Jun 22, 2008 directed by phil churchward, brian klein, southan morris. Top gear police car challenge tv episode 2008 on imdb. For the best experience please update your browser. Richard hammond, standing outside of car, with ray winstone, gesticulating in the foreground, and ben drew, aka plan b. The eleventh series of top gear was aired on bbc two during 2008 and consisted of six episodes. Police car challenge part 1 hq top gear bbc video dailymotion. Cars for teenagers, part 23 series, episode 2 top gear. The police car challenge consisted of the boys going off and building police cars out of three old second hand cars. With jeremy clarkson, richard hammond, james may, ben collins. Richard flaunts his suzuki, clarksons sides are sent into orbit. The secondhand convertibles challenge, part 12 series 16, episode 4 top gear live.
Oct 31, 20 the ultimate pensioners car part 33 series 19, episode 5 published on. List of top gear american tv series episodes wikipedia. The features include his dream to take part in an official race, compete with adam in a challenge to collect the most tips with a designated driver program, and try to solve the problem of charging an electric car while on the road. The hosts are challenged to make their own police cars from old clunkers and put them to the test in a chase situation. James may vs the top gear police department series 21, episode 1 top gear playlist. Aug 14, 2012 with adam ferrara, tanner foust, rutledge wood. It began in 1977 as a conventional motoring magazine show. A must for all petrol heads,series 16 arrives packed full of top gear madness. Top gear is then invited to film a car chase for the upcoming remake of the sweeney starring ray winstone and plan. After tackling a tricky hillclimb course and an unusual visit to the supermarket, the three arrive at an old army training ground in wales where their ageing cars must evade the heavily armed and heavily moustachioed top gear police department. James may vs the top gear police department series 21, episode 1. In addition, the show was presented from a new studio, there was a new reasonably priced car, and one of hammonds dogs, named top gear dog or teegee later on, joined the team throughout the series while making guest appearances in series 9. A three part miniseries presented by top gear vet james may, cars of the people follows may as he travels the world look for the peoples car. All three presenters, jeremy clarkson, james may, and richard hammond, featured asofficers in the tgpd.
Episode 4 chris harris and the bugatti chiron attempt to cross the arabian peninsula faster than matt leblanc and a roster of moneynoobject transport solutions. The polar special was a special episode of the bbc motoring show top gear, featuring the regular presenters jeremy clarkson, james may, and richard hammond. The albanian road trip or mafia road test was a road trip conducted by jeremy clarkson, richard hammond, and james may and was televised on the 4th episode of the 16th season of top gear. Nov 02, 2014 its james turn to evade the top gear police department, but decides to live up to his captain slow title.
Directed by phil churchward, brian klein, southan morris. After tackling a tricky hillclimb course and an unusual visit to the supermarket, the three arrive at an old army training ground in wales where their ageing cars must evade the heavily armed and. Oct 24, 2014 james may vs the top gear police department series 21, episode 1 top gear playlist. Its the mix we all know and love,high priced supercars,madcap stunts,hilarious challenges and a parade of stars in the reasonably priced car. The trip was conducted for the purposes of finding the best car for a leading light in the albanian mafia. Worlds most aggressive hot hatch gets a midlife tidy up. The design brief instructed engineers to make a car that could carry a basket full of eggs over a. When director nick love needed to get some help filming car chases for the sweeney, his movie version of the famous british tv police series, where did he turn. Bbc two top gear, series 21, episode 1, hot hatches. Top gear police car challenge tv episode 2008 release.
The boys build their own police cars for less than a pounds. Jeremy clarkson, richard hammond and james may set out to create bargain priced police cruisers to take part in a dramatic chase without costing a packet. May covers every form of car from those like the vw beetle to elaborately designed dream cars. This is the series that introduces the new stig,and includes the christmas episode,or middle east special,that introduced him. Season 2 episode 5 by alexander, on august 22, 2011, 19. James may vs the top gear police department series 21. In season 11, the stunts are no less crazy or original.
