The tenth series of the BBC motoring show Top Gear, starring presenters Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May, premiered on the 7th of October, 2007 and concluded on the 23rd of December, 2007.
This series marked the final time the show would breach 10 or more episodes in a season, as future series would cut down on the number of episodes in order to focus on more elaborate sequences.
This series is generally regarded as one of Top Gear's best due to having some of the series most memorable moments and action sequences.
Viewing figures were reduced by under half a million to 7.01 million viewers per episode, however, as viewing figures peaked during the prior series, this is not remarkable in the slightest. Series 11 would premiere in June 2008.
Episodes[]
Episode Number | Film(s) | Track Test | SIARPC |
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1 (81) | The presenters head through continental Europe to find the best driving road in the world in a selection of Lightweight Supercars. | Volkswagen Golf GTi W12 (Jeremy) | Dame Helen Mirren |
2 (82) | The presenters have another go at rebuilding Amphibious cars and attempt to cross the English Channel. | Audi R8 (Jeremy) vs Porsche 911 Carrera S (Richard) | Jools Holland |
3 (83) | James drives the Rolls Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe, Jeremy has a go in the world's smallest car; the Peel P50 and Richard races a Bugatti Veyron against a Eurofighter Typhoon. | Ferrari 599 GTB, Ferrari 275 GTS (Jeremy) | Ronnie Wood |
4 (84) | Botswana Special | None | None |
5 (85) | The presenters see what is the fastest method of travel by racing across London - James defending the honour of the car with the Mercedes GL500, Jeremy using water with a Cougar Speedboat, Richard using a bike and the Stig using public transport. Richard also races an Aston Martin V8 Vantage Roadster against a Jet Propelled Roller Skater. | Caparo T1 (Jeremy) | Simon Cowell |
6 (86) | James races the new Alfa Romeo 159 against a man across a lake without attempting to swear. Jeremy compares the new BMW M5 Touring to the Mercedes E63 AMG Estate and Richard has a race at Essex Raceway to see if Motorhome Racing would catch on. | Honda Civic Type R (Jeremy) | Lawrence Dallaglio |
7 (87) | The presenters attempt to prove that British Leyland made a good car buy buying one with their own money and then set a number of challenges to claw some of their money back. | Aston Martin DBS (Jeremy) | Jennifer Saunders |
8 (88) | Jeremy and James try to find the first car which had the control layout that is familiar to modern cars, before Jeremy has a go in a computer controlled BMW. Also Richard sees how tough it is to drive an F1 car at Silverstone. | Vauxhall VXR8 (Jeremy) | Lewis Hamilton (Liana), James Blunt (Lacetti) |
9 (89) | Following the tractor challenge, thanks to James, the presenters discover they ended up with bio-diesel. They burn this and race in the Britcar 24hr race at Silverstone. Meanwhile James races the new Fiat 500 against some Bikers. | Ascari A10 vs Daihatsu Materia (Jeremy) | Keith Allen |
10 (90) | The presenters head to Spain to see which small German Performance Saloon is best with help from the Stig. James drives the new Jaguar XF while Richard attempts to see if the G-Wiz is any good as a remote control car. | None | David Tennant |
Production[]
With the Summer 2007 series skipped out as a direct result of Hammond's Vampire Dragster Crash from the year prior offsetting production even a year later, the decision was made to move Series 10 back by half a year.
With four months off in order to facilitate Hammond's further recovery, as he was still suffering from its effects at the time, the series entered production in July 2007, with the Botswana Special being the first episode to be filmed. In September that year, the trio entered the Britcar 24 Hour Race at Silverstone in a race-prepared BMW 330D. Among the final segments to be filmed was Lewis Hamilton's SIARPC segment, as it was recorded after his defeat by Finnish champion Kimi Räikkönen in late November.
Reception[]
The show's IMDb page rated this series at an average score of 7.6/10, its joint-highest score up to that point, indicating a positive reception overall.
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