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Top Gear

Season 31 1994
TV-PG

  • 1994-03-03T00:00:00Z on BBC Two
  • 30m
  • 5h (10 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary
The original Top Gear (which was aired from 1977 to 2001) started as a monthly television series produced by BBC Midlands, based at Pebble Mill. The 30 minute programmes had a magazine format and were transmitted to viewers in the Midlands region only. Top Gear and its title, was conceived by Executive Producer Derek Smith. The programme covered motoring related issues such as new car road tests, fuel economy, safety, the police, speeding, insurance, second-hand cars and holiday touring.

10 episodes

Season Premiere

1994-03-03T00:00:00Z

31x01 Episode 1

Season Premiere

31x01 Episode 1

  • 1994-03-03T00:00:00Z30m

The latest series of the motoring magazine kicks off with a look at the new Probe. Could it be Ford’s Capri of the 90s? Jeremy Clarkson tests it against coupe rivals. And Tony Mason reports from the Monte Carlo Rally on the performance of Paddy Hopkirk’s born-again Mini Cooper.

1994-03-10T00:00:00Z

31x02 Episode 2

31x02 Episode 2

  • 1994-03-10T00:00:00Z30m

In the shifting sands of the Dubai desert, Jeremy Clarkson puts five leading off-roaders to the test and finds out if British is best. Tiff Needell tests Vauxhall’s new executive car, the Omega, and Chris Goffey reports on the highlight of the historic racing calendar, the Coys Festival at Silverstone.

1994-03-17T00:00:00Z

31x03 Episode 3

31x03 Episode 3

  • 1994-03-17T00:00:00Z30m

Including a road test of Fiat’s latest small car, the Punto, and more about the Gordon Keeble, a flash match for Aston Martins and Jensens back in the 60s, but little known today.

1994-03-24T00:00:00Z

31x04 Episode 4

31x04 Episode 4

  • 1994-03-24T00:00:00Z30m

Including new models at the Geneva Motor Show, a look at Pacific Racing, a new British team planning to enter Formula 1 racing when the 1994 Grand Prix season starts in Brazil this weekend, and the demise of the Ford XR3i. Plus advice on buying a second-hand Mercedes 190.

1994-04-06T23:00:00Z

31x05 Episode 5

31x05 Episode 5

  • 1994-04-06T23:00:00Z30m

This week: Steve Berry joins a celebration of the golden era of motorbiking and rides Triumph’s new Speed Triple. Meanwhile Tiff Needell looks at the Celica, Toyota’s s entry in the highly competitive £20,000 coupe market.

1994-04-13T23:00:00Z

31x06 Episode 6

31x06 Episode 6

  • 1994-04-13T23:00:00Z30m

Jeremy Clarkson travels to Italy to test the new Fiat coupe, a car that signals the company’s return to a sporting style. Tony Mason reports on the re-creation of a famous hill-climb race at the Klausen Pass in Switzerland. And Janet Trewin looks at ways of preventing car sickness.

1994-04-20T23:00:00Z

31x07 Episode 7

31x07 Episode 7

  • 1994-04-20T23:00:00Z30m

Tumbling sales have led Lancia to pull out of the British car market. Jeremy Clarkson looks back at some of the best, and worst, examples of the marque. Plus Chris Goffey on Renault’s new Laguna, and Tony Mason in Wales on the first round of the British Rally Championship.

1994-04-27T23:00:00Z

31x08 Episode 8

31x08 Episode 8

  • 1994-04-27T23:00:00Z30m

This week: Jeremy Clarkson tests three estate cars; Tiff Needell drives the Caterham Super 7; and Michele Newman joins the enthusiasts who cruise the King’s Road in Chelsea in classic American cars.

1994-05-04T23:00:00Z

31x09 Episode 9

31x09 Episode 9

  • 1994-05-04T23:00:00Z30m

This week: Stephen Bayley test drives Honda’s stylish new Civic coupe. And Chris Goffey tells the story of one of the star cars at this weekend’s Top Gear Classic and Sportscar Show in Birmingham — a Bugatti called Black Bess.

1994-05-11T23:00:00Z

31x10 Episode 10

31x10 Episode 10

  • 1994-05-11T23:00:00Z30m

This week’s programme visits the Top Gear Classic and Sportscar Show at the NEC, Birmingham, to find out why people choose to run old cars.

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