Top Gear

Top Gear is a British motoring magazine and factual TV show, originally launched and broadcasted on BBC. It was also supposed to be a crossover theme in 2015 which was never released and instead replaced with Speed Champions.
== History ==
Top Gear was designed as a relaunched version of the original 1977 show of the same name by Jeremy Clarkson and Andy Wilman for the BBC. The programme focuses on the examination and reviewing of motor vehicles, primarily cars, though this was expanded upon after the broadcast of its earlier series to incorporate films featuring motoring-based challenges, special races, timed laps of notable cars, and celebrity timed laps on a course specially-designed for the relaunched programme. The programme drew acclaim for its visual and presentation style since its launch, which focused on being entertaining to viewers, as well as criticism over the controversial nature of its content. The programme was primarily aired on BBC Two from its conception, until in 2020 when it was moved to BBC One for its twenty-ninth series.
Since its premiere in 2002, the programme has been presented by several hosts. Its first series was presented by Clarkson, Richard Hammond and Jason Dawe, with Wilman as the show's executive producer, and the programme featuring an anonymous test driver "The Stig", an individual played by numerous racing drivers over the course of the show's history. Following the first series, Dawe was replaced by James May, with the line-up unchanged until the end of the twenty-second series, when the BBC chose to not renew Clarkson's contract on 25 March 2015, following an incident during filming. His dismissal from Top Gear prompted the departure of Hammond, May and Wilman from the programme, who joined Clarkson in forming a new motoring series.
== Overview ==
First time when BBC collaborated with LEGO was in October 2012, following a release of Promotional Key Chain depicting Top Gear's very own "Tame Racing Driver", The Stig.
In 2015 BBC, in collaboration with LEGO, released a trailer for an upcoming theme on official Top Gear YouTube channel, which also presented some of upcoming sets including 75908 Ferrari 458 Italia GT2, 75909 McLaren P1 and 75910 Porsche 918 Spyder. Theme itself was supposed to cross over with Top Gear TV show and its sets would consist of different motor vehicles earlier presented throughout the programme itself. Following the same year, one of Top Gear presenters Jeremy Clarkson was fired from BBC due to the happening scandal involving a fight with one of TV show's producers. This prompted the dismissal of an idea for a crossover theme, as it was scrapped and later converted into Speed Champions theme.
Five years later, in 2020, BBC collaborated with LEGO again, this time successfully releasing app-controlled 42109 Top Gear Rally Car set.
== Sets ==
All sets presented in a LEGO Top Gear commercial were later released as a part of Speed Champions theme. Following sets were shown in the trailer:
*75909 McLaren P1
*75908 Ferrari 458 Italia GT2
*75910 Porsche 918 Spyder
== Minifigures ==
It is unknown, if Top Gear theme would have any minifigures other than drivers. Official Top Gear trailer also presented minifigure variants of TV show's original presenters along with the The Stig.
== See Also ==
*Speed Champions
*Top Gear Wikipedia article
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Category:Licensed themes
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