Top Gear

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Top Gear is an Emmy Award-winning BBC television series about motor vehicles, mainly cars. It began in 1977 as a conventional motoring magazine show. Over time, and especially since a relaunch in 2002, it has developed a quirky, humorous style. The programme is estimated to have 350 million viewers worldwide and 8 million viewers each week in the UK on BBC Two. The show is presented by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May and The Stig, an anonymous test driver.

Top Gear is broadcast in many countries; for a list of these, and of the releases the programme has produced over the years, please see the List of Top Gear broadcasters and video releases.

[edit] Episode Guides

A full listing of episodes is available on the Top Gear Episode Guides page.

[edit] Power Laps

In the Power Laps segment, the Stig completes a lap around the Top Gear test track to gauge the performance of various cars.

The qualifications for the normal Power Lap Board is that the car being tested must be a road-worthy car and able to drive over a speed bump (a rule which prevented the Caparo T1 from joining the ranks). There is a separate unofficial board of times for non-production cars.