Top Gear


4:00 pm - 5:00 pm, Tuesday, January 27 on U&Dave ja vu (74)

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Season 5, Episode 7

Jeremy Clarkson does his bit for the environment when he test drives the Toyota Prius, a hybrid car powered by petrol and electricity. The team awards the dubious accolade for the worst-handling car and a Mitsubishi Evo VIII faces a tough challenge when it goes head to head with a Lamborghini Murcielago. The Who frontman Roger Daltrey is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car


subtitles 16x9 audio-description
Leisure Hobbies Motoring

Cast & Crew

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Jeremy Clarkson (Presenter)
James May (Presenter)
Richard Hammond (Presenter)
Gary Broadhurst (Series producer)
Gary Hunter (Executive producer)
Brian Klein (Director)
Andy Wilman (Series editor)

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Jeremy Clarkson (Presenter)
Born: April 11, 1960 in Doncaster
Best Known For: Presenting Top Gear.
Early-life: Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson was born on April 11th, 1960, and claims he could say 'Maserati' before he could say 'mummy'. He was the only son of affluent parents who manufactured Paddington Bear dolls. His passion for cars began as a child, but he admits to losing interest during his teens when he discovered girls and punk rock. Jeremy attended public school for five years, but was expelled shortly before he was due to take his A-levels. His first car was a Ford Cortina.
Career: Jeremy was employed as a trainee journalist on the Rotherham Advertiser, but he quit while reporting on a local agricultural show because he grew tired of the marrow-growers and Pony Club mums. He joined the family firm as a salesman and moved to London, where he found a new career as a motoring writer. In 1987, he met a Top Gear producer at a car launch and was invited on to the show. He quickly became one of its most popular presenters, but left the programme in 1998 to concentrate on other projects. Other series he has fronted include Speed, Meet The Neighbours and his own chat show, Clarkson. However, he missed talking about cars and returned to a revamped Top Gear, which is now one of the world's most-watched shows.
Quote: "It's amazing how easily people are upset. When I said that a car snapped knicker elastic at 50 paces, I couldn't believe the furore that was created."
Trivia: He lent his vocals to the first Cars movie, and the Forza 5 video game.
James May (Presenter)
Born: January 16, 1963 in Bristol
Best Known For: Being Captain Slow on Top Gear.
Early-life: James Daniel May was born on January 16, 1963, in Bristol. He has a brother and two sisters. He attended school in Rotherham with Life on Mars star Dean Andrews before heading to Lancaster University to study music. After graduating, May made ends meet in a series of jobs, including working in a hospital. During a stint with an engineering company, he produced a leaflet and liked what it involved, so applied for a job as a magazine sub-editor. He then worked for Autocar, but was fired after inserting a "secret" message in the text.
Career: May's TV career began in 1998 with the Channel 4 series Driven, which ran for four years. In 1999, he landed a presenting role on BBC's Top Gear before it was axed due to low ratings. He rejoined the revamped version of the show in its second series. Other projects for the BBC have included Oz and James's Big Wine Adventure, James May's 20th Century, James May's Big Ideas, James May's Man Lab, and James May's Toy Stories.
Quote: On his sex-symbol status: "Perhaps they look at me in the way that I might look at a slightly tacky Jaguar XJS, and think 'that's potentially not bad, maybe I could improve that'."
Trivia: Away from TV, he has written columns for several publications and penned the books May on Motors and Notes from the Hard Shoulder.
Richard Hammond (Presenter)
Born: December 19, 1969 in Solihull
Best Known For: Co-hosting Top Gear, alongside Jeremy Clarkson and James May.
Early-life: Richard Mark Hammond was born in Birmingham on December 19, 1969. His mum Eileen, father Alan and younger brothers Andrew and Nicholas moved to Ripon where his father ran a probate business. After attending Harrogate College of Art and Technology, Richard decided not to pursue a degree and instead took a series of part-time jobs, including working behind the bar of a pub and being a `chicken chaser" at a local farm.
Career: His broadcasting career began on local radio, before he got his big TV break hosting a number of daytime shows on Men & Motors. In 2002, he landed a slot on BBC's Top Gear, where he was given the nickname Hamster. Other series Richard has presented include Crufts, the British Parking Awards, Should I Worry About…?, The Gunpowder Plot: Exploding the Legend, Time Commanders, and Sky One's Brainac: Science Abuse. He was also a team captain on the quiz show Petrolheads and narrated the BBC series Last Man Standing. In recent years, he has started presenting serious documentaries on such subjects as warfare and engineering, and secured a world exclusive interview with his hero, Evel Knievel. He is the current face of the rather silly but very enjoyable Total Wipeout.
Quote: On his Top Gear colleagues: "Of course we get on - the show wouldn't work if we didn't get on. The arguments you see on-screen are for real and often carry on off-screen as well."
Trivia: He has published books on motoring and science.
Roger Daltrey (Guest)
Born: March 01, 1944 in London
Best Known For: Being the Who's frontman.
Early-life: Roger Harry Daltrey was born in Hammersmith, London, on March 1, 1944. He has two sisters. He showed lots of academic promise as a child, enrolling at the Acton County Grammar School for Boys. His parents hoped he would continue to university. Instead, he formed a band - the Detours - using a guitar he made from a block of wood. He worked in a sheet-metal factory by day and performed in pubs and clubs at night.
Career: After a couple of years playing the circuit in a band which included Pete Townshend and John Entwistle, Keith Moon was recruited on drums, completing the legendary Who line-up. Their first single, double A-side I'm the Face/Zoot Suit, was released in 1964 but flopped. However, hits soon followed. Daltrey went on to be regarded as one of the finest rock vocalists of all time, and he and lead guitarist Townshend are still touring and recording together. He's also recorded solo albums and appeared in more than 30 films, including Tommy (1975), McVicar (1980) and Buddy's Song (1991), and numerous TV dramas, such as The Bill and Highlander.
Quote: "To me all that's left is the music you play, and in that sense the Who are as powerful now as we ever were."
Trivia: He was awarded the CBE in 2004.
Gary Broadhurst (Series producer)
Gary Hunter (Executive producer)
Brian Klein (Director)
Andy Wilman (Series editor)

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