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Fifth Gear (formerly 5th Gear) is a motoring magazine show on British television channel Five. Fifth Gear has also aired on the SPEED Channel in the USA for a short period in 2006 to early 2007.
Fifth Gear first aired in 2002 as a replacement to the original incarnation of the BBC show Top Gear, which was cancelled in 2001 due to low ratings. Five originally wanted to carry on using the Top Gear name, however the BBC refused. Several of Top Gear's ex-presenters, including Quentin Willson, Tiff Needell and Vicki Butler-Henderson were hired by Five to present Fifth Gear. After the completion of Fifth Gear's first series, the BBC relaunched Top Gear in a new hour-long format presented by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May, and formerly Jason Dawe.
