[4flyboy]

Discovery Channel has taken over production of Wheeler Dealers from Atta Boy productions (original British producers) after 14 seasons. The show is at the height of its worldwide popularity and is purportedly the biggest show of its type....ever.

According to a You-Tube announcement from Edd China the split is amicable. Discovery finds the detail and difficulty of Ed's fix-it shop scenes too time consuming and onerous and wished to eliminate them from the show.

Edd felt that this was the backbone of the show and thinks their elimination would compromise the integrity of the show.....I agree.

Mike Brewer will continue with an Edd look-alike named Ant. Can't make that up. Edd says that Mike has been getting hate mail/phone calls at his home including death threats. He pleads with people to stop this idiocy.

Edd wishes them luck and stresses that his horizons have been opened and we may get two great shows because he plans a YouTube show to which I have already subscribed.

Hate to see a great show break down, especially at its peak, maybe Mike and Ant will be great and Edd creates a wonderful show of his own