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Top Gear - Season 12

Series: Top Gear
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Episodes
8
Rating
TV14
Year
2008
Language
English
Publisher
BBC Studios

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Top Gear returns with a crash, bang and an overwhelming smell of burning as Jeremy, Richard and James buy second-hand lorries and turn their hands to being HGV drivers. There's a race to turn on Blackpool illuminations in the most economical way while Captain Slow turns to F1 World Champion Mike Hakkinen for some rallying advice. The Stig finally gets his hands on the remarkable Bugatti Veyron.

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1. 01-EPISODE 1

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Top Gear returns with Jeremy, Richard and James deciding to buy second-hand lorries, despite knowing almost nothing about the world of trucks, and then set about discovering how easy it is to be an HGV driver - which turns out to be a lot harder than they thought. Jeremy is also on the test track with a scary Porsche 911 and a tame Lamborghini Gallardo, and chat show legend Michael Parkinson is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car.

2. 02-EPISODE 2

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Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May travel to the USA to take three new generation muscle cars on an epic road trip from San Francisco to the heart of Utah. And after the excitement of their last American road trip, this time they do their best to avoid letting a mob of angry locals pelt them with rocks. Meanwhile, back in the UK, Jeremy scampers around the test track in the feisty new Fiat 500 Abarth and pop idol Will Young is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car.

3. 03-EPISODE 3

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Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May take on the challenge of making an ordinary second-hand car lap the test track as fast as a brand-new, purpose-built sports saloon. Also in the show, James travels to the frozen North and enlists the help of F1 world champion Mika Hakkinen in a quest to discover why the Finns are such good racing drivers. Meanwhile, Richard hammers around the track in the outlandish Veritas sports car, and Mark Wahlberg is the Star In A Reasonably Priced Car.

4. 04-EPISODE 4

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The Top Gear team are challenged to drive from the heart of Switzerland to the North Western coast of England on just one tank of fuel with the winner getting to turn on the Blackpool Illuminations. Back at the track, James tackles his first ever power test in the amazing Pagani Zonda F Roadster and, after years of waiting, The Stig finally gets to set a lap time in the remarkable Bugatti Veyron. Plus, comedian Harry Enfield is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car.

5. 05-EPISODE 5

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Richard Hammond celebrates the 40th birthday of the iconic Ferrari Daytona by taking one back to its spiritual home on the Italian Riviera before attempting to beat James May and a multi-million pound power boat in a race from Portofino to St Tropez. Jeremy Clarkson pits the new BMW M3 saloon against the Japanese Lexus IS-F, Richard also tries to find the best bus for city streets, and Grand Designs man Kevin McCloud is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car.

6. 06-EPISODE 6

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Jeremy Clarkson and James May invade Greenham Common airbase to ask the question, did the Communists ever make a good car? Meanwhile, out on the test track Richard Hammond goes crazy in the Veritas, a surprisingly insane sports car from Germany, and Jeremy conducts an almost ridiculously thorough road test of the new Ford Fiesta. Plus, mop haired London mayor Boris Johnson is the Star In A Reasonably Priced Car.

Extended Details

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Artists

Brian Kleindirector
Pat Doyleproducer
Jeremy Clarksonactor
Richard Hammondactor
James Mayactor