC. Its the most popular programme on iPlayer and regularly pulls in views of over 6 million people.

Why?

Presenters Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond seem to be using Top Gear to publicise their midlife crisis’ , a platform to share their grievances and have a bloody good time. Who can blame them?

Its probably one of the only programmes left on television that is silly, witty and informative at the same time. It makes men feel like men, and women know a little more about what there husbands are talking about down the pub. Its not just about cars.

There is then the matter of the Stig. The entire British population probably knows about the Stig, and the hunt to find out his real identity…or hers. It shouldn’t interest us. But it does.

So why is Top Gear still pulling in the viewers?

I’d say its because watching the most beautiful of cars been driven around the world by three men who aren’t afraid of what they say is probably the best job in the world. Either than or we are all just very jealous. I know I am. But I know I’ll keep watching…after all we need to find out who the Stig is.