Top Gear was once the programme your dad would force everyone to watch - his quiet revenge for having to sit through your mum's frequent doses of Corrie or EastEnders. It was a serious, fact-filled car review show and therefore incredibly dull for anyone who a) couldn't care less about cars or b) wasn't your dad.

Then some bright spark realised the programme needed fewer reviews and more exploding caravans, and the new Top Gear was born - a show that bears as much resemblance to its predecessor as the Sex Pistols do to Genesis.

Viewers are divided on which presenter is the best - dads and lads like Clarkson, car geeks like James May, and (as long-suffering boyfriends well know) every single female viewer likes Richard Hammond. And everyone's got their favourite stunt - from "car darts" to the time they turned a Reliant Robin into a space shuttle. Genius.

Top gear and motoring quizzes:

Comments (162)

buzzboy2002

July 3, 2009
1:25 a.m.

WELL DONE BOYS, keep it up, i love it all from Jezzas meaningless rants too Mays quite but if sheepish views. I've watched in oar as you went from supercars to hypercars( lets face it how intrestin would it be to watch tesco car park...and talk about the family saloon for an hour) i agree with Hammond bikes do count too as special things but they aint a patch on a bayron, p.s my girl loves ya Hammond white teeth...lol
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pixie2097

July 2, 2009
12:03 p.m.

fith gear in crap xoxox
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mini41134

June 29, 2009
5:07 p.m.

they were obviously scared to include THE STIG in the presenter quiz because we all want to be THE STIG!
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AlmightyNaji

June 26, 2009
10:04 p.m.

"(as long-suffering boyfriends well know) every single female viewer likes Richard Hammond" - Count me out of that one. I'm a definite Mayster. :-)
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lidluvs911's

June 22, 2009
2:55 p.m.

I WANT MORE TOPGEAR!!!!!!!!!!!That show is sooooooooooooo awsome. But i agree with some of the others. stop showing the same episodes several times. I watch it regularly and you always repeat the same episode the next day. Its annoying.but at the same time.....GET RID OF THAT STUPID PROGRAM 5TH GEAR!!!!!!!!IT MOCKS THE GREATEST SHOW OF ALL TIME.TOPGEAR!!!!!!and plus its completely and utterly boring, well not for someone who wants all facts no fun. and i agree that all the girls (I'm one of em)like Richard Hammond, single or not.
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rmwebs

June 20, 2009
12:54 p.m.

PLEASE Stop showing the same episodes at lunchtime, and dinner time! Why the heck would you want to do that?! You dont see the BBC repeating programs twice in one month, let alone a day! Why cant you just go from S1 - S12, over and over....that would be better than repeating what seems to be about 6 episodes over and over again! I've seen this one about 10 times on dave recently!!! Oh, and ditch 5th gear....its for channel 5 wallies, not Dave'ians!
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pauliscool

June 20, 2009
12:01 p.m.

Hi Dave I think that you should show the brand new series of Top Gear on Dave as well as all of the others that Dave shows. TOP GEAR IS THE BEST SO SHOW MORE OF THEM!!!!!!
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palmal2

June 16, 2009
10:23 p.m.

Hi Dave. I was horrified to note that we do not appear to be having Top Gear on at the 8 p.m. slot. Yes you do have Top Gear on during the day but what about the poor sods who are at work during the day!! You really cannot have too much of a good thing.
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