Petrolheads
Petrolheads was a BBC television panel game presented by Neil Morrissey, with team captains Richard Hammond and Chris Barrie. The show pitted motoring wits against each other and included car stunts shot on location. There were two guests each episode. The show was produced by Brian Klein (Top Gear), directed by John L Spencer and executive producers were Marie-Claire Walton and Steve Ayres. The theme music was by British composer Leigh Haggerwood. It was created and scripted by prolific author Norman Giller, with input from Top Gear writer Richard Porter and comedy scriptwriter Ged Parsons.
| Petrolheads | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Panel show |
| Created by | Norman Giller |
| Presented by | Neil Morrissey |
| Starring | Chris Barrie Richard Hammond |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Production location | Fountain Studios[1] |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production companies | Scarlet Television On The Box |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC Two |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| Original release | 12 February – 19 March 2006 |
Despite being well received, the show was a victim of the BBC's change of programming personnel, as it was considered 'too laddish' yet some aspects of the format are used in A League of Their Own.
Episode list
The coloured backgrounds denote the result of each of the shows:
- – Indicates Chris's team won
- – Indicates Richard's team won
| Episode | Guests | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris' guest | Richard's guest | ||
1 | Philip Glenister | Hugo Speer | 12 February 2006 |
2 | Ronan Keating | Eamonn Holmes | 19 February 2006 |
3 | John Gordon Sinclair | Edith Bowman | 26 February 2006 |
4 | Murray Walker | James May | 5 March 2006 |
5 | Ricky Tomlinson | James Martin | 12 March 2006 |
6 | John Thomson | Fearne Cotton | 19 March 2006 |
