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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 33 · 5 episodes

E1 Episode 1

Oct 30, 2022 58 min

Freddie Flintoff, Chris Harris and Paddy McGuinness head to Thailand on a road trip in old pick-ups. Back in Britain, Chris tests out the astonishing Rimac Nevera, an electric two-seater that might just be the fastest car on the planet.
E2 Episode 2

Nov 6, 2022 59 min

Chris, Freddie and Paddy hit the German autobahn in a trio of shiny new supercars from Ferrari, Pagani and Porsche. At the other end of the speed scale, they try out the latest electric micro-cars with a treasure hunt around Paris.
E3 Episode 3

Nov 13, 2022 57 min

Freddie Flintoff samples the brutal, full-contact motorsport of F1 stock cars, while Chris gets to grips with Mercedes’ ‘F1 car for the road’, the fearsomely complicated AMG One. Paddy, meanwhile, takes a ride in the luxurious new Range Rover.
E4 Episode 4

Nov 20, 2022 59 min

Chris and Freddie check out a new hot hatch from Honda and an old hot hatch from Peugeot. Paddy, meanwhile, takes on his toughest challenge to date: getting a team of young amateur racers up to professional motorsport standard in just two months.
E5 Episode 5

Dec 18, 2022 57 min

Chris, Freddie and Paddy deploy science to find the best family car you can buy today, and they set out to buy delivery vans on a budget. Paddy heads to Italy to test out Ferrari’s beautiful new Daytona SP3 - and do a spot of minicabbing.