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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 31 · 5 episodes

E1 Episode 1

Nov 14, 2021 60 min

Freddie Flintoff, Chris Harris and Paddy McGuinness head to the British Grand Prix for a showdown with a trio of F1’s finest drivers. Elsewhere, Paddy pays tribute to the legendary Eddie Kidd OBE.
E2 Episode 2

Nov 21, 2021 60 min

Freddie, Chris and Paddy set out to revolutionise the world of caravanning, with the help of some new electric cars and some very small caravans. Out on track, Chris reviews the extravagant new Lamborghini Huracan STO.
E3 Episode 3

Nov 28, 2021 60 min

The team set out on an expedition across Iceland, with the help of some temperamental old British cars. Back in the UK, Freddie gets his hands on America’s latest sports car, the new Chevrolet Corvette.
E4 Episode 4

Dec 5, 2021 60 min

Paddy reviews the very rare, very expensive Aston Martin Victor, while Freddie sets out to become a proper, qualified racing driver. Chris investigates the stranger-than-fiction story of the time-travelling DMC DeLorean.
E5 Episode 5

Dec 12, 2021 59 min

Freddie, Chris and Paddy set out to find interesting old cars for new drivers, then put them to the test on a road trip through Devon and Cornwall. Chris drives the original supercar, Lamborghini’s legendary Miura.