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Cars Can Be Art on Top Gear

March 21st, 2010

7:30pm Sunday, March 21 on Prime

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Tonight on Top Gear Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May attempt to prove that cars can be art by taking over an entire modern art gallery and filling it with motoring-related works, including some remarkable creations of their own.

Formula 1 racing driver David Coulthard assists Jeremy in creating a painting using the Red Bull F1 car exhaust and infra-red paint; James builds a sculpture from car parts; and Richard paints an homage to John Constable's The Haywain with a motoring twist.

In their quest to prove that cars can be more popular than traditional art, the presenters set themselves the challenge of attracting more visitors to their exhibition over a more traditional art gallery over the same period - a task that forces them to engage in some unusual promotional activities, including a visit to Middlesbrough Football Club.

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Second-Hand Lorries on Best Of Top Gear

March 16th, 2010

8:30pm Tuesday, March 16 on Prime

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The Best of Top Gear returns with a crash, a bang and an overwhelming smell of burning. Jeremy, Richard and James decide 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 (heavy goods vehicle) driver - which turns out to be a lot harder than they thought. Also in this episode, Jeremy is on the test track with a scary Porsche 911, a tame Lamborghini Gallardo and a surprisingly talented Labrador, and chat-show legend Michael Parkinson is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car.

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The Renaultsport Twingo 133 onTop Gear

March 14th, 2010

7:30pm Sunday, March 14 on Prime

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Tonight, Jeremy Clarkson travels to Belfast to conduct an extremely thorough test of the Renaultsport Twingo 133, involving a tunnel, a ferry and British television actor Ross Kemp (EastEnders, Ultimate Force). Meanwhile, Richard Hammond investigates ways to speed up your next summer holiday through the medium of motorsport and invents the brand-new sport where various airport vehicles (including a fire engine, baggage carrier and hospitality lorry) race around an airfield. Jeremy compares 4x4s, testing a Diesel Range Rover, BMW X5 and Audi Q7 on the Top Gear track. And the Star in the Reasonable Priced Car is the award-winning British film director and Madge's ex-husband, Guy Ritchie.

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A Caravan Airship on Top Gear

March 7th, 2010

7:30pm Sunday, March 7 on Prime

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Tonight, Jeremy and Richard settle the thorny issue of which company has, above all others, made the greatest number of truly brilliant cars by driving various models of Lancia cars throughout the British countryside. They also have a night race against a Morris Marina and Jeremy hits the track in a remarkable replica of a Lancia Hawk Stratos - how will it perform?

James has a novel solution for getting caravans to campsites without clogging up the roads by taking the helm of a caravan airship and attempting to fly it to a caravan park. However, because he doesn't have a tow car, he asks Richard to drive a tow car for him to the caravan park - Richard chooses to drive a Lamborghini Balbonne. But will James make it to the caravan park before Richard arrives?

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Going Green on Top Gear

February 28th, 2010

7:30pm Sunday, February 28 on Prime

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In tonight's episode, the Top Gear team goes green. Jeremy, Richard and James attempt to save the planet by building their own homemade electric car out of a TVR chassis and electric batteries. Set a time limit of a mere 18 hours, they produce a marvel of rushed engineering and shoddy workmanship, The Hammerhead Eagle i-Thrust. The electric car is then driven through the streets of Oxford, before being put through the rigours of the new car testing process - will it make the grade?

The Top Gear track also witnesses a battle of continents. Representing the United States of America is the American Corvette ZR1, while Europe's entry is the Audi R8 V10. What will prevail: the American muscle or the finesse of the European?

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Best Of Top Gear: Winter Olympics Special

February 23rd, 2010

8:30pm Tuesday, February 23 on Prime

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The Top Gear team hits Norway for a Winter Olympics special, in which they attempt Olympic events, but with cars!

Competing in the biathlon event is Jeremy in a Volvo XC90 racing against James in an Audi Q7, while Richard finds out whether he can survive cold better than a Citroen C3. Jeremy races a Jaguar XK8 against a former world record holding speed skater - on ice! Richard and a bobsleigh team (including Henning Solberg, the Norwegian national Rally champion) take on James in a Mitsubishi rally car and Richard and James play ice-hockey with their new Suzuki Swifts while Jeremy referees. The team also finds out whether a rocket-powered Mini can out-jump a champion skier and the intrepid Stig drives a snowmobile down a ski jump - will he make the jump or will it end in disaster?

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Top Gear Series Premiere

February 21st, 2010

7:30pm Sunday, February 21 on Prime

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The global phenomenon that is Top Gear returns to Prime for another high-octane, action packed and adrenaline fuelled series. Everyone's favourite naughty school boys masquerading as grown-up TV presenters are back in the driving seat for what promises to be one hell of a ride. Relax in the comfort of your armchair as Jeremy, Richard and James test drive the latest cars, take part in hair-brained road-tests and generally partake in tomfoolery. In this new series, the challenges get even more clever, the celebrities have even more fun, The Stig is just as mysterious and Jeremy, Richard and James become even more daring...

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Top Gear Polar Special

February 16th, 2010

8:30pm Tuesday, February 16 on Prime

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By popular demand, Prime's delighted to screen an encore of the not-to-be-missed Top Gear Polar Special. It's the ultimate test of man against machine - or should that be dog against machine - as the Top Gear team set out in this ambitious and arduous challenge.

Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond take part in an epic land race starting in the town of Resolute, Northern Canada and finishing 724km later at the Magnetic North Pole. The terrain they tackle is some of the toughest on Earth - a mix of mountainous land masses and jagged sea ice where temperatures can drop to a mind-numbing minus 65 degrees centigrade. The Arctic is also home to 80 per cent of the world's polar bear population and when it comes to lunch, they really don't care if it's seal or human!

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