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Top Gear: Polar Special, also known as the Polar Challenge, is a special edition episode of BBC motoring programme Top Gear that was first broadcast on 25 July 2007 on BBC Two. The episode follows presenters Jeremy Clarkson and James May in their successful attempt to be the first people to reach the 1996 position of the North Magnetic Pole (in ...
Note: This special did not feature an opening title sequence to it. In addition, each person credited in the special's closing credits had their first name replaced with "Sir Ranulph" in homage to Sir Ranulph Fiennes (e.g. "Sir Ranulph Clarkson", "Sir Ranulph Hammond", etc.). This was the first episode of Top Gear to be shown in high-definition.
A boxed release of the Polar Special (72 minute "Director's Cut"), and the US Special (abridged 50 minute version). Australian release re-titled "Top Gear Double Pack: Polar Special/US Special". The Great Adventures: US Special — 7 August 2008 () (D) — Abridged 50 minute version. The Polar Special: The Director's Cut
The list does not include shorter spin-off episodes produced for charity (Top Gear of the Pops, produced for Red Nose Day; Top Ground Gear Force and Stars in Fast Cars, produced for Sport Relief; and an Ashes to Ashes parody and Children in Need does Star in a Reasonably Priced Car for Children in Need), 'Best of' special episodes, and some ...
Later that summer, on 25 July, the BBC aired a special edition episode entitled Top Gear: Polar Special. It was one of the first episodes of the programme to be shown in high-definition , and the third special to be produced, focusing on a race to the North Magnetic Pole , at its recorded location in 1996, between a "polar modified" Toyota ...
See List of Top Gear (2002 TV series) episodes for a list of all Top Gear episodes, including a number of special episodes not listed below. Pages in category " Top Gear special episodes" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
The US Special was released on DVD as part of the first Great Adventures box-set, which also contains the Polar Special. The DVD release of the special cuts roughly eight minutes of footage from the original broadcast, including a segment featuring a drive through a rainstorm, when the Camaro's wipers failed, and footage from the first scene in ...
Series 4 of Top Gear, a British motoring magazine and factual television programme, was broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two during 2004, consisting of ten episodes between 9 May and 1 August; [1] a compilation episode featuring the best moments of the series, titled "Best of Top Gear", was aired on 8 August. [2]