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Top Gear Race to the North
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The Race to the North is an episode of Top Gear that featured a three-way race held in 2009 between a Jaguar XK120 car, a Vincent Black Shadow motorcycle, and railway locomotive 60163 Tornado – a brand new mainline steam engine completed in Britain in 2008. The race saw the car, bike and locomotive, race from London, England, to Edinburgh, Scotland, a journey of around 400 miles (640 km). Eighteen months in the planning, the race was filmed in secret on 25 April 2009, and shown on 21 June 2009 as the first episode of the thirteenth series of Top Gear
Tornado passing Sutton-on-Trent on the Race to the North, with the Cathedrals Express name
Tornado passing Sutton-on-Trent on the Race to the North, with the Cathedrals Express name
Tornado at speed on the Race to the North on 25 April 2009, passing Bawtry viaduct, South Yorkshire
Tornado at speed on the Race to the North on 25 April 2009, passing Bawtry viaduct, South Yorkshire
Image: Top Gear team Richard Hammond, James May and Jeremy Clarkson 31 October 2008
Image: Top Gear team Richard Hammond, James May and Jeremy Clarkson 31 October 2008
Image: 60163 Tornado 12 March 2009 Tyne Yard pic 13
Image: 60163 Tornado 12 March 2009 Tyne Yard pic 13
Top Gear (2002 TV series)
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Top Gear is a British motoring magazine and entertainment television programme. It is a revival by Jeremy Clarkson and Andy Wilman of the 1977–2001 show of the same name for the BBC, and premiered on 20 October 2002. The programme focuses on the examination and reviewing of motor vehicles, primarily cars, though this was expanded upon after the broadcast of its earlier series to incorporate films featuring motoring-based challenges, special races, timed laps of notable cars, and celebrity timed laps on a course specially-designed for the relaunched programme. The programme drew acclaim for its visual and presentation style since its launch, which focused on being generally entertaining to viewers, as well as criticism over the controversial nature of its content. The show was also praised for its occasionally-controversial humour and lore existing in not just the automotive community but in the form of internet memes and jokes. The programme was aired on BBC Two until it was moved to BBC One for its twenty-ninth series in 2020.
From left to right: Richard Hammond, James May and Jeremy Clarkson in 2008
From left to right: Richard Hammond, James May and Jeremy Clarkson in 2008
May, Hammond and Clarkson at a Top Gear Live show in 2014
May, Hammond and Clarkson at a Top Gear Live show in 2014
The Suzuki Liana featured as the show's first "Reasonably Priced Car"
The Suzuki Liana featured as the show's first "Reasonably Priced Car"
Jeremy Clarkson's "Toybota" Hilux pick-up truck from the amphibious cars challenge
Jeremy Clarkson's "Toybota" Hilux pick-up truck from the amphibious cars challenge