Description: Top Gear is a British motoring magazine and factual television programme, designed as a relaunched version of the original 1977 show of the same name by Jeremy Clarkson and Andy Wilman for the BBC, and premiered on 20 October 2002. The programme focuses on the examination and reviewing of motor vehicles, primarily cars, though this was expanded upon after the broadcast of its earlier series to incorporate films featuring motoring-based challenges, special races, timed laps of notable cars, and celebrity timed laps on a course specially-designed for the relaunched programme. The programme drew acclaim for its visual and presentation style since its launch, which focused on being generally entertaining to viewers, as well as criticism over the controversial nature of its content. The show was also praised for its occasionally-controversial humor and lore existing in not just the automotive community but in the form of internet memes and jokes. The programme was aired on BBC Two until it was moved to BBC One for its twenty-ninth series in 2020. The programme's first series in 2002 was presented by Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and Jason Dawe, with an anonymous test driver "The Stig", an individual played by several different racing drivers over the course of the show's history, being featured; Wilman was the show's executive producer. Following the first series, Dawe was replaced by James May, with the line-up unchanged until the end of the twenty-second series, when the BBC chose to not renew Clarkson's contract on 25 March 2015, following an incident during filming. His dismissal from Top Gear prompted the departure of Hammond, May and Wilman from the programme, who joined Clarkson in forming a new motoring series, The Grand Tour. After the group's departure, others were appointed as hosts for the programme, including Chris Evans and Matt LeBlanc, both joined by four co-presenters for the twenty-third series: Rory Reid, Sabine Schmitz, Chris Harris and Eddie Jordan. After negative feedback on this series, Evans resigned from the programme, with LeBlanc joined by Harris and Reid as the main hosts for the following three series. From the twenty-seventh series onwards (2019), the presenting line-up was changed following the departure of LeBlanc and Reid, with Harris joined by Andrew Flintoff and Paddy McGuinness as the main presenters. This series proved more popular with viewers. Top Gear has been one of the BBC's most commercially successful programmes since its relaunch. It has become a significant show in British popular culture, with episodes also broadcast internationally in many countries in Europe, North America, Southeast Asia and more, making it the most widely broadcast factual television programme in the world. Its success has led to various forms of merchandising, including live tours, special DVD editions, and books, as well as spawning a variety of international versions in various countries, including the United States, Australia, South Korea, China and France.
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Returns Accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Case Type: Tall/DVD Steel-case
Rating: PG
Subtitle Language: English SDH
Custom Bundle: Yes
MPN: Multi Region Player Required To Play IN Aust & NZ (Reg 2)
Studio: BBC
Format: DVD
Region Code: DVD: 2 (Europe, Japan, Middle East...)
Language: English
Release Year: 2009 (Series 10) + 2010 (Series 11)
Actor: Presented by Jeremy Clarkson Jason Dawe Richard Hammond, Andrew Flintoff Paddy McGuinness, Eddie Jordan Chris Harris Rory Reid, Matt LeBlanc Sabine Schmitz, James May The Stig Chris Evans
Features: Menu, Episode & Scene Selection
Movie/TV Title: Top Gear (2002 TV series)
Season: The Complete Series 10 (steel-book) - 10 Episodes/3 Discs, The Complete Series 11 - 6 Episodes/2 Discs
Music Artist: Dickey Betts (arr. by Christian Henson)
Video Format: PAL
Bundle Description: Top Gear 10 + 11 Pair
Sub-Genre: Motorsports
Director: Brian Klein Phil Churchward Mark McQueen
Cinematic Movement: Realism
Edition: Steelbook
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Type: TV Series
Producer: Executive producers Andy Wilman Aurora Mulligan Clare Pizey, Producers Maggie Gibson Kate Shiers-Ghellere Peter McCann, Chris Hale Greg Vince Oisin Tymon, Alex Renton Grant Wardrop, Gary Broadhurst Pat Doyle
Genre: Special Interest, Documentary
Run Time: 506 Minutes + 364 Minutes
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
