Top Gear

British automotive television show, 2002-2022
TVSeries television_series Q33162
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Top Gear

Summary

Top Gear is a television series[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of television_series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,051 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Top Gear is the creator of British Broadcasting Corporation[3].
  • Top Gear's image is recorded as Top Gear team Richard Hammond, James May and Jeremy Clarkson 31 October 2008.jpg[4].
  • Top Gear's instance of is recorded as television series[5].
  • Top Gear's composer is recorded as Dickey Betts[6].
  • Top Gear's genre is recorded as automotive television show[7].
  • Top Gear's genre is recorded as entertainment television program[8].
  • Top Gear's genre is recorded as factual television program[9].
  • Top Gear's follows is recorded as Top Gear[10].
  • Top Gear's producer is recorded as Andy Wilman[11].
  • Top Gear's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 184456118[12].
  • Top Gear's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2009031634[13].
  • Top Gear's production company is recorded as British Broadcasting Corporation[14].
  • Top Gear's IMDb ID is recorded as tt1628033[15].
  • Top Gear's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[16].
  • Top Gear's Commons category is recorded as Top Gear[17].
  • Top Gear's distribution format is recorded as video on demand[18].
  • Top Gear's distribution format is recorded as television broadcasting[19].
  • Top Gear's original broadcaster is recorded as British Broadcasting Corporation[20].
  • Top Gear's original broadcaster is recorded as BBC Two[21].
  • Top Gear's original broadcaster is recorded as BBC One[22].
  • Top Gear's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[23].
  • Top Gear's has part is recorded as Top Gear, series 1[24].
  • Top Gear's has part is recorded as Top Gear, series 2[25].
  • Top Gear's has part is recorded as Top Gear, series 3[26].
  • Top Gear's has part is recorded as Top Gear, series 4[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Top Gear's producer is recorded as Andy Wilman[11]. It is the creator of British Broadcasting Corporation[3].

Publication

Top Gear's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[16]. Genres include automotive television show[7], entertainment television program[8], and factual television program[9].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Top Gear's follows is recorded as it[10].

Cultural Impact

Things named for Top Gear include it[28], a magazine[29], in United Kingdom[30], founded in 1993[31].

Why It Matters

Top Gear ranks in the top 2% of television_series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,051 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Entities named for it include it[28], a magazine[29], in United Kingdom[30], founded in 1993[31].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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