It's Flop Gear, with Mr Shouty and Mr Wooden: New series launches to a barrage of criticism – and the lowest ratings in a decade

The new series of Top Gear has been branded 'Flop Gear' today after fans panned the revamped show, which has also lost around a million loyal viewers since Jeremy Clarkson was fired.
Presenter Chris Evans was nicknamed 'Mr Shouty' and a 'poor man's Clarkson' as viewers criticised his 'no banter' presenting style while former Friends star Matt LeBlanc was called 'Mr Wooden' as his debut was also hammered.
The BBC show was watched by an average of 4.3million people last night - compared to the 5.3million who watched the final episode starring Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May last June.
Chris Evans had said last week that the new show would not be considered a success if it is not watched by more than 5million viewers
- and last night's figures are said to be the worst for a new series launch for more than a decade.

The new host had a dig at Jeremy Clarkson in the first two minutes of the new Top Gear last night - joking about his rival's sacking for punching producer Oisin Tymon and calling him a 'lazy Irish c***' because he couldn't order a steak dinner after a long day of filming in March last year.
Last night Evans started the show by introducing staff from his local Indian restaurant and asked the audience what they thought they were doing there - one person suggested they were there to prepare the food, and Evans said: 'By the way, we don't talk about catering on this show any more.'
The presenter also danced around the studio as he celebrated getting 'custody' of The Stig in a series of small digs throughout the first show.
Clarkson, May and Hammond, who have since moved to Amazon Prime to make a new show, The Grand Tour, stayed silent on Twitter as the new Top Gear went out last night, but Clarkson's daughter Emily tweeted: 'Nope. Not even a little bit convinced'.
Since outspoken Radio DJ Evans took over from Clarkson, the BBC show has suffered a series of setbacks - with tales of producers quitting, cast and crew rowing and celebrity guests pulling out all putting the series in jeopardy.
During the first episode, Evans, 50, visited a US Naval Base - better known as the home of Top Gun - where he raced a Dodge Viper ACR against a Corvette Z06 driven by German driver Sabine Schmitz.
LeBlanc, who is the first non-British host in the programme's 39-year history, went for a spin through the Moroccan desert in an Ariel Nomad.

The pair also braved the cold British weather as they raced from London to Blackpool in roofless Reliant Rialtos, and welcomed celebrity guests Gordon Ramsay and Jesse Eisenberg who took part in the new Star In A Rallycross Car part of the show.
But it appears many viewers were not impressed - saying Chris Evans was trying too hard to be like Clarkson and was too 'shouty', others said Matt LeBlanc appeared 'wooden'.
Chris Evans had said his version of the show would be 'less blokey' - and one supporter said: 'It's like the old Top Gear, but less awful and without the unsubtle xenophobia'.
One tweeter, named Ali, wrote: 'The new #TopGear is so cringe. Why does Chris Evans put on a weird cinematic voice.'
While a poster named James wrote: 'Five minutes in and it's clear that Chris Evans is just trying to be @JeremyClarkson. A poor man's Clarkson at best. #TopGear.'
Kellie Yardley wrote: 'New #TopGear is pretty much old Top Gear- same scripts, different faces- would have thought they'd have wanted to change it up a bit...'
Tweeter Ben Pearson said the new version was 'exactly the same without the banter or charisma'.
Danny Cohen, the BBC's former director of television and the man who sacked Clarkson, was trolled by disgruntled viewers during the broadcast.
One said: '@JeremyClarkson it is safe to say that @DannyCohen has now made top gear into flop gear! What an absolute pile of s**t!!'

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