Jeremy Clarkson
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The world is a big place full of interesting things. And The Grand Tour has seen some of them. That's why few people are better placed to lead you around this vast planet of ours than Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May. As long as you don't mind getting hot and lost. Welcome, everyone, to The Grand Tour Guide to The World. In this indispensable guide, you will find an abundance of information, most of which is probably wrong and possibly...
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Top Gear volume 8
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English
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Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May go to Vietnam and are told to travel the entire length of the country in just eight days, thereby achieving what the American military failed to do in ten years. First they must each buy suitable transport for the trip, but this proves challenging, especially in one of the most expensive car markets in the world. Nonetheless, the boys are resourceful and, with the wheels eventually sorted, they set off...
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Top Gear volume 8
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English
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Jeremy, Richard and James enter a 24-hour endurance race in what turns out to be one of their toughest challenges to date. James tries the new Fiat 500 on the mean streets of Budapest, and in a somewhat unfair challenge, the Daihatsu Materia takes on the Ascari A10.
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Top Gear volume 1
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English
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Jeremy drives the new Swedish super - the Koenigsegg CCX, RIchard drives the new Nissan Micra convertible and James drives the new Honda Civic. They all make the first convertible people carrier and host a celebrity coffee morning on the Top Gear track with the new Top Gear car, the Chevrolet Lacetti.
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Top Gear volume 7
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English
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Richard drives a Formula 1 Renault as James and Jeremy visit the National Motor Museum in search of the first car with the control layout we know today. The Vauxhall VXR8 grunts around the test track. There's a review of a BMW that can drive itself, singer James Blunt is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car, and Formula 1 star Lewis Hamilton is a very special guest in the studio.
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Top Gear volume 3
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English
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The credit crunch is confronted head on as the boys attempt to find three sensibly priced small cars that won't make you miserable, a process that involves haranguing bankers, harnessing large dogs, and almost getting arrested. Plus, James meets American stunt driving legend Ken Block, Jeremy tests the mildly insane Mercedes SL Black on the track, and comedian Michael McIntyre is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car.
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Top Gear volume 4
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English
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Can you buy a decent mid-engined Italian supercar for under £10,000? There's a race between a mountain bike and a car through the streets of Lisbon, the Marcos TSO-GT takes to the track, and record-breaking yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur navigates the Top Gear track in the Liana as the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car.
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Top Gear volume 6
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English
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Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May hit Donington in three stripped out track cars - the KTM X-Bow, the Morgan Three Wheeler and the Caterham R500. Back at the Top Gear airfield, Jeremy recreates the battle of Britain in an insane aero-engined Bentley and a flame spitting retro BMW. Plus Blur bassist and professional cheese maker Alex James is the star in the Reasonably Priced Car.
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Top Gear volume 6
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English
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James, Richard and Jeremy take a break from blowing up caravans to go on holiday in one instead. Our star in the reasonably priced car is actor Brian Cox. And Richard sets a deeply unimpressive new world record with an F1 car.
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Top Gear volume 2
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English
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On the test track, Jeremy drives the new supercar from Maserati - the MC12. Jeremy, Richard and James find out if you can buy a stylish two-door coupé for less than £1,500 and subject them to a season of tests. And the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car is comedian Jack Dee.
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Top Gear volume 2
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English
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Jeremy test-drives the new Chevrolet Corvette Z06. Richard goes to Iceland to race against a jet-powered kayak. Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay sets a track record (for speed - and swearing). Jeremy roadtests the new Jaguar XK Coupé. And Jeremy, Richard and James take over a BBC local radio studio for a couple of hours.
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Top Gear volume 8
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English
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Jeremy takes the new F430 from Ferrari for a spin on the Top Gear test track. A trio of convertibles (the Audi TT, Nissan 350Z and Chrysler Crossfire) head for Iceland. And the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car is English Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Tony Award, and Grammy Award-winning lyricist Sir Tim Rice.
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Top Gear volume 1
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English
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In this first episode, Jeremy attempts to build a car that's even smaller than the famous Peel P50 and then tests it out on the streets of London. Meanwhile, James is testing the latest Bentley Continental GT Speed by taking it on a rally stage. As if that wasn't enough, Homeland star Damian Lewis is the star in the Reasonably Priced Car.
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Top Gear volume 5
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English
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Jeremy Clarkson goes mad in two fast estates, Richard Hammond invents 'motorhome racing', the new Honda Civic Type-R is put to its paces out on the test track, and James May pits an Alfa Romeo against a man who crosses the Humber Estuary without using a bridge!
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Top Gear volume 4
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English
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Jeremy Clarkson gets chased by the British Army in some of their latest and most deadly toys. Meanwhile, Richard Hammond and James May compare the new Porsche Panamera against a small envelope, a 39p stamp and the logistical might of the Royal Mail in a race from one end of the British Isles to the other. Plus, Olympic gold medal-winning sprinter Usain Bolt is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car.
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Top Gear volume 5
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English
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Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond tackle the twin problems of an ageing population and the increasing complexity of modern cars. Their solution is to design a vehicle exclusively for the elderly. Meanwhile, James May shifts to Nevada for the ultimate challenge against an autonomous military machine. Plus actor James McAvoy is the star in the Reasonably Priced Car.
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Top Gear volume 3
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English
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Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond are on location with a forthcoming movie as they take charge of shooting the film's climactic car chase. Clarkson uses his expertise to choreograph the stunt driving while Hammond organizes an explosive finale.
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Top Gear volume 2
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English
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The brand new season of the world's most popular car show continues with an epic road trip across the western side of the United States in three front-engined supercars. Along the way, the three presenters take in racing circuits, airborne attacks and a race against the police. Meanwhile, back in the studio legendary Fleetwood Mac drummer Mick Fleetwood is the star in the Reasonably Priced Car.
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Top Gear volume 6
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English
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In the first of a two-part Top Gear special, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are in Africa with a simple mission - to find the definitive source of the Nile. Over the years many explorers claim to have already done just that, but the Top Gear trio believe that they can do better by traveling using only grit, ingenuity and three ageing estate cars.
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Top Gear volume 4
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English
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Jeremy finds a touch of the night in the new Porsche 911 Turbo, the Stig tears up the track in an insanely-tuned Mercedes SL, and Richard and James make one small stumble for man as they attempt to build a working space shuttle out of a Reliant Robin. Plus, Hot Fuzz actor Simon Pegg is the Star In A Reasonably Priced Car.