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Created another rather important pre-2002 episode page. Unfinished; may need a template to indicate these in the future.

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{{Infobox Episode
|episode = Episode 1
|image = [[File:TG_1977_S26E01_Lead_Image.jpg|300px]]<small>This episode commenced Jeremy Clarkson's first run as lead host.</small>
|prodcode = NBMP064N
|number = 227
|length = 29:42
|previous = [[{{ROOTPAGENAME}}/Series 25/Episode 10|Series 25, Episode 10]]
|next = [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/Episode 2|Series 26, Episode 2]]
|airdate = 19th September, 1991
}}

{{TG 1977 Episode|episodename=Series 26, Episode 1|airdate=19th September|year=1991|xth=first|series=[[Series 26]]|number=227th|number78=218th|prognum=11th|totprog=24|resolution=576i|aspratio=4:3 Standard|tvorstream=British television|channel=BBC Two}} {{TG 1977 Episode Starring|hosta=Jeremy Clarkson|hostb=Chris Goffey|hostc=Quentin Willson|hostd=Tiff Needell|hoste=|hostf=|hostg=|hosth=|hosti=|hostlast=}}.

After making 22<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0165087/ IMDb - Jeremy Clarkson.]</ref> appearances on ''Top Gear'' between 1988 and the first half of 1991, it was decided to have Jeremy Clarkson replace the retiring [[William Woollard]], who left the programme following the conclusion of its [[{{ROOTPAGENAME}}/Series 25|25th series]] earlier that year. He would be joined by the programme's debuting new and used car buying guru, Quentin Willson.

==Synopsis==
{{TG Intro|narrator=no-one}}
*'''Volkswagen's new Golf - the road test.'''
*'''The perils of the used car jungle.'''
*'''Piloting a Honda Pilot.'''

Riding a bicycle into the exhibition centre, Chris Goffey, along with his broadcasting presenter Clarkson, find themselves at the [[Frankfurt Motor Show/1991|Frankfurt Motor Show]], which can lay claim to being the oldest of its kind in the world, tracing its origins as far back as 1897. [[Volkswagen]] have taken over the entirety of Hall 6 in order to unveil their first new [[Volkswagen Golf|Golf]] since 1983.

==Trivia==
*This episode would be the very first episode of ''Top Gear'' to be presented by Jeremy Clarkson in his role of lead presenter.
*He would present a further 195 episodes between 1991 and 1998 out of the 225 to air during that time period.
*Overall, it was his 23rd ''Top Gear'' appearance since his [[{{ROOTPAGENAME}}/Series 20/Episode 6|debut]] in October 1988, out of a total 220 he'd make until 2000.
*This would also be Quentin Willson's first of 190 appearances.
*It was the first episode since 1981's [[{{ROOTPAGENAME}}/Series 5/Episode 8|Series 5, Episode 8]] where William Woollard was not the current lead host.
*Oddly, no-one would narrate the opening sequence for this episode.

==References==
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Top Gear (1977 TV series)/Series 26/Episode 1 - Revision history

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