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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 9 · 6 episodes

E1 Episode 1

Jan 28, 2007 60 min

They make petrol, judge the Jaguar XKR, and talk to Jamie Oliver. Richard shows the disturbing footage of his jet car accident.
E2 Episode 2

Feb 4, 2007 54 min

Jeremy makes a public information film, James drives quickly and all three get thrown off a golf course in a riot of bad driving and appalling trousers. Hugh Grant is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car.
E3 USA Special

Feb 11, 2007 59 min

Motoring magazine with Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond, who think that a fly-drive holiday to Florida would be more fun if you bought a car instead of renting one.
E4 Episode 4

Feb 18, 2007 59 min

Jeremy tries out a Porsche 911 Turbo, and Richard and James try to build a space shuttle out of a Reliant Robin.
E5 Episode 5

Feb 25, 2007 60 min

They go rural as they harness a group of high-tech tractors and attempt to grow their own petrol.
E6 Episode 6

Mar 4, 2007 61 min

This week they build their own stretch limos out of the most improbable cars.