Top Gear - Season 1

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Air Date: Thu, 13 Jul 1978
Average Rating: ⭐ 7.9 (107 votes)
BBC Two10 Episodes

Episode 1
Season 1 - Episode 1
The big holiday rush begins this weekend and many drivers plan to travel through Friday night. How dangerous is this practice? What are the ...

Episode 2
Season 1 - Episode 2
The training of a British police driver is said to be the best in the world, but what makes it so good? Angela becomes a pupil of the Police...

Episode 3
Season 1 - Episode 3
The MOT test continues to be controversial. Is the interpretation consistent from station to station and does the motorist get a fair deal? ...

Episode 4
Season 1 - Episode 4
Tonight Angela Rippon reports from Northern Ireland where to park your car can cost £600, a taxi fare is cheaper than a bus ride and where y...

Episode 5
Season 1 - Episode 5
Tonight Angela Rippon climbs into the cab to report on the latest situation about tachographs in lorries. Colin Chapman talks to Barrie Gill...

Episode 6
Season 1 - Episode 6
Angela attends the finals of a nationwide search to find a girl rally driver who can take her place beside international stars Roger Clark a...

Episode 7
Season 1 - Episode 7
Traffic jams make the headlines almost every weekend of the summer. When the cause is an accident, the emergency services often have difficu...

Episode 8
Season 1 - Episode 8
Every year a quarter of a million people go to Le Mans to watch this premier sports car race in the international calendar. This year Top Ge...

Episode 9
Season 1 - Episode 9
Top Gear invited international teams of four-wheel-drive vehicles to decide who is King of the Country. Could cross-country cars from the US...

Episode 10
Season 1 - Episode 10
Brum revs up for the Motor Show. The largest Motor Show ever held in Britain opens its doors in five weeks' time at the National Exhibition ...