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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 17 · 6 episodes

E1 Episode 1

Jun 26, 2011 61 min

Jeremy Clarkson celebrates the 50th birthday of the Jaguar E-type by driving a modern half-a-million pound interpretation of this classic sports car.
E2 Episode 2

Jul 3, 2011 63 min

Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are in Italy to take part in a series of tricky challenges as they attempt to find the world's best hot hatchback.
E3 Episode 3

Jul 10, 2011 61 min

Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond find some second-hand bargains for the same price as the Nissan Pixo. Sebastian Vettel is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car.
E4 Episode 4

Jul 17, 2011 59 min

Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May replace the conventional train's carriages and locomotive with a series of caravans attached to a specially modified car.
E5 Episode 5

Jul 24, 2011 60 min

Jeremy, Richard and James are challenged to knock down a row of derelict houses in less time than it takes a team of demolition experts to do the same job.
E6 Episode 6

Jul 31, 2011 60 min

Jeremy Clarkson and James May go on a trip to the British seaside in two new electric cars, whilst Richard Hammond meets the world's most extraordinary rally team.