Top Gear (2002)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Jeremy Clarkson
Creator / Self - Host / Presenter
Richard Hammond
Self - Host / Presenter
Andy Wilman
Creator / Producer / Series Composition
James May
Self - Host
Eddie Jordan
Self - Host / Self
Chris Evans
Self - Host / Self
Lloyd Washbrook
Producer
Chris Harris
Self - Host / Presenter
Rory Reid
Self - Host / Presenter
Jason Dawe
Self - Host / Presenter
Paddy McGuinness
Self - Host / Presenter
Andrew Flintoff
Self - Host / Presenter
Perry McCarthy
The Stig
Chris Harris
Self - Presenter
Ben Collins
The Stig / Self
Matt LeBlanc
Self - Host / Self / Presenter
Simon Kimmel
Production Design
Steve Chapman
Art Department Manager
Sabine Schmitz
Self - Host / Self - Presenter / Self
Andy Batten Foster
Creative Director
Neil McLintock
Camera Supervisor
Rob McDonald
Camera Operator
Keith Schofield
Camera Department Production Assistant
Mike Drury
Camera Department Production Assistant
James Ramsay
Camera Operator
Robin Sunderland
Camera Department Production Assistant
Phil Piotrowsky
Camera Operator
Ben Joiner
Camera Operator
John Couzens
Camera Department Manager
Nick Keene
Floor Runner
Derek Lea
Stunt Driver
Mark McQueen
Director
Jon Richards
Director
Ollie Bartlett
Director
Brian Klein
Director
Nigel Simpkiss
Director
Phil Churchward
Series Director / Director
Shea Bradley
Assistant Director
Toby Baker
Director
Nick Dalton
Editor / Producer
Dave Austin
Editor
Tom Fulford
Editor
Gavin Douglas
Editor
Joe Orr
Online Editor
Stuart Gain
Lighting Director
Warwick Fielding
Lighting Director
Chris Kempton
Lighting Director
Clare Pizey
Executive Producer
Alex Renton
Executive Producer
Zac Assemakis
Producer
Luke Hollands
Producer
Aurora Mulligan
Producer
Stephanie Fox
Producer
Gary Hunter
Executive Producer
Jon Grubb
Production Manager
Yonni Usiskin
Researcher
Michelle Julier
Researcher
Mel Hoffman
Production Executive
Oisin Tymon
Producer
Bethanie Roser
Production Manager
Sara Hulme
Production Manager
Jacqui Moore
Production Manager
James Wiseman
Researcher
Rowland French
Researcher
Poppy Ross
Production Manager
Paul Williams
Production Executive
Liz Campbell
Production Secretary
Maggi Gibson
Producer
Richard Evans
Producer
Keith Maves
Sound Supervisor
Dan Gable
Sound Mixer
John Clements
Sound Supervisor
Laurie Rose
Sound
Keith Gunn
Sound Supervisor
Andrew Chorlton
Sound Director
Christian Henson
Music Arranger
Rob Leverett
Sound
Hilary Briegel
Visual Effects Coordinator
Richard Porter
Script Editor
James Menzies
Writer
David Dimbleby
Self
David Soul
Self
Carol Vorderman
Self
Stephen Ladyman
Self
Cliff Richard
Self
Jack Dee
Self
Johnny Vegas
Self
Justin Lee Collins
Self
Ewan McGregor
Self
Kristin Scott Thomas
Self
Ross Kemp
Self
Martin Kemp
Self
Tim Rice
Self
Jonathan Ross
Self
Terry Wogan
Self
Eddie Izzard
Self
Jamelia
Self
Tara Palmer-Tomkinson
Self
Sanjeev Bhaskar
Self
Omid Djalili
Self
Davina McCall
Self
Patrick Stewart
Self
Katie Price
Self (as Jordan)
Bill Bailey
Self
Helen Mirren
Self
Anne Robinson
Self
Paul McKenna
Self
Harry Enfield
Self
Richard Whiteley
Self
Jimmy Carr
Self
Martin Clunes
Self
Susannah Constantine
Self
James Nesbitt
Self
Hugh Grant
Self
Simon Pegg
Self
Jools Holland
Self
Patrick Kielty
Self
Jodie Kidd
Self
Fay Ripley
Self
Christian Slater
Self
Roger Daltrey
Self
Christopher Eccleston
Self
Neil Morrissey
Self
Lionel Richie
Self
Joanna Lumley
Self
Timothy Spall
Self
Stephen Fry
Self
Johnny Vaughan
Self
Ian Wright
Self
Ray Winstone
Self
Boris Johnson
Self
Justin Hawkins
Self
Vinnie Jones
Self
David Walliams
Self
Jamie Oliver
Self
Gordon Ramsay
Self
Alan Davies
Self
Trevor Eve
Self
Michael Gambon
Self
Ranulph Fiennes
Self
Simon Cowell
Self
Damon Hill
Self
Will Young
Self
Denise Van Outen
Self
Philip Glenister
Self
Trinny Woodall
Self
Billie Piper
Self
James Blunt
Self
Alan Carr
Self
Murray Walker
Self
Steve Coogan
Self
Chris Moyles
Self
Rick Wakeman
Self
Les Ferdinand
Self
Rich Hall
Self
Matt Smith
Self
Yves Rossy
Self
Toni Gardemeister
Self
Tanner Foust
