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Top Gear

British automotive television show, 2002-2022
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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 (9,266 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Top Gear is the creator of British Broadcasting Corporation[3].
  • Top Gear's instance of is recorded as television series[4].
  • Top Gear's composer is recorded as Dickey Betts[5].
  • Top Gear's genre is automotive television show[6].
  • Top Gear's genre is entertainment television program[7].
  • Top Gear's genre is factual television program[8].
  • Top Gear followed Top Gear[9].
  • Top Gear was produced by Andy Wilman[10].
  • Top Gear's production company is recorded as British Broadcasting Corporation[11].
  • The original language of Top Gear was English[12].
  • Top Gear's Commons category is recorded as Top Gear[13].
  • Top Gear was distributed by video on demand[14].
  • Top Gear was distributed by television broadcasting[15].
  • Top Gear's original broadcaster is recorded as British Broadcasting Corporation[16].
  • Top Gear's original broadcaster is recorded as BBC Two[17].
  • Top Gear's original broadcaster is recorded as BBC One[18].
  • Top Gear's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[19].
  • Top Gear comprises Top Gear, series 1[20].
  • Top Gear comprises Top Gear, series 2[21].
  • Top Gear comprises Top Gear, series 3[22].
  • Top Gear comprises Top Gear, series 4[23].
  • Top Gear comprises Top Gear, series 5[24].
  • Top Gear comprises Top Gear, series 6[25].
  • Top Gear comprises Top Gear, series 7[26].
  • Top Gear comprises Top Gear, series 8[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Top Gear was produced by Andy Wilman[10]. It is the creator of British Broadcasting Corporation[3].

Publication

The original language of Top Gear was English[12]. Genres include automotive television show[6], entertainment television program[7], and factual television program[8]. Recorded distribution format include video on demand[14] and television broadcasting[15].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Top Gear followed it[9].

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 (9,266 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].

Related Entities

Eddie Jordan James May Jeremy Clarkson Matt LeBlanc Netflix Richard Hammond United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  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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  1. 24d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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