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| {{Infobox Show
| | [[File:TG Logo 2013.jpg|thumb|200px|Top Gear logo.]] |
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| The ''Top Gear'' logo as used from 2002 until early 2013.
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| Top Gear logo used in 1977.
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| Top Gear logo as used from 1983 until 1985.
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| Top Gear logo as used from 1993 until 2002. | |
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| Top Gear logo as used starting from 2013.
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| |year=1977
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| |epcount=869
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| |origin=British
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| ''For a particular version of ''Top Gear'', please see [[Top Gear (disambiguation)]].'' | | ''For a particular version of ''Top Gear'', please see [[Top Gear (disambiguation)]].'' |
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| '''''Top Gear''''' is the name of an automotive-themed intellectual property created by [[Derek Smith]] in 1977. It has been adapted to a television format multiple times in its native [[United Kingdom]], in addition to subsequent international versions that were made once the programme had proven itself a success in the early 2000s. A successful [[Top Gear Magazine/UK|magazine]] of the same name was established in 1993, subsequently diversifying into foreign markets, and a [[Top Gear Live|live show]] was created in 1996 and ran twice, before being [[MPH Live|revived]] in 2003, with ''Top Gear'' (and later ''[[Fifth Gear]]'') host [[Tiff Needell]] alongside [[Jeremy Clarkson]] transforming the basic format into a smaller-scale version that could be adapted for the stage. | | '''''Top Gear''''' is the name of an automotive-themed intellectual property created by [[Derek Smith]] in 1977. It has been adapted to a television format multiple times in its native [[United Kingdom]], in addition to subsequent international versions that were made once the programme had proven itself a success in the early 2000s. A successful [[Top Gear Magazine (UK)|magazine]] of the same name was established in 1993, likewise diversifying into foreign markets, and a [[Top Gear Live|live show]] was created in 1996 and ran twice, before being [[MPH Show|revived]] in 2003, with ''Top Gear'' (and later ''[[Fifth Gear]]'') host [[Tiff Needell]] alongside [[Jeremy Clarkson]] transforming the show into a format that could be adapted for the stage. |
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| ==Series overview==
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| As of February 2022, [[Top Gear/Episodes|870 episodes]] of ''Top Gear'' have aired across 76 series. Traditionally, the first 550 of these are considered distinct from the latter 320, but further distinctions do exist.
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| ==Presenters==
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| Since 1977, the British version of ''Top Gear'' has had 12 main hosts, who have served 13 tenures in total:
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| *[[Angela Rippon]]: 22nd April, 1977 - 3rd July, 1979
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| *[[Noel Edmonds]]: 4th July, 1979 - 21st October, 1980
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| *[[Judith Jackson]]: 22nd October, 1980 - 9th June, 1981
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| *[[William Woollard]]: 10th June, 1981 - 2nd May, 1991
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| *[[Jeremy Clarkson]] (first): 3rd May, 1991 - 22nd January, 1999
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| *[[Tiff Needell]]: 21st December, 1998<ref>Unofficially until 22nd January, 1999.</ref> - 17th December, 2001
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| *[[Jason Barlow]]: 18th December, 2001 - 21st March, 2002
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| *Jeremy Clarkson (second): 22nd March, 2002 - 10th March, 2015
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| *[[Richard Hammond]]: 11th March, 2015 - 15th June, 2015 (shared duty with [[James May]])
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| *James May: 11th March, 2015 - 15th June, 2015; acting host until 7th February, 2016
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| *[[Chris Evans]]: 16th June, 2015 - 4th July, 2016
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| *[[Matt LeBlanc]]: 5th July, 2016 - 17th March, 2019
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| *[[Chris Harris]]: 18th March, 2019 - present
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| The longest serving main host by a considerable margin is Jeremy Clarkson, serving a combined tenure of 20 years and 7 months, during which he would present over 400 episodes of ''Top Gear''. The shortest serving main host, by a factor of mere days, is Jason Barlow, who served as interim main host from Tiff Needell's departure in December 2001 through to Clarkson's re-appointment as lead host in March 2002, presenting just [[Top Gear (1977 TV series)/Series 45/2002 Awards Special|one episode]] in February 2002 before being vetoed as a host.
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| ===Timeline of presenters===
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| ==Page roadmap==
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| To be a complete summary of the ''Top Gear'' intellectual property, the following is to be added to this page, which is otherwise very much a work-in-progress at this time:
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| * International television adaptations
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| * Expansion into other franchises (e.g. Motorsport, Waterworld etc.)
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| * Merchandising and non-audiovisual media (i.e. games, trading cards etc.)
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| ==Notes==
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