Top Gear
"The world’s biggest motoring show."
A BBC One Original
Top Gear turns car reviews into prime-time entertainment, pairing technical tests with outlandish challenges and stunts to show what different vehicles can actually do. Episodes mix studio chat, filmed road and track segments, and big-location challenges as the presenters push cheap hatchbacks... Read more
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About Top Gear
Top Gear turns car reviews into prime-time entertainment, pairing technical tests with outlandish challenges and stunts to show what different vehicles can actually do. Episodes mix studio chat, filmed road and track segments, and big-location challenges as the presenters push cheap hatchbacks and high-end supercars through timed laps, races and destructive experiments. The show moves all over the world to set up races, endurance tests and spectacle, and keeps things light with banter and pratfalls. The current presenting trio, Paddy McGuinness, Chris Harris and Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff, balance driving expertise and comic timing while the format still emphasizes showmanship as much as information.
The modern Top Gear format launched in 2002, created by Jeremy Clarkson and Andy Wilman, reinventing an earlier BBC motoring programme into a globally visible entertainment series.
Over its run the series has received multiple television awards and nominations for its production values and presenting, even as some segments and presenter conduct sparked controversy and criticism from parts of the press and audience.
Top Gear became a global brand, inspiring international versions, live arena tours and a steady stream of viral clips. Its large-scale stunts and celebrity driving feature left a clear mark on car culture and television, influencing how motoring shows mix spectacle with review, and giving rise to imitation and homage across media.
Critics and audiences tend to praise Top Gear for entertainment value while noting its priorities are often theatrical rather than purely technical; the show averages about 7.5/10 from user ratings (7.545/10 from 830 votes). Themes include automotive performance, teamwork among presenters, and the contrast between flashy machines and everyday cars, with recurring debate over taste, safety and the balance between humor and seriousness.
Details
- Release Date
- October 20, 2002
- Episode Length
- 1h
- Rating
- TV-PG
- User Ratings
- 833 votes
- Type
- TV Series
- Seasons
- 33
- Episodes
- 218
- Network
- BBC One, BBC Two
- Status
- Returning Series
- Genres
- Reality, Talk
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Studio
- BBC +1 more
- External Links
- View on IMDB
Official Trailer
Cast
Chris Harris
Self - Host
Paddy McGuinness
Self - Host
Andrew Flintoff
Self - Host
Created by: Jeremy Clarkson, Andy Wilman
Seasons (33 seasons, 218 episodes)
Series 1
10 episodes - 2002
Series 2
10 episodes - 2003
Series 3
9 episodes - 2003
Series 4
10 episodes - 2004
Series 5
9 episodes - 2004
Series 6
11 episodes - 2005
Series 7
7 episodes - 2005
Series 8
8 episodes - 2006
Series 9
6 episodes - 2007
Series 10
10 episodes - 2007
Series 11
6 episodes - 2008
Series 12
8 episodes - 2008
Series 13
7 episodes - 2009
Series 14
7 episodes - 2009
Series 15
6 episodes - 2010
Series 16
6 episodes - 2011
Series 17
6 episodes - 2011
Series 18
7 episodes - 2012
Series 19
7 episodes - 2013
Series 20
6 episodes - 2013
Series 21
7 episodes - 2014
Series 22
8 episodes - 2015
Series 23
6 episodes - 2016
Series 24
7 episodes - 2017
Series 25
6 episodes - 2018
Series 26
5 episodes - 2019
Series 27
5 episodes - 2019
Series 28
6 episodes - 2020
Series 29
5 episodes - 2020
Series 30
4 episodes - 2021
Series 31
5 episodes - 2021
Series 32
5 episodes - 2022
Series 33
5 episodes - 2022
