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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 8 · 8 episodes

E1 Episode 1

May 7, 2006 59 min

Jeremy drives a powerful Swedish supercar, Richard races a jet-powered canoe and the boys create the world's first convertible people carrier by sawing the top off a Renault Espace.
E2 Episode 2

May 14, 2006 60 min

The Yorkshire Dales are the backdrop for a contest between the Jaguar XK, the BMW650i and the Mercedes SL350.
E3 Episode 3

May 21, 2006 60 min

The team attempt to build a truly amphibious car that works as well on water as it is does on land.
E4 Episode 4

May 28, 2006 59 min

Richard pits the Porsche Cayenne Turbo S against the British Army's freefall parachute display team.
E5 Episode 5

Jun 4, 2006 60 min

Jeremy finds out whether the suspension on the new Citroen C6 is all it's cracked up to be.
E6 Episode 6

Jul 16, 2006 60 min

After lambasting caravans over the years, the team embarks on a caravanning holiday in Dorset.
E7 Episode 7

Jul 23, 2006 60 min

Jeremy and the Stig race two Caterham 7s around a circuit, but Jeremy needs to build his car first.
E8 Episode 8

Jul 30, 2006 59 min

The lads end the series in style - behind the wheels of their very own white vans.