Editing Top Gear (2002 TV series)/Series 22

{{Infobox Series
| name = Series 22 (2002 format)
| front_image = TG_2002_S22_Main.jpg
| image_size = 320px
| caption = Series 22: The end of an era
| epcount = 11
| airdates = 27/12/2014 - 28/06/2015
| network = BBC Two
| res = 1080i
| aspect = 16:9 Widescreen
| length = 687:10
| prec = [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/Series 21|Series 21 (2014)]]
| superc = [[Clarkson, Hammond & May/Pilot Shorts|CHM Live Pilot Shorts (2015)]]
}}

{{TG Series|version=2002|number=twenty-second|date=27th December|year=2014|date2=28th June|year2=2015|eps=11|host=Jeremy Clarkson|pronoun=he|otherhosts=[[Richard Hammond]], [[James May]] and [[The Stig#Second_White_Stig|The Stig]]|studio=Television Centre|studioinfo=Wood Lane, [[London]]|channel=BBC Two|mins=60|format=studio|num=22|mil=6|hunthou=49|mil2=7|ht2=38|mostviewed=[[{{PAGENAME}}/Patagonia Special Part 2|Patagonia Special Part 2]]|mil3=5|ht3=84|leastviewed=[[{{PAGENAME}}/Episode 5|Episode 5]]|highlights=conclusion to the set-up of the "Holy Trinity" showdown and its [[Holy Trinity Wager|associated wager]], a humourous retrospective on the history of French automaker [[Peugeot]], both in and outside the world of cars, an [[{{PAGENAME}}/Episode 2/Australian Road Trip|Australian Road Trip]] featuring three grand tourers, and the fallout following [[Jeremy Clarkson's dismissal from Top Gear|Clarkson's dismissal]] from the show in March 2015}}

The total number of episodes is a debated topic. [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}#AlexTGRF's unofficial count|AlexTGRF's unofficial count]] declares it to be 11, with the [[An Evening with Top Gear]] live special preceding the series' eight seasonal episodes after the two-part Patagonia Special. This means that in spite of external factors cutting the series short, Series 22 is the longest series of ''Top Gear'' in terms of length, especially if one adds the subsequent [[Top Gear: From A-Z]] two-part special narrated by John Bishop and Ralph Ineson in December 2015, as well as the second series of [[James May's Cars of the People/Series 2|James May's Cars of the People]], totalling in 16 episodes.

==Home video distribution==
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{{TG 2002 Later Videos|reldate=19th August, 2015|country=Australia|region=Region 4|comment=The series would then be released in the United States and Canada on the 19th April, 2016 as a Region 1 release, before releasing in Europe as a Region 2 release on the 17th June, 2016, which also included the Patagonia Special. The series was given away for free in the [[Top Gear Magazine/Netherlands/December 2016|December 2016 issue]] of [[Top Gear Magazine (Netherlands)|Top Gear Magazine]] in the Netherlands in an effort to sell more copies. Likely as a complication from the fracas and the interest the series drew upon its digital syndication debut on [[UKTV/Dave|Dave]], Series 22, much like its immediate predecessor, was never distributed on home video in the United Kingdom.}}

All home video releases of Series 22 were on DVD only, despite the fact the series was broadcast in high definition. The initial Region 4 release features just the 8 seasonal episodes, and runs for approximately 490 minutes, 18 minutes short of the original runtime. Meanwhile, the Region 2 release runs for 564 minutes, with more than an hour of footage excised from the original episodes and specials.

{{TG 2002 Series}}