Top Gear (1977)

  • Premiered: Jul 1978
  • Episodes: 514
  • Followers: 6
  • Ended
  • BBC Two
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Season 38
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Episode 01
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Sep 04, 1997
The motoring series returns fora 17-week run with Jeremy Clarkson test-driving Ford's new Puma - a tiny coupe based on the Fiesta-through the Yorkshire Dales. Quentin Wilson travels to .. show full overview
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Episode 02
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Sep 11, 1997
Tiff Needell plays rough on tonight's edition of the motoring magazine with the tough guy's off-roader. The armour-plated Hummer was developed for the US Army, costs £70,000, and, with .. show full overview
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Episode 03
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Sep 18, 1997
In tonight's edition of the motoring magazine, Jeremy Clarkson compares the new midsize coupe from Mercedes, the CLK, with Peugeot's new 406. The programme also reports from the .. show full overview
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Episode 04
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Sep 25, 1997
Jaguar are 75 years old but show no sign of slowing down. Jeremy Clarkson drives the fastest version of the new V8 XJ series, the new XJR, and races it against some full-blooded sports .. show full overview
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Episode 05
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Oct 02, 1997
For those who cannot wait six months for the brand new BMW 5 Series or who feel that buying a German car is just following the executive herd, the Saab 9-5 could be just the answer. The .. show full overview
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Episode 06
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Oct 09, 1997
Jeremy Clarkson takes delivery of the Range Rover Autobiography, the latest gadget-laden luxury off-roader from Land Rover. While he decides on the colour scheme and tries out its .. show full overview
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Episode 07
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Oct 16, 1997
Jeremy Clarkson and Quentin Wilson are at Earls Court for this year's London Motor Show. They look at the new Porsche 911, Land Rover's Freelander, the new Vauxhall Astra and the latest version of the Volkswagen Golf.
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Episode 08
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Oct 23, 1997
Since its first appearance in the sixties, the Porsche 911 has become a design classic and a motoring legend. Now aged 34, it has had a major makeover. Tiff Needell test drives the new 911 for the nineties.
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Episode 09
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Oct 30, 1997
The A Class is Mercedes's first entry into the crowded small car market. Flouting conventional ideas of small-car design by enlarging the cabin space, it looks to set new standards for .. show full overview
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Episode 10
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Nov 06, 1997
Steve Berry visits the International Bike Show in Birmingham, where he looks at the latest models including BMW's new cruiser, the R1200C. Meanwhile Michele Newman tests the Xsara. the new family hatchback from Citroen.
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Episode 11
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Nov 13, 1997
Land Rover hope to overturn their rural image with the launch of the long-awaited new utility vehicle-the Freelander. It has sporty looks and claims not to have lost any of Land Rover's .. show full overview
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Episode 12
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Nov 20, 1997
Quentin Wilson looks at a BMW 7 Series that has been round the clock twice, and argues that buying high-mileage cars can represent value for money. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of .. show full overview
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Episode 13
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Nov 27, 1997
The Lotus 49 changed the face of motor racing. Driven by Jim Clark and powered by the V8 engine, it gave Ford their first Grand Prix victory, back in 1967. Thirty years on, Tiff Needell .. show full overview
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Episode 14
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Dec 04, 1997
When the stock market trembles, the effects on the classic-car market are never very far behind. With auction prices falling, there are bargains to be snapped up. Quentin Wilson looks at highly desirable models available at knockdown prices.
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Episode 15
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Dec 11, 1997
With two new models on the British market, Lexus is trying to change the ways of top people who prefer a more prestigious badge. Quentin Wilson tests Japanese claims to a place in the executive car park.
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Episode 16
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Dec 18, 1997
Jeremy Clarkson, Tiff Needell and Quentin Wilson select their favourite cars of 1997. Among the contenders for top car are the Porsche 911, the new Corvette, the Ford Puma and the Land Rover Freelander.
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Episode 17
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Dec 22, 1997
As the Blackpool-based sports-car manufacturer TVR celebrates its 50th anniversary, Top Gear reflects on the company's development from humble beginnings into the third-biggest .. show full overview

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