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Top Gear: Series 22, Episode 8

  • A special 75-minute episode featuring the last recorded segments from Series 22.
  • Jeremy, Richard and James each purchase a classic European sports car and set off on an adventure.
  • They also attempt to be ‘lifestyle leisure enthusiasts’ by purchasing cheap 4×4’s and facing a series of challenges.

Episode Guide

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The first film sees Jeremy, Richard and James living the lifestyle of traditional classic car buffs, acquiring a Fiat 124 Spyder, Peugeot 304 Cabriolet and MGB GT before setting off an adventure incorporating brown beer, breakdowns (inevitably) and attending a car show where everything goes wrong.

In the second film sees the boys attempt to become ‘lifestyle leisure enthusiasts’ with the help of some very ratty old 4x4s. Armed with a budget of just £250, they each purchase a high-mileage, low-quality SUV – Clarkson a Vauxhall Frontera, Hammond a Jeep Cherokee and May a Mitsubishi Shogun Pinin – before embarking on a series of gruelling challenges, including a battle with the Stig’s Leisure Activity Cousin, which climaxes with a race that has a terrifying penalty for the person who loses.

Music

Classic Car Lifestyle Challenge:
01:41 – 02:00 – Charles Williams – Coronation Scot
03:35 – 03:45 – Puccio Roelens – Caravan
04:16 – 04:28 – Puccio Roelens – Caravan
05:08 – 06:00 – Small Faces – Tin Soldier
06:00 – 06:23 – David Holmes – The Drive Rossbourgh
07:19 – 07:57 – The Rolling Stones – Monkey Man
08:13 – 08:20 – David Holmes – Sniffing Around
08:48 – 09:26 – Supergrass – Tales of Endurance (Parts 4, 5 & 6)
10:16 – 10:33 – Manic Street Preachers – Rewind the Film
10:52 – 11:07 – Andy Williams – It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
13:18 – 14:18 – Mud – Dyna-Mite
14:57 – 15:20 – T.Rex – Children of the Revolution
16:30 – 17:17 – Deadly Avenger – Jacob’s Ladder
18:12 – 19:14 – Coldcut – Everything is Under Control (Instrumental)
19:29 – 19:47 – Quarashi – Weirdo
20:13 – 20:24 – David Holmes – Earthquake
22:28 – 22:39 – T.Rex – Jeepster
22:52 – 23:04 – The Teardrop Explodes – Sleeping Gas (Single Version)
23:38 – 24:01 – Malachai – The Love (Instrumental)
24:06 – 24:28 – Blind Faith – Had to Cry Today
27:47 – 28:05 – Lorne Balfe – Surveillance
28:19 – 28:47 – The Les Reed Strings – Theme From Dr. Finlay’s Case Book (March From “A Little Suite”)
31:19 – 31:33 – Ron Goodwin & His Orchestra – 633 Squadron

Leisure Lifestyle Challenge:
32:40 – 33:00 – Paul Weller – 22 Dreams
33:16 – 33:25 – Paolo Nutini – Fashion
35:24 – 36:30 – The Charlatans – Jesus Hairdo
36:39 – 37:20 – Trentemøller – Come Undone (Toydrum Remix)
37:20 – 37:54 – Jamie T – Rabbit Hole (Instrumental)
48:46 – 49:07 – Jan Hammer – Miami Vice Theme
51:15 – 52:19 – Primal Scream – Struttin’
54:17 – 54:36 – Brian Tyler – The Break In
54:57 – 55:06 – Brian Tyler – The Break In
63:49 – 64:06 – Ron Goodwin & His Orchestra – Frenzy (Film Theme)
65:35 – 66:04 – John Williams – Escape From The City

Screenshots

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21 comments

HD Campbell February 7, 2016 at 1:42 am

I am not ashamed to say I fucking cried at the end. Tragedy.

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No name July 19, 2015 at 4:16 pm

I hate how you all put all fault on jerremy yet i hope that the jeremy fiqures out how to resurect topgear on netfix

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Marvin July 2, 2015 at 10:00 am

IS THIS THE END OF TOP GEAR UK?

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the guy with no name July 2, 2015 at 11:08 am

Of the Jezza, Hamster and Slow era, yes, otherwise no.

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no August 5, 2022 at 6:25 am

which is a long way of saying, yes. the new hosts just arent it.

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Hugh June 30, 2015 at 2:49 am

i cant stand dailymotion…never works always buffering,freezing and playing ads over the video 🙁

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mike June 29, 2015 at 1:44 pm

where or how can we see it ? hola doesn’t support the bbc i player anymore… 🙁

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Nathan A RF June 29, 2015 at 6:53 am

I like how they had the elephant in the room in the studio

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the guy with no name June 29, 2015 at 7:22 am

I only just clocked that when you mentioned ‘the elephant in the room’ LOL! All of last night I was like “What on earth is that elephant doing there?”

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Scooby June 30, 2015 at 8:21 am

It should of been a orangatan because that’s what they both called
Him , I’ve never heard them call him a elephant

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the guy with no name June 30, 2015 at 11:07 am

It was an elephant because of the ‘elephant in the room’ saying.

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Scooby June 30, 2015 at 6:32 pm

Yes I realised that but it still would of made more sense for an orangatan I suppose .

Marius June 28, 2015 at 11:29 pm

That can’t be the last episode , what should we watch , fifth gear ? instead staying like monkeys , why we don’t do something to mantain top-gear alive? let’s sign a petition , something …

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gavkerley June 28, 2015 at 10:47 pm

No words can descibe how Sad i was watching the episode tonight the Last huara

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the guy with no name June 29, 2015 at 7:23 am

:'( +1^

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Scooby June 28, 2015 at 10:21 pm

The studio takes where so cringy , you could almost sense the gun on the back of Richard and James heads

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the guy with no name June 28, 2015 at 9:56 pm

What a great way to end. Watching the studio bits was sad.

Also, the Japfest should have been called the ‘Crapfest’. It was full of garbage and morons who have clearly watched too much early Fast & Furious. The guys have been to Castle Combe before with the Mondeo priced classic supercars.

The TG test facility was also where they did the communist cars film. And that quarry looked like a down sized version of the massive one in Australia. Their cars didn’t break because it was soft sand hey were rolling down and not rock.

I nearly dies from laughter during Hammond’s wing walking session and the tag race.

Jezza: “I hate working on Top Gear!” Don’t worry, you don’t have to anymore xD

Watching the silent end credits was heart wrenching though.

Good bye TG ;_;

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s June 28, 2015 at 8:48 pm

I wantedTop Gear to end with a Big Bombshell, Everything explodes! But no, Top Gear has ended sad and silence. It was a good episode.

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the guy with no name June 28, 2015 at 9:57 pm

It can’t have ended in a bang as these were recorded long before the row, they had no idea this was gonna happen so they can’t have filmed it.

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S June 29, 2015 at 6:29 am

Not this episode. But the scheduled end (in 3 years).

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the guy with no name June 29, 2015 at 7:25 am

I see, but they wouldn’t have filmed that either though xD

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