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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 24 · 7 episodes

E1 Episode 1

Mar 5, 2017 63 min

Matt LeBlanc, Chris Harris and Rory Reid race across Kazakhstan in three high-mileage cars: a Mercedes saloon, a Volvo estate and a London taxi. James McAvoy guest stars.
E2 Episode 2

Mar 12, 2017 61 min

Matt LeBlanc and Chris Harris embark on a US road trip in the latest convertible supercars from Lamborghini and Porsche. David Tennant takes a spin in the Reasonably Fast Car.
E3 Episode 3

Mar 19, 2017 61 min

Matt LeBlanc's review of the Aston Martin DB11 is thwarted by Chris Harris and a very evil Mercedes. Tamsin Greig takes to the Top Gear track in the new Reasonably Fast Car.
E4 Episode 4

Mar 26, 2017 61 min

Chris Harris and the Bugatti Chiron race Matt LeBlanc across the Arabian peninsula. Rory Reid constructs a life-size arcade game and Tinie Tempah faces the Top Gear track.
E5 Episode 5

Apr 2, 2017 59 min

Matt LeBlanc is the first to test America's explosive new supercar, the Ford GT. Presenters Chris Harris and Sabine Schmitz go head to head in one of motorsport's toughest events - a buggy race across the wild Californian desert.
E6 Episode 6

Apr 16, 2017 59 min

Matt LeBlanc gets to grips with the fire-breathing Mercedes-AMG GT R supercar. Elsewhere, Chris Harris and Rory Reid journey across Cuba in a pair of second-hand sports cars, while comedian Ross Noble takes to the Top Gear track in the Reasonably Fast Car.
E7 Episode 7

Apr 23, 2017 60 min

Matt LeBlanc drives an eight-wheeled rescue vehicle from Russia, Rory Reid turns the world's ugliest car into a luxury yacht and Chris Harris reviews the new Porsche Cayman. Jamiroquai frontman Jay Kay is the studio guest.