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Top Gear (UK) - Season 24
Top Gear is back and about to undertake the most important test-drive of its existence. The first week's guest is James McAvoy who gets a tour of a new electric car with Rory Reid.
18 August 1969, New York City, New York, USA
12 March 1986, Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
7 December 1989, Wokingham, Berkshire, England, UK
13 February 1975, Bristol, England, UK
1 May 1946, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, British India
8 December 1958, London, England, UK
27 March 1971, Twynholm, Kirkcudbrightshire [now Dumfries & Galloway], Scotland, UK
12 October 1968, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
4 February 1948, Detroit, Michigan, USA
7 November 1988, Plumstead, London, England, UK
7 May 1962, Butte, Montana, USA
1 March 1954, Duncan, Oklahoma, USA
24 September 1961, Petts Wood, Kent, England, UK
7 June 1940, Pontypridd, Wales, UK
31 July 1974, London, England, UK
10 May 1968, Stewkley, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
10 August 1972, Shepherd's Bush, London, England, UK
7 March 1944, Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK
15 January 1965, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, UK
28 April 1950, New Rochelle, New York, USA
16 February 1964, Salford, Lancashire, England, UK
March 22, 2019
On the basis of this first episode, and with the caveat that all such things need time to bed in and gel together, the smaller, lighter Top Gear may just have snuck ahead of the bloated Grand Tour.
March 22, 2019
So I'm sorry, M LeB, but it's bloody hard to watch without thinking about what was before. Top Gear has just too much baggage in its trunk.
March 22, 2019
The show's second reboot leaves it much improved, but LeBlanc might still be needing that crash helmet.
March 22, 2019
With Evans in charge, Top Gear had sweated panic from every nozzle. Here, in contrast, the laid-back spirit of LeBlanc's Friends character Joey Tribbiani held sway.
March 22, 2019
The devotion to the classic Clarkson formula, though, is so overwhelming that this tribute show version of Top Gear can still attract decent guests (James McAvoy).
March 22, 2019
The fact that Chris Evans is no longer involved is bound to help. For all his brilliance as a broadcaster, Evans never felt right in Top Gear mode.
March 22, 2019
The weak link of 2016 has gone in the shape of Chris Evans, and the best three presenters have been elevated to an equal status: Chris Harris, Rory Reid and Matt LeBlanc. And it's worked wonders.
