Top Gear (1977)

Genre

automotive television show

Country

United Kingdom

Length

45 seasons, 530 episodes

Rated

TV-PG

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 120 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a British TV show about cars and driving. It offers reviews of new vehicles and advice on road safety. A variety of presenters host the program across its run.

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What happens

Top Gear is a British motoring magazine programme created by the BBC that aired on BBC Two between 22 April 1977 and 17 December 2001. The programme focused on a range of motoring topics, the most common being car reviews, road safety and consumer advice. Originally presented by Angela Rippon and Tom Coyne, the show saw a range of different presenters and reporters front the programme's half-hourly slots, including Noel Edmonds, Jeremy Clarkson, Tiff Needell, William Woollard and Quentin Willson. The programme proved popular during the late 1980s and early 1990s, and launched a number of spin-offs, including its own magazine entitled Top Gear Magazine. By 1999, viewing figures in Top Gear had declined following the departure of notable presenters, leading to the BBC cancelling the programme in 2001. While a number of presenters and production staff moved over to Channel 5 to produce Fifth Gear, Clarkson and fellow presenter Andy Wilman convinced the BBC to revive the programme under a revamped format, relaunching it in October 2002. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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