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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 13 · 7 episodes

E1 Episode 1

Jun 21, 2009 66 min

In an epic London-to-Edinburgh race, Jeremy Clarkson takes the Tornado steam train, Richard Hammond is on a Vincent Black Shadow motorbike and James May drives an old Jaguar XK120.
E2 Episode 2

Jun 28, 2009 62 min

The team try to find the perfect car for 17-year-olds, negotiating insurance companies, accident repairs and a music festival car park.
E3 Episode 3

Jul 5, 2009 60 min

Clarkson, Hammond and May confront the credit crunch as they search for three sensibly priced small cars that will not make their owners miserable.
E4 Episode 4

Jul 12, 2009 60 min

Jeremy Clarkson gets chased by the British Army in some of their latest and most deadly toys. Sprinter Usain Bolt is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car.
E5 Episode 5

Jul 19, 2009 62 min

Jeremy, Richard and James seek petrolhead heaven in three rear-wheel-drive coupes and find themselves entered in a terrifying French ice race.
E6 Episode 6

Jul 26, 2009 62 min

Jeremy, Richard and James immerse themselves in the world of classic cars to find out if they really are more fun than modern machines.
E7 Episode 7

Aug 2, 2009 59 min

Jeremy Clarkson and James May are set the task of creating a memorable TV advert for Volkswagen, but the boys quickly fall out on set.