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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 18 · 7 episodes

E1 Episode 1

Jan 29, 2012 60 min

Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May head to Italy for a supercar shootout featuring the Lamborghini Aventador, the McLaren MP4-12C and the Noble M600.
E2 Episode 2

Feb 5, 2012 60 min

Jeremy Clarkson and James May travel to Beijing for a look at China's ever-expanding car industry and a violent encounter with the Stig's Chinese cousin.
E3 Episode 3

Feb 12, 2012 62 min

Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond are on location with the Sweeney movie as they take charge of shooting the film's climactic car chase.
E4 Episode 4

Feb 19, 2012 63 min

Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May embark on an ambitious project to build mobility scooters that can tackle the wilds of the British countryside.
E5 Episode 5

Feb 26, 2012 60 min

Jeremy Clarkson and James May pay tribute to deceased Swedish car maker Saab. Richard Hammond races a rocket-powered flying man against a rally-spec Skoda.
E6 Episode 6

Mar 4, 2012 61 min

Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May hit Donington in three stripped-out track cars. And Jeremy recreates the Battle of Britain with an aero-engined Bentley.
E7 Episode 7

Mar 11, 2012 59 min

Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May set out to discover if you can go motor racing for less than it costs to play golf. Slash and F1 driver Kimi Raikkonen are guests.