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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 26 · 5 episodes

E1 Episode 1

Feb 17, 2019 59 min

Matt LeBlanc and Chris Harris head to Norway in the latest estate cars from Porsche and Ferrari, while Rory Reid and Sabine Schmitz aim to create Britain’s newest mountain with the help of a tiny Suzuki. James Marsden is the studio guest.
E2 Episode 2

Feb 24, 2019 62 min

Matt LeBlanc and Chris Harris take a road trip across Sri Lanka in a pair of tiny tuk-tuks. Back at the track, Chris tests out the latest super-saloons from BMW and Mercedes, while Professor Green sets a lap in the Reasonably Fast Car.
E3 Episode 3

Mar 3, 2019 59 min

Matt LeBlanc and Chris Harris are both tasked with reviewing the new Bentley Continental GT, while Rory Reid tests the new Renault Megane hot hatch. Out on track, Chris attempts to tame the scariest Porsche 911 of all time. Gregory Porter is the studio guest.
E4 Episode 4

Mar 10, 2019 58 min

Matt LeBlanc, Chris Harris and Rory Reid buy used luxury limousines from Rolls-Royce, Bentley and Mercedes for the price of Britain's cheapest new car, and test them out in a six-hour endurance race at Silverstone. Matt Baker is the studio guest.
E5 Episode 5

Mar 17, 2019 61 min

Matt LeBlanc samples the new Aston Martin V8 Vantage on track, while Rory Reid tests the self-proclaimed ‘best car in the world’, the Rolls-Royce Phantom. Chris Harris explains why a Ford Fiesta is better than a Lamborghini. Stephen Mangan is the studio guest.