Jeremy, james and richard attempt to build a better police car for just. Top gear america returns this spring with three new hosts. Comedians alan carr and justin lee collins are the stars in a reasonably priced car. The top gear police department, abbreviated to the tgpd, is a fictional police force featured in the first episode of series twenty one of top gear. Get caught up in the latest full episodes of bbc america shows see full schedule. The albanian road trip ormafia road test was a road trip conducted by jeremy clarkson, richard hammond, and james may and was televised on the 4th episode of the 16th season of top gear. The boys devise new and worthless approaches to building the perfect police car. Top gears hapless stuntman makes his first appearance and the boys try to build a better police car for just. Another week, another top gear usa episode, and we may be starting to like the show a bit. Jeremy clarkson brought a fiat coupe that he bought for 900 pounds, james may had a lexus ls400, and richard hammond bought a suzuki vitara 4x4 for 750 pounds. Since car magazines had feature ads that contained old, but classic, cars worth the same as a ford mondeo, jeremy and james are out to prove that you can buy old classic cars for mondeo money, should you consider paying the huge service bill. The winner gets to race the fastest police car in the country the corvette zo6 in an action film style chase through the long beach docks as he tries to catch a.
Jeremy and richard are on a fox hunt, top gear style. Chris tests the new ariel atom on track, and freddie attempts to bungeejump an old rover off a dam. Plus, downton abbeys hugh bonneville is the star in the reasonably priced car. At the end none were successfull in stopping the bmw.
As of 1 march 2020, 214 episodes of top gear have aired. The eleventh series of top gear was aired on bbc two during 2008 and consisted of six. Jul 24, 2017 your police cars are no match for fords police pickup truck. Top gear is full of big ideas that never work properly or, at the very least, catch fire a bit before they do.
Its the battle of the big 3 as the guys compete over which is the best new police car to replace the crown vic, in a series of madcap challenges around detroit, michigan. Whether its searching for the greatest driving roads in the world or racing a bugatti against a fighter jet, top gear tackles every fourwheeled challenge with comedy, commitment. It is the shows third full length special and was broadcast in july 2007, several months after the end of the ninth series. Richard attacks the test track in mazdas remarkable furai concept car and the team. Mar 26, 2020 the best top gear episodes of all time. Richard hammond and team play supermarket sweep in. Paddy reveals his ultimate cheap, luxurious offroader. Its the battle of the big 3 as the guys compete over which is the best new police car to replace the crown vic in a series. Tgpd vs captain slow top gear series 21 bbc youtube. The top gear team britain take on the hosts of d motor germany in a series of car challenges to decide the best motoring country series eleven, episode six bus racing series twelve, episode five hammond oversees an attempt by top gear stuntman to beat rival show fifth gear s distance record for jumping a car while towing a caravan series. Supercar fuel economy challenge top gear bbc america. Oct 18, 2016 richard flaunts his suzuki, clarksons sides are sent into orbit.
Welcome to the top gear wiki, an online resource for everything top gear that anyone can edit. Top gear usa police cars tv episode 2012 plot summary. The tenth series of top gear was aired during 2007 and consisted of 10 episodes, beginning on 7 october and concluding on 23 december. A new character was introduced in this series named top gear stunt man credited as jim dowdall, though not named inprogramme. I am extremely interested to know which episode of top gear this report was featured in and when it was broadcast by bbc. The worlds best show about a couple grown men clowning around like children reinvented itself 12 years ago. Visit tunefind for music from your favorite tv shows and movies. Its the battle of the big 3 as the guys compete over which is the best new police car to replace the crown vic in a series of madcap challenges around detroit, michigan.
Rutledge, tanner, and adam are set the challenge of finding a suitable cop car replacement for the. We came away from the first episode last week with some positive thoughts, so we were looking forward to seeing if episode two could keep it all. The cop cars suspension handles full throttle speedbumps no problemo. Top gear episode 2 recap bring on the electric cars. James mcavoy guest stars in the studio and on the famous top gear test track. All 2 songs featured in top gear uk season 11 episode 1. The programme is a relaunched version of the original 1977 show of the same name.
