Season 1 isn’t available, just into episode 3 of season 2 and it’s looking pretty good. I had forgotten about ‘the wall’.

Other than the commercials it’s pretty good right out of the gate.

I'm assuming this is the Clarkson/Hammond/May series?
S1 may not be available due to the different cast, pre-May.

Samsung TVPlus has a Top Gear channel, it's my go-to 'white noise' if I don't feel like searching something out to watch.

Welcome to the Rabbit Hole. It goes pretty deep and with over 30 years of shows between Top Gear and The Grand Tour. Season 1 was pretty trash and had a 2nd host named Jason Dawe who was basically a used car salesman giving used car advice and contributing little to anything to the show while Clarkson and Hammond were carrying the entire show. If anything, watching Season 1 will make you want to punch Jason Dawe in the middle of his face every time he shows up because it signals the show is about to be trash.

And while Season 2 and 3 have good moments like the Toyota Hilux, I don't think Top Gear reached it's potential until Season 4 starting with the race to France in the Aston Martin DB9.

The Clarkson, May, Hammond era was some of the best automotive shows, worldwide it was one of the biggest shows.

The Vietnam trip was quite good, as always the visuals/video is superb.

The trip to South America had some cool things, like the hut where Robert Redford was in Butch Cassady and the Sundance Kid, then where the internet stirred up the Argentinians over the license plate on Clarksons 928 supposedly being a rib at Argentina over the Falkland Islands and they had to Escape Ushuaia and sneak back into Chile.

Looks like Top Gear could be done, they shelved the last season after Flintoff wrecked and severely injured himself. Then again similar to the seasons where Hammond darn near killed himself in a dragster accident.

It makes so much money it's hard to see the BBC cancel it..


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And while Season 2 and 3 have good moments like the Toyota Hilux, I don't think Top Gear reached it's potential until Season 4 starting with the race to France in the Aston Martin DB9.

May replaced Dawe in s2, and the trio didn't really start hitting its marks until s3 and by s6 they were becoming more mainstream.
S9 is when things really took-off as the budget expanded, more supercars, more big name guests which in-turn attracted a broader audience (ie females) and of course, the roadtrips and specials really started to get creative.
My favorite being the Bolivia special, I hadn't laughed that hard since watching Something About Mary for the first time; the Botswanna episode I really enjoyed also as was the episode where Clarkson repeatedly rolls the Relient Robin.

And if you're a fan of Jeremy, his "Clarkson's Farm" is hilarious too. It's about a rich guy who tries his hand at farming, spends a ton of money on farming, only to lose his shirt everytime!

Top Gear/TGT is the best.

Season 1 is occasionally available on Amazon, or Motortrend. All of them are available in box DVD sets, which, given the cancellation, may be a consideration if you want to make sure you have access on your own terms in the future.

I hadn’t even heard of Top Gear until 2015 so I have no history of any of the series except what I saw in sone YouTube video clips.

I’m looking forward to watching it all and thanks for the advice on the DVD compilation. Will likely buy it for myself.

It's strange that you'd never heard of it despite being a member of this site, where the show was highly popular, during the majority of the time it was on the air. But perhaps you'd missed the many posts regarding the show and specials over the years. Somehow.