Editing Top Gear (2002 TV series)/Series 6/Episode 6

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|episode = Episode 6
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Clarkson in Oslo with the SLR.
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The SLR spotted in Oslo by an amateur photographer.
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The SLR spotted in Oslo by an amateur photographer.
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|prodcode = GFGB056B
|number = 72 (since 2002), 621 (since 1977)
|length = 59:37
|viewers = 4.55 million
|prev = [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/Episode 5|Series 6, Episode 5]]
|next = [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/Episode 7|Series 6, Episode 7]]
|airdate = {{FlagUK}} 3rd July, 2005
| airdates    =
{{BBCW}} 23rd July, 2005<br>
{{FlagPL}} 7th October, 2005<br>
{{FlagRU}} 9th October, 2005 (Part 1)<br>
{{FlagNL}} 25th November, 2005<br>
{{FlagRU}} 4th December, 2005 (Part 2)<br>
{{FlagCA}} 23rd April, 2006<br>
{{BBCP}} 16th May, 2006<br>
{{FlagAU}} 21st August, 2006<br>
{{FlagFI}} 14th July, 2007<br>
{{FlagKO}} 24th February, 2008<br>
{{FlagJP}} 1st August, 2008 (PSN)<br>
{{FlagUS}} 18th August, 2008<br>
{{FlagBE}} 27th July, 2009 <br>
{{FlagHU}} 28th August, 2009<br>
{{FlagCZ}} 14th November, 2009<br>
{{FlagES}} 8th March, 2010<br>
{{FlagEE}} 21st April, 2010<br>
{{FlagJP}} 11th December, 2010<br>
{{FlagDE}} 9th July, 2011<br>
{{FlagIT}} 15th October, 2011<br>
''Data may not be 100% accurate.''
}}

{{TG 2002 Episode|episodename=Series 6, Episode 6|airdate=3rd July|year=2005|xth=sixth|series=[[Series 6]]|number=54th|number77=621st|number78=612th|prognum=11th|totprog=26|resolution=576i|aspratio=16:9 Widescreen|tvorstream=British television|channel=BBC Two}} {{TG 2002 Episode Starring|hosta=Jeremy Clarkson|hostb=Richard Hammond|hostc=James May|stig=[[The Stig#First White Stig|The Stig]]|star=[[David Dimbleby]]|waswere=was}}.

This episode is perhaps best-known for predominantly featuring ''Top Gear''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s third intercontinental race, the [[Top Gear (2002 TV series)/Series 6/Episode 6/Race to Oslo|Race to Oslo]], where Clarkson, driving a [[Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren|McLaren-Mercedes SLR]], raced against fellow hosts Hammond and May who attempted to use nautical travel to reach Oslo, the capital of Norway.

==Synopsis==
{{TG Intro|narrator=Jeremy Clarkson}}
*''Question Time'' comes to our Reasonably-Priced Car.
*Aston's DB9 racer comes to our track.
*And an offshore powerboat against a Mercedes SLR.

The episode structure for Series 6, Episode 6 was highly atypical in the sense that the majority of the episode was taken up by the race to Oslo, which immediately opened up the episode with Clarkson briefly mentioning the two races which had occurred before it in the studio.

{{Airing History}}
<big>'''United Kingdom'''</big><br>
Series 6, Episode 6 would premiere on [[BBC/BBC Two|BBC Two]] on the night of the 3rd July, 2005. It would be repeated<ref>[https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/031ceddc21644305b473cf496d76e686 BBC Genome - Top Gear. (7th July, 2005)]</ref> four nights later, before being edited down into a 45 minute version by [[Red Bee Media]] for usage on [[UKTV]] channels such as [[UKTV/UKTV People|UKTV People]] and [[UKTV/Dave#UKTV G2|UKTV G2]], where the episode began airing approximately 2 weeks after its premiere on BBC Two. The original, mostly unedited version of the episode would air for one night only<ref>[https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/c173b363091a4b569e78d77674eed7e8 BBC Genome - Top Gear. (21st July, 2007)]</ref> on [[BBC/BBC Three|BBC Three]] on the night of the 21st July, 2007. This latter airing's sole edit was to the competition segment, with large red "THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED" letters being displayed onscreen to discourage viewers from voting in the competition which they mistakenly believed was still ongoing. This was evidently not enough, and later episodes from the series would censor the phone number to prevent future calls.

<big>'''Worldwide'''</big><br>
Internationally, the episode would first premiere on [[BBC/BBC World|BBC World]] on the 23rd July 2005, 3 weeks after its UK release. It would then be shown in Poland on [[TVN Turbo]] that October, the Netherlands on [[Veronica (TV channel)|Veronica]] in November, and would be split into two parts for broadcast on Russia's [[NTV]] network in October and December. The episode would then air in Canada on the 23rd April, 2006, before having a larger worldwide broadcast on [[BBC/BBC Prime|BBC Prime]] a month later.

{{Unabridged|episodename=Series 6, Episode 6}}

==References==