List of Top Gear (1977 TV series) episodes

The following is a complete episode list of the BBC television series Top Gear that ran from April 1977 to December 2001, a total of 524 episodes.

Episodes

Top Gear was a series of programmes broadcast by the BBC covering motor related issues, new car model reviews, motor show previews, fuel economy, safety, the police, speeding, insurance, consumer advice and used car sales tips among other issues. Many presenters featured over the course of the series, most notably Angela Rippon, Noel Edmonds, William Woollard, Chris Goffey, Judith Jackson, Sue Baker, Tiff Needell, Jeremy Clarkson, Quentin Willson and Vicki Butler-Henderson.

When it became a network show, it was broadcast on BBC 2 on Thursday nights for Series 1, then on Tuesday nights between Series 2 and Series 17, then reverting to the original Thursday timeslot from Series 18 to the end of its run. In all, 524 episodes (515 plus the nine regional shows) were broadcast between 1977 and 2002, with a large majority of that figure being Top Gear itself.

The original series of the Top Gear programme was broadcast in BBC Midlands region only. There were nine programmes, the first of which went out on BBC 1 Midlands, on 22 April 1977. The listing below does not include these original regional shows, it begins when the programme became a network transmission.

SeriesEditionsStart DateEnd DateComments
Series 11013 July 197814 September 1978
Series 2101 May 19793 July 1979First appearance of Judith Jackson
Series 361 April 198020 May 1980
Series 462 September 19807 October 1980
Series 5821 April 19819 June 1981
Series 673 November 198115 December 1981
Series 7813 April 19821 June 1982
Series 867 September 198212 October 1982Last appearance of Judith Jackson
Series 9929 January 198319 April 1983
Series 1086 September 198325 October 1983
Series 11828 February 198425 April 1984
Series 12723 October 198411 December 1984
Series 1395 March 198530 April 1985
Series 1483 September 198522 October 1985
Series 15108 April 198610 June 1986
Series 1689 September 198628 October 1986
Series 1787 April 198726 May 1987
Series 181110 September 198719 November 1987
Series 1987 April 198826 May 1988
Series 20829 September 198817 November 1988First appearance of Jeremy Clarkson
Series 21821 March 19899 May 1989
Series 221014 September 198916 November 1989
Series 23827 March 199015 May 1990
Series 241027 September 199029 November 1990
Series 251028 February 19912 May 1991Last appearance of William Woollard
Last appearance of Sue Baker
Series 261219 September 199119 December 1991First appearance of Quentin Willson
Series 271127 February 19927 May 1992
Series 281224 September 199217 December 1992
Series 291718 February 199310 June 1993
Series 30159 September 199330 December 1993
Series 31103 March 199412 May 1994
Series 321222 September 199415 December 1994
Series 331316 February 199511 May 1995
Series 341421 September 199521 December 1995
Series 351415 February 199616 May 1996
Series 36145 September 19965 December 1996
Series 371716 January 199715 May 1997
Series 38164 September 199718 December 1997
Series 391319 February 199814 May 1998
Series 401510 September 199817 December 1998Last appearance of Jeremy Clarkson
Series 411218 March 19993 June 1999
Series 42149 September 19999 December 1999
Series 431820 January 200025 May 2000
Series 44157 September 200014 December 2000
Series 453522 February 200117 December 2001

Note: The timeslots for Series 45 varied, so not all episodes were broadcast consecutively each week.

Spin-offs

Top Gear Rally Report

Rally Report was a series of programmes broadcast by the BBC dedicated to broadcasting previews, highlights and reports of the Lombard RAC Rally of the United Kingdom, and latterly, the final round of the World Rally Championship. William Woollard presented in studio segments, whilst Sue Baker, or Tony Mason in later years, presented the location reports on the stages. There are sixty five episodes in all, produced between 1984 and 1998, including all specials, but excluding the preview of the 1995 RAC Rally, as the total episodes for that series is unknown.

SeriesEditionsStart DateEnd Date
Series 1624 November 198429 November 1984
Series 2130 November 1985
Series 3120 November 1986
Series 4126 November 1987
Series 5126 November 1988
Series 6123 November 1989
Series 7112 May 1990
Series 8821 November 199225 November 1992
Series 911 January 1993
Series 10820 November 199324 November 1993
Series 11123 December 1993
Series 12919 November 199423 November 1994
Series 13126 December 1994
Series 14117 November 199522 February 1996
Series 15719 November 199522 November 1995
Series 16125 December 1995
Series 17522 November 199625 November 1996
Series 1819 January 1997
Series 19522 November 199725 November 1997
Series 20131 December 1997
Series 21421 November 199824 November 1998
Series 22120 December 1998

Top Gear Motorsport

Top Gear Motorsport was a series of programmes broadcast by the BBC covering various forms of motorsport such as the World Rally Championship, the British Rally Championship, British Formula Three, Formula Renault and Formula Vauxhall Junior racing, as well as British Superbike and Eurocar challenges. Tiff Needell presented the show throughout the show's run. The programme was broadcast weekly on a Friday timeslot. The show was broadcast between 1994 and 1998, and ninety four episodes were produced in all, including specials.

