Top Gear - Season 11

Season 11

The 11th series of Top Gear was broadcast between 22 June 2008 and 27 July 2008, in show's usual time slot of 8pm on Sunday on BBC Two. The series consists of six episodes. This series included a revised title sequence, following the same visual style as with the sequence used for Series 8 through 10, but incorporating footage from the two prior series. A new character was introduced in the first episode of the series. Also for the first five episodes of this series, the "Star in a Reasonably Priced Car" becomes "Stars in a Reasonably Priced Car", featuring two celebrity guests every week, each one setting an individual laptime. In May 2008, after series producer Andy Wilman held a brainstorming session with the presenters and other production staff, various facts about the upcoming series were released. Wilman confirmed that series 11 would see the presenters, Clarkson, Hammond and May, gain more control over the flow of the show's popular news segment. The series included running jokes appearing in each episode: Clarkson showing an image he claims to have found on "the Internet" which is censored for the television broadcast; and, in the news section, May appearing to feign enthusiasm whilst presenting a brief news item about the Dacia Sandero with no further discussion before they move on to the next item.

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Episodes6

DatesJun 22, 2008 - Jul 27, 2008

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Episodes

Season 11Episode 160 min

Police Cars

The boys try to build a better police car for just £1500, Clarkson finds out that a well-driven super-car can be greener than a Prius, if you drive it properly. Justin Lee Collins and Alan Carr go head-to-head in our reasonably priced car.

Jun 22, 2008

Season 11Episode 260 min

Cool Wall

Jeremy tests the new Mitsubishi Evo X against the new Subaru Impreza WRX STi on the Top Gear track; Richard races the new Audi estate against two skiers in the Alps and Jeremy road-tests the new Mercedes CLK Black ("Imagine drinking a pint of hemlock, setting yourself on fire and then jumping out of a plane when it's directly overhead a combine harvester… That's what the Black feels like. Exciting beyond words. … I'm not sure that anyone's life is quite complete unless they have one"). Actors Peter Firth and Rupert Penry-Jones (famous for playing spies in the BBC drama series Spooks) are the "Stars in a Reasonably Priced Car."

Jun 29, 2008

Season 11Episode 360 min

Proper Petrolhead

Jeremy tests the new Brooklands Bentley Super Coupé on the Top Gear test track. The Producers set the Presenters a challenge: each is to buy an old Alpha Romeo for £1000 or less and put them through a series of feared Top Gear tests, including a track day, featuring them in calendars and showing them at a concourse day where the motto is "a passion for perfection." Actor-comedians Rob Brydon and James Corden (currently enjoying much success in the BBC's multi-award-winning Gavin & Stacey) are the "Stars in a Reasonably Priced Car."

Jul 6, 2008

Season 11Episode 460 min

Bullet Train

In a race across Japan, Jeremy Clarkson tries to prove that the technical tour de force that is the Nissan GT-R is faster than Richard Hammond and James May traveling on the ultra-efficient Japanese public transport, including the 200 mph Shinkansen Bullet Train. Jeremy also tests the beautiful new Alpha Romeo 8C on the Top Gear track. UK newsreaders Fiona Bruce and Kate Silverton are the "Stars in a Reasonably Priced Car."

Jul 13, 2008

Season 11Episode 560 min

Fox Hunting

Jeremy and James show off and compare their Rolls Royce Corniche and the dictator-chic Mercedes "Grosser" – ageing but massive luxury limos they bought for the price of a new Ford Mondeo. The Nissan GT-R wondercar gives Jeremy a thorough working over around Japan's legendary Fuji circuit, and entrepreneurs Peter Jones and Theo Paphitis venture out from the Dragons' Den to become the "Stars in a Reasonably Priced Car."

Jul 20, 2008

Season 11Episode 660 min

Sumo

Jeremy, Richard and James take on three German motoring rivals (including Nurburgring legend Sabine Schmidt) and face their toughest challenge yet – not mentioning the war. James chauffeurs some exceedingly large sumo wrestlers in some exceeding strange Japanese cars, and Richard attacks the test track in Mazda's remarkable Furai concept car.

Jul 27, 2008

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