Self - Top Gear USA Host
Nicholas Hoult
Self - Star in the Reasonably Priced Car
Jesse Eisenberg
Self
Damian Lewis
Self
Anthony Joshua
Self
Kevin Hart
Self
Bear Grylls
Self
Mark Wahlberg
Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
Rick Parfitt
Self
James McAvoy
Self
Tamsin Greig
Self
Tinie Tempah
Self
Chris Hoy
Self
Ross Noble
Self
Bernie Ecclestone
Self
Lee Mack
Self
Dara Ó Briain
Self
Ed Byrne
Self
Vicky McClure
Self
Jason Manford
Self
Tom Hiddleston
Self - Guest Star
Hugh Bonneville
Self
James Marsden
Self
Gregory Porter
Self
Matt Baker
Self
Stephen Mangan
Self
Himesh Patel
Self
Bob Mortimer
Self
Rory Bremner
Self
David Tennant
Self
Laurence Fox
Self
Brian Cox
Self
Emilia Fox
Self
Romesh Ranganathan
Self
Rob Brydon
Self
KSI
Self
Tom Allen
Self
Greg Davies
Self
Jay Kay
Self
Patrick Dempsey
Self
Paul Hollywood
Self
Rupert Grint
Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
Rubens Barrichello
Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
Ronnie O'Sullivan
Self
Michael Schumacher
Self
Mika Häkkinen
Self
David Coulthard
Self
Nigel Mansell
Self
Lewis Hamilton
Self
Mark Webber
Self
Boris Becker
Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
John Bishop
Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
Jeff Goldblum
Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
Alastair Campbell
Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
Geri Horner
Self
Billy Baxter
Self
James Kaye
Self
Mark Webber
Self
Ellen MacArthur
Self
Lemar
Self
Ronnie Wood
Self
Fiona Bruce
Self
Dermot Murnaghan
Self
John Humphrys
Self
Jenson Button
Self / Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
Rupert Penry-Jones
Self
Peter Firth
Self
James Corden
Self
Kate Silverton
Self
Jennifer Saunders
Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car / Self
Tim Schrick
Self
Carsten van Ryssen
Self
Eric Bana
Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
Michael Sheen
Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
Guy Ritchie
Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
Rupert Maas
Self
Nick Robinson
Self
Al Murray
Self
Peta Louise Todd
Self
Louie Spence
Self
Amy Williams
Self
Lauren McAvoy
Self
Tom Cruise
Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
Cameron Diaz
Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
Sienna Miller
Self
Tiff Needell
Self
Darryn Lyons
Self
Steve Pizzati
Self
Ewen Page
Self
Shane Jacobson
Self
Nick Frost
Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
Amber Heard
Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
John Prescott
Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
Alice Cooper
Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
Kris Meeke
Self
Flavio Briatore
Self
Christian Horner
Self
Sebastian Vettel
Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
Rowan Atkinson
Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
Bob Geldof
Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
Louis Walsh
Self
Peter Jones
Self / Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
Danny Boyle
Self
John Ault
Self
Seasick Steve
Self / Self - Star in a Reasonably Priced Car
Chris Barrie
Self
Richard Burden
Self
Theo Paphitis
Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car / Self
Ian Dixon
Self
Mark Gibson
Self
Alan 'Howling Laud' Hope
Self
Bernard Jenkin
Self
Slash
Self
Kiefer Sutherland
Self
Ed Sheeran
Self
Daniel Ricciardo
Self
Lawrence Dallaglio
Self
Keith Allen
Self
Michael Parkinson
Self
Kevin McCloud
Self
Tom Chilton
Self
Tom Jones
Self
Jay Kay
Self
Ken Block
Self
Ricky Carmichael
Self
Usain Bolt
Self
Brian Johnson
Self
Madison Welch
Self
Jay Leno
Self
will.i.am
Self
Jimmie Johnson
Self
Jeff Gordon
Self
Juan Pablo Montoya
Self
Kyle Petty
Self
Ryan Reynolds
Self
Plan B
Self
Nick Love
Self
Paul Anderson
Self
Kevin Michaels
Self
Michael Fassbender
Self
Alex James
Self
Duncan Bannatyne
Self
Deborah Meaden
Self
Mick Fleetwood
Self
Amy Macdonald
Self
Eric Clapton
Self
Bruce Willis
Self
Charles Dance
Self
Warwick Davis
Self
Joss Stone
Self