SeriesEditionsStart DateEnd Date
Series 1110 November 1994
Series 2924 March 199519 May 1995
Series 31527 October 19952 February 1996
Series 4120 December 1995
Series 5125 April 199621 June 1996
Series 6830 September 199620 December 1996
Series 7210 March 199717 March 1997
Series 81131 March 199721 June 1997
Series 91029 August 199714 November 1997
Series 10256 April 199816 November 1998

Top Gear Take 2

Top Gear Take 2 was a series of programmes broadcast by the BBC looking back on previous segments of Top Gear over the years. Each programme ran for fifteen minutes on BBC Two, with repeats surfacing in 1997, on the then new UK Horizons. Presenters included Quentin Willson, Steve Berry, Jeremy Clarkson and Tiff Needell. The show was broadcast between 1992 and 1999, with fifty six episodes being produced.

SeriesEditionsStart DateEnd Date
Series 1523 July 199214 September 1992
Series 2116 January 199322 September 1993
Series 368 January 19944 October 1994
Series 41031 May 19958 September 1995
Series 5417 January 199616 June 1996
Series 6131 July 199731 July 1997
Series 7813 July 199817 August 1998
Series 8111 February 199923 December 1999

Top Gear Waterworld

Top Gear Waterworld was a series of programmes broadcast by the BBC covering water based vehicles, and various activities related to them, such as Citroën 2CV river racing in Brittany, and how to ease traffic congestion in London by using water transport on the River Thames. The series was presented by Jeremy Clarkson, Tiff Needell and Julia Bradbury. The show was broadcast in 1998, with five episodes being produced.

SeriesEditionsStart DateEnd Date
Series 1520 July 199820 August 1998

Top Gear GTi

Top Gear GTi was a series of programmes broadcast by the BBC covering a variety of features such as car reviews, special features such as attending a driving school and motor shows. Essentially, GTi is an expansion on the main programme. The series was mainly presented by Vicki Butler-Henderson, although Steve Berry and Jason Bradbury appeared on the show at times. The show was the last of the spin off series' of Top Gear to be broadcast, airing between September 1999 and May 2001, with more than one hundred episodes in its name. Unlike any other spin off, Top Gear GTi was broadcast on a near daily timeslot on the UK Horizons channel.

SeriesEditionsStart DateEnd Date
Series 1UnknownSeptember 1999December 1999
Series 2UnknownJanuary 2000May 2000
Series 3UnknownSeptember 2000December 2000
Series 4UnknownJanuary 2001May 2001

Top Gear Specials

Various specials of Top Gear were produced during the show's initial run, each of them having a particular theme to the show.

TitleRelease DateComments
Top Gear Turns Back The Clock21 October 1980
Top Gear Special: A Ring Around London3 November 1982
Top Gear Special: Belt Up29 January 1983
Top Gear Special: Rust13 March 1984
Top Gear On The Grid3 June 1988
Top Gear Car Of The Decade22 September 1988
Top Gear: Motor Show Special22 October 1992
Top Gear: Reverse Gear24 December 1992
Top Gear: Rolls Royce Alpine Challenge20 December 1993
Top Gear: Christmas Special 199422 December 1994
Top Gear: Klausen Run5 January 1995
Top Gear: Classic and Sportscar Show7 May 1995
Top Gear: The Oh So Beautiful Bugatti1995
Top Gear Special: The Search for the Silver Arrow22 April 1996
Top Gear Live20 July 1996
Top Gear: London to Brighton19 December 1996
Top Gear Special: Ferrari – The Italian Legend1996
Top Gear Special: Aston Martin1997
Top Gear Live15 May 1997
Top Gear: The TVR Story22 December 1997
Top Gear Live23 May 1998
Top Gear: Blood, Salt and Tears – 100 Years of the Land Speed Record21 December 1998
Top Gear: Motor Show 199924 October 1999
Top Gear: 21 Years of Top Gear16 December 1999
Top Gear Awards10 February 2000
Top Gear Awards11 February 2001
Top Gear: Value Special26 July 2001
Top Gear Awards4 February 2002

References

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