Top Gear in 2002
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The following article contains dates of important events, premieres and real-world occurrences concerning Top Gear during the year 2002.
February[edit | edit source]
- 4th: The very last episode of original format Top Gear airs in the form of the 2002 Awards Special, with Jason Barlow as sole presenter.
- 19th: At 11 AM, Richard Hammond attends[1] his screen test for a new version of Top Gear with Richard Porter.
March[edit | edit source]
- 22nd: Jeremy Clarkson is officially announced to be returning[2] to host a new series of Top Gear following a 3 and a half year hiatus.
August[edit | edit source]
- The first pilot for Top Gear is filmed to disastrous results.
- 21st: The BBC release[3] their press pack for upcoming factual programming on BBC Two.
- 23rd: The upcoming programme's first ever road test of the Renault Vel Satis is filmed in Swindon.
September[edit | edit source]
- 5th: The track test between a Lamborghini Murciélago and Pagani Zonda is filmed at the Top Gear Test Track.
- 9th: The show's first Reasonably-Priced Car, the Suzuki Liana, is registered[4] as GX52 HFN.
- 12th: The speed camera challenge is filmed at the Top Gear Test Track. At 14:46, the Honda Civic Type-R is captured at 128 MPH, and at 15:31 a Mercedes-Benz CL55 AMG is captured at 148 MPH. Sometime after this (likely around 16:15), a TVR Tuscan S successfully speeds past the camera at over 170 MPH, where it does not flash.
October[edit | edit source]
- 20th: Top Gear returns to TV in a brand new format, starring Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and Jason Dawe, alongside The Stig.
- 27th: Episode 2 airs.
November[edit | edit source]
- 3rd: Episode 3 airs.
- 7th: It's reported by journalist Julia Day that sales of the Citroën Berlingo Multispace have significantly risen[5] as a direct result of Jeremy Clarkson's beaming review.
- 10th: Episode 4 airs.
- 11th: No Limits, the 7th home video release by Jeremy Clarkson, comes out on VHS and DVD.
- 17th: Episode 5 airs.
- 24th: Episode 6 airs.
December[edit | edit source]
- 1st: Episode 7 airs.
- 8th: Episode 8 airs.
- 22nd: Episode 9 airs.
- 29th: Series 1 of relaunched Top Gear concludes with Episode 10.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Richard Hammond - On The Edge (book).
- ↑ BBC News - "Clarkson Back in Top Gear."
- ↑ BBC Press Office - Autumn 2002 Factual Programming on BBC Two.
- ↑ MyCarCheck - GX52 HFN.
- ↑ [1]
