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Top Gear

2002–2022 · Ended · 33 seasons

Documentary Comedy Talk Show Travel

First aired: Oct 20, 2002
Last aired: Dec 18, 2022
IMDb rating: 8.7 / 10 136,050 votes

Overview

Tests whether cars, both mundane and extraordinary, live up to their manufacturers' claims. Travels to locations around the world, performing extreme stunts and challenges to see what the featured cars are capable of doing. Celebrity guests appear on some episodes to help test the vehicles. Things don't always go as planned, though, with broken bones and mechanical mishaps sometimes part of the experiments.

Nominated for 7 BAFTA 12 wins & 22 nominations total

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Episodes

Season 11 · 6 episodes

E1 Episode 1

Jun 22, 2008 61 min

Jeremy, Richard and James buy a bargain-priced police cruiser, while a new member of the Top Gear team shows remarkable daring.
E2 Episode 2

Jun 29, 2008 61 min

Jeremy falls in love with the Mercedes CLK Black, Richard meets the Audi RS6 and some skiers, and the show's bravery expert is set an MG Maestro challenge.
E3 Episode 3

Jul 6, 2008 61 min

Jeremy Clarkson conducts the least appropriate power test ever, and Gavin and Stacey actors James Corden and Rob Brydon are the Stars in the Reasonably Priced Car.
E4 Episode 4

Jul 13, 2008 62 min

Jeremy tries to drive the new Nissan GT-R across Japan faster than Richard and James can go by bullet train. Fiona Bruce and Kate Silverton are Stars in the Reasonably Priced Car.
E5 Episode 5

Jul 20, 2008 61 min

Jeremy Clarkson and James May show off the luxury cars bought for the price of a new Ford. Meanwhile, the Nissan GT-R is given a thorough workout at Japan's legendary Fuji circuit.
E6 Episode 6

Jul 27, 2008 61 min

In the last show of the current series, Jeremy, Richard and James take on their rivals from the German equivalent of Top Gear, James drives some Japanese sportsmen in a very strange Japanese car, and Richard attacks the track in a remarkable new supercar from Gumpert.