Top Gear
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Richard Hammond reveals Top Gear's risky business...Corporation s most successful export, after Strictly Come Dancing. But it can t be long before Top Gear officially becomes the world s most successful television show . To many, it already is. Richard Hammond, born in Solihull, is 40... In this article: Richard Hammond, Top Gear, God, Total Wipeout, DVD, Strictly Come Dancing, and Tadworth |
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Telegraph.co.uk - UK news | November 18, 2009
MoD defends use of military time for Top Gear stunts
MoD defends use of military time for Top Gear stunts Military personnel have spent the equivalent of more than 140 days taking part in stunts on Jeremy Clarkson's hit BBC motoring show Top Gear. Published: 1:31PM GMT 18 Nov 2009 In 2004...
In this article: Jeremy Clarkson, Bulldog, HMS Ark Royal, Freedom of Information Act, Porsche Boxster, Porsche Cayenne, Ford Fiesta, Mercedes SLK, and Challenger
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Daily Mail | November 18, 2009
ALLISON PEARSON: God save us from Top Gear Advent calendars!
...my eyes when I spotted this grim, unseasonal artefact in an M&S food hall. A Top Gear calendar has come a long way from the original story of Advent. Three wise men?:Richard Hammond, Jeremy Clarkson and James May present BBC show Top...
In this article: God, Barbie, and Jeremy Clarkson
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Sunday Mirror | November 09, 2009
Top Gear rapped over spoof suicide advert
Top Gear rapped over spoof suicide advert BBC's Top Gear was today rapped by broadcasting regulator Ofcom for staging a scene in which a man was seen to shoot himself in the head, before the watershed. The spoof advert, screened in an
In this article: Suicide, Asperger's syndrome, VW, James May, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and BBC
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How Top Gear conquered the world with humour, dedication and determination
...been forced to make cutbacks due to the recession Global rights and merchandising make millions for Worldwide, the BBC's commercial arm, which then pays for a quarter of Top Gear's budget. The rest is from the licence fee. But reports that...
In this article: Richard Hammond, Jeremy Clarkson, Andy Wilman, James May, Gordon Brown, Suicide, and The Stig
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Top Gear to plan silent show
Top Gear to plan silent show Jeremy Clarkson, the outspoken presenter of BBC's Top Gear, has said that a silent programme would be the only way to avoid offending viewers. The controversial presenter said that the only way to ensure the...
In this article: Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, BBC Two, James May, and BBC
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Times Online | November 09, 2009
Top Gear criticised by Ofcom for spoof suicide scene before watershed
...for spoof suicide scene before watershed Top Gear, the BBC motoring show, was criticised by the television watchdog today for showing scenes of a man committing suicide before the 9pm watershed. Ofcom said that the hit BBC Two programme...
In this article: Suicide, BBC Two, Volkswagen, Jeremy Clarkson, The X Factor, Asperger's syndrome, Andy Wilman, Volkswagen Scirocco, and ITV
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Adrants | November 12, 2009
You Either Get Shot Through the Head or You Have a VW
...last suicide spot, this one after the jump... isn't. I explain--you follow along: It's for the new VW Scirocco running on the BBC's Top Gear with car freaks Jeremy Clarkson and James May. Branded entertainment with a suicide chaser. This...
In this article: Suicide, VW, VW Scirocco, James May, Jeremy Clarkson, RSS Feed, and UK
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Top Gear is a BAFTA, multi-NTA and International 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 show is presented by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May and The Stig, an anonymous test driver. The programme is estimated to have 385 million viewers worldwide. In 2007 it was one of the most pirated television shows in the world. Top Gear Series 12 starts on 2 November 2008 for eight episodes.
The show has received considerable acclaim for its visuals and presentation, as well as a number of criticisms for its content and comments made by presenters. Columnist A. A. Gill described the show as, "a triumph of the craft of programme-making, of the minute, obsessive, musical masonry of editing, the french polishing of colourwashing and grading." Groups such as the Environmental Investigation Agency have criticised the BBC for allowing Top Gear to film in environmentally sensitive areas such as the Makgadikgadi salt pan in Botswana.
First run episodes are broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two. Episodes of Top Gear are also broadcast on Dave, BBC America, and a number of other television channels around the world. The popularity of the show has led to the creation of two international versions, with local production teams and presenters, for Australia and the United States. Episodes of the Australian version premiered on 29 September 2008, while NBC is holding the American version for broadcast in February or March, 2009, as a possible mid-season replacement.
- Name:
- Top Gear
- Country of Origin:
- United Kingdom
- Genre:
- Motoring
- Preceded By:
- Top Gear
- Produced by:
- Andy Wilman
- Length:
- 60 min.
- Picture Format:
- 576i, anamorphic 16:9
- Opening Theme:
- "Jessica"
- Composer:
- Dickey Betts
- Website:
- http://www.topgear.com
- Language:
- English
- Location:
- Dunsfold Park, Guildford, Surrey
- Broadcast Channel:
- BBC Two
- First:
- October 20, 2002
- Last:
- present
- Number of Episodes:
- 95 and 5 specials
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