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Top Gear (UK) - Season 24
Top Gear is back and about to undertake the most important test-drive of its existence. The first week's guest is James McAvoy who gets a tour of a new electric car with Rory Reid.
5 October 1947, Dunston, Gateshead, England, UK
15 January 1965, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, UK
19 August 1965, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
28 April 1972, Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
24 August 1988, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England, UK
28 October 1982, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK
25 August 1987, Bishopbriggs, Scotland, UK
23 December 1977, Easington, County Durham, England, UK
March 22, 2019
The fact that Chris Evans is no longer involved is bound to help. For all his brilliance as a broadcaster, Evans never felt right in Top Gear mode.
March 22, 2019
With Evans in charge, Top Gear had sweated panic from every nozzle. Here, in contrast, the laid-back spirit of LeBlanc's Friends character Joey Tribbiani held sway.
March 22, 2019
The devotion to the classic Clarkson formula, though, is so overwhelming that this tribute show version of Top Gear can still attract decent guests (James McAvoy).
March 22, 2019
So I'm sorry, M LeB, but it's bloody hard to watch without thinking about what was before. Top Gear has just too much baggage in its trunk.
March 22, 2019
The weak link of 2016 has gone in the shape of Chris Evans, and the best three presenters have been elevated to an equal status: Chris Harris, Rory Reid and Matt LeBlanc. And it's worked wonders.
March 22, 2019
The show's second reboot leaves it much improved, but LeBlanc might still be needing that crash helmet.
March 22, 2019
On the basis of this first episode, and with the caveat that all such things need time to bed in and gel together, the smaller, lighter Top Gear may just have snuck ahead of the bloated Grand Tour.
