Top Gear is a BAFTA and Emmy award winning British
television series about motor vehicles, primarily 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 currently presented by Jeremy Clarkson,
Richard Hammond and James May, and has featured three different
test drivers known as The Stig. The programme is estimated to have
350 million viewers worldwide and is heavily downloaded from peer
to peer file sharing services, with roughly 300,000 downloads per
episode via torrent programs. First run episodes are broadcast in
the United Kingdom on BBC Two, and since Series 14, also on BBC HD.
Sixteen series have been broadcast, and the seventeenth series
started on 26 June 2011. The new series format incorporates a
number of major changes from the old show. The running time was
extended to one hour and two new presenters were introduced:
Richard Hammond and Jason Dawe, with James May replacing Dawe after
the first series. The Stig, an anonymous, helmeted racing driver,
was introduced as the test driver. New segments were also added,
including "Star in a Reasonably Priced Car", "The Cool Wall", "The
News", "Power Laps", and one off features such as races,
competitions and the regular destruction of caravans and, more
recently, Morris Marinas.
Comment by LadyHawkღ on June 28, 2011 at 11:05am
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