David Haye
Self
Rachel Riley
Self
Mike Rutherford
Self
Ben Ainslie
Self
Ron Howard
Self
Benedict Cumberbatch
Self
Hugh Jackman
Self
Steven Tyler
Self
Jack Whitehall
Self
Aaron Paul
Self
Margot Robbie
Self
Will Smith
Self
Olly Murs
Self
Gillian Anderson
Self
Alistair Brownlee
Self
Jonathan Brownlee
Self
Sharleen Spiteri
Self
Darren Turner
Self
Tom Kerridge
Self
Tom Kitchin
Self
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 20, 2002
StatusReturning Series
Seasons33
Episodes218
Running Time1h
Content RatingTV-PG
Filming LocationsDunsfold Aerodrome · Guildford · Surrey · Top Gear test track · Dunsfold, United Kingdom
Genres
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This TV Show Is About.
Wiki.
Top Gear is a British automotive magazine and currently inactive motoring-themed entertainment television programme. It is a revival devised by Jeremy Clarkson and Andy Wilman of the 1977–2001 show of the same name for the BBC, and premiered on 20 October 2002. The programme focuses on the examination and reviewing of motor vehicles, primarily cars, though this was expanded upon after the broadcast of its earlier series to incorporate films featuring motoring-based challenges, special races, timed laps of notable cars, and celebrity timed laps on a course specially-designed for the relaunched programme. The programme drew acclaim for its visual and presentation style since its launch, which focused on being generally entertaining to viewers, as well as criticism over the controversial nature of its content. The show was also praised for its occasionally controversial humour and lore existing in not just the automotive community but in the form of internet memes and jokes. The programme was aired on BBC Two until it was moved to BBC One for its twenty-ninth series in 2020.
The programme's first series in 2002 was presented by Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and Jason Dawe, with an anonymous test driver "The Stig", an individual played by several different racing drivers over the course of the show's history, being featured; Wilman was the show's executive producer. Following the first series, Dawe was replaced by James May, with the line-up unchanged until the end of the twenty-second series, when the BBC chose to not renew Clarkson's contract on 25 March 2015, following an incident during filming. His dismissal from Top Gear prompted the departure of Hammond, May and Wilman from the programme, who joined Clarkson in forming a new motoring series, The Grand Tour.
After the group's departure, others were appointed as hosts for the programme, including Chris Evans and Matt LeBlanc, both joined by four co-presenters for the twenty-third series: Rory Reid, Sabine Schmitz, Chris Harris and Eddie Jordan. After negative feedback on this series, Evans resigned from the programme, with LeBlanc joined by Harris and Reid as the main hosts for the following three series. From the twenty-seventh series onwards (2019), the presenting line-up was changed following the departure of LeBlanc and Reid, with Harris joined by Andrew Flintoff and Paddy McGuinness as the main presenters. This series proved more popular with viewers. Production of the thirty-fourth series was halted in March 2023 after Flintoff was injured in an accident during filming; the BBC later announced that Top Gear would not return for the "foreseeable future".
Top Gear has been one of the BBC's most commercially successful programmes since its relaunch. It has become a significant show in British popular culture, with episodes also broadcast internationally in many countries in Europe, North America, Southeast Asia and more, making it the most widely broadcast factual television programme in the world. Its success has led to various forms of merchandising, including live tours, special DVD editions, and books, as well as spawning a variety of international versions in various countries, including the United States, Australia, South Korea, China, and France.