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Top Gear is back and about to undertake the most important test-drive of its existence. The first week's guest is James McAvoy who gets a tour of a new electric car with Rory Reid.
2 June 1960, Randleman, North Carolina, USA
21 December 1966, Paddington, London, England, UK
1968, Southport, Lancashire, England, UK
June 22, 1959 in Islington, London, England, UK
24 May 1960, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK
16 October 1967, Wimbledon, London, England, UK
26 September 1944, Crosby, Liverpool, England, UK
12 October 1948, Woking, Surrey, England, UK
18 November 1974, Askim, Østfold, Norway
10 April 1972, Swords, Dublin, Ireland
19 February 1957, Hackney, London, England, UK
21 January 1942, New York City, New York, USA
5 October 1951, Dublin, Ireland
27 October 1953, Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK
8 March 1976, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
6 April 1961, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
May 18, 1983 in Bromley, Kent, England, UK
28 October 1938, London, England, UK
18 August 1969, New York City, New York, USA
18 March 1966, England, UK
10 June 1954, Alexandria, Virginia, USA
9 February 1981, Westminster, London, England, UK
May 15, 1981 in Paddington, London, England, UK
16 February 1964, Salford, Lancashire, England, UK
11 September 1971, St. Helens, Merseyside, England, UK
March 22, 2019
The show's second reboot leaves it much improved, but LeBlanc might still be needing that crash helmet.
March 22, 2019
The devotion to the classic Clarkson formula, though, is so overwhelming that this tribute show version of Top Gear can still attract decent guests (James McAvoy).
March 22, 2019
The weak link of 2016 has gone in the shape of Chris Evans, and the best three presenters have been elevated to an equal status: Chris Harris, Rory Reid and Matt LeBlanc. And it's worked wonders.
March 22, 2019
With Evans in charge, Top Gear had sweated panic from every nozzle. Here, in contrast, the laid-back spirit of LeBlanc's Friends character Joey Tribbiani held sway.
March 22, 2019
The fact that Chris Evans is no longer involved is bound to help. For all his brilliance as a broadcaster, Evans never felt right in Top Gear mode.
March 22, 2019
On the basis of this first episode, and with the caveat that all such things need time to bed in and gel together, the smaller, lighter Top Gear may just have snuck ahead of the bloated Grand Tour.
March 22, 2019
So I'm sorry, M LeB, but it's bloody hard to watch without thinking about what was before. Top Gear has just too much baggage in its trunk.
