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Petrolheads (2006)

Petrolheads poster
Genre
panel game
Country
United Kingdom
Length
1 season, 6 episodes
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two teams of car enthusiasts, led by Richard Hammond and Chris Barrie, answer motoring trivia and do vehicle-based stunts. Neil Morrissey hosts the game show.

comediclightheartedfast-pacedcompetitiveplayfulquirkyenergetic

What happens

Petrolheads is a BBC television panel game presented by Neil Morrissey, with team captains Richard Hammond and Chris Barrie. The show pitted motoring wits against each other and included car stunts shot on location. There were two guests each episode. The show was produced by Brian Klein (Top Gear), directed by John L Spencer and executive producers were Marie-Claire Walton and Steve Ayres. The theme music was by British composer Leigh Haggerwood. It was created and scripted by author Norman Giller, with input from Top Gear writer Richard Porter and comedy scriptwriter Ged Parsons. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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