Jeremy clarkson, richard hammond and james may set out to create bargainpriced police cruisers to take part in a dramatic chase without costing a packet. The trip was conducted for the purposes of finding the best car for a leading light in the albanian. The winner gets to race the fastest cop car in the country the corvette zo6 in an action filmstyle chase through the docks of long beach as he tries to catch a perp. The earliest execution of this idea dates back to presenter jeremy clarksons 2000 home video release, at full throttle, which he presented with thencurrent top gear presenter vicki butlerhenderson. The worlds greatest car website, from the team behind the telly show. The eleventh series of top gear was aired on bbc two during 2008 and consisted of six episodes, beginning on 22 june and concluding on 27 july 2008. Elsewhere, rory reid and sabine schmitz go supercar hunting on germanys fearsome nurburgring race circuit with the help of the vw golf clubsport s, while actress tamsin greig takes to the top gear track in the new reasonably fast car. The best top gear episodes of all time digital trends. Jeremy clarkson, james may, richard hammond oh, and barelytame racing driver the stig return with another batch of tiresmoking, laprecordbreaking, ambitiousbutnonsense car stuff. Tasked with modifying an older sports car for less than. Clarkson bought a 1988 volvo 760 gle, hammond bought a 1991 rover 416gti, and may bought a. With the exception of the final episode, this series saw two guests in each episode, with the segment star in a reasonably priced car. Jeremy clarkson, richard hammond and james may attempt to make train travel cheaper, faster and more interesting by replacing the conventional carriages and locomotive with a series of caravans attached to a specially modified car.
Matt leblanc compares the aston martin vantage against the mercedesamg gt rory reid puts the rollsroyce phantom through a thorough road test chris takes a ford fiesta st and lamborghini aventador on a road trip across wales star in a. Nov 03, 2009 the boys find the best car for 17yearolds. Its either the worlds most ingenious idea or the prelude to the worlds biggest accident. Top gear, series 21, episode 1, hot hatches jeremy. Jeremy, james, and richard put their homemade police cars to the test when they have to clear the. Watch keen illustrate that as he hustles a taurusbased police interceptor around the track. The one with the homemade police cars series 11, episode 1 2008 top gear s hapless stuntman makes his first appearance and the boys try to build a better police car for just. The toyota gr yaris is a 257bhp rallyrep hot hatch. Get caught up in the latest full episodes of bbc america shows. The police car challenge consisted of the boys going off and building police cars out of three. Yes, its still lacking the quirks and perks of the uk. The boys are trying to solve the fuel crisis since fuel prices gone up. It was subsequently followed by four best of top gear specials during january 2008, and a sport relief special titled top ground gear force that aired on 14 march 2008.
Back in britain, rory reid constructs a lifesize arcade game to test the renault twingo gt. A new iteration of top gear america will stream next spring with three new hosts in front of the camera dax shepard, rob corddry, and jethro bovingdon. Within each episode there are car performance runs with audiovisual commentary by the driver, celebrity car runs around the top gear track, performance car trials by the elusive, man of mystery the stig, the cool wall where jeremy and richard rate cars according to the categories of cool and uncool based on performancestyle of the. The first challenge consisted of doing a power lap around the top gear test track quicker than a vauxhall astra diesel police car driven by.
Top gear police car challenge tv episode 2008 imdb. Paddy, freddie and chris head on a british summer holiday in supercheap secondhand convertibles. Its the battle of the big 3 as the guys compete over which is the best new police car to replace the crown. Sounds like a good excuse for some childish behaviour, eh. Top gear is a bafta, multinta, and international emmy awardwinning bbc motoringtelevision series. In this challenge their ageing cars must evade the heavily armed and heavily moustachioed top gear police department. Its james turn to evade the top gear police department, but decides to live up to his captain slow title.