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★ 8.7

Season 26 - Best Episodes Of Top Gear

Overall Rating: ★ 8.7

Season 26 - Best Episodes Of Top Gear

(Overall Rating: ★ 8.7)

Episode Ratings & Analysis

Explore season 26 episodes of Top Gear. Explore detailed ratings, episode summaries, and visualize how the show's quality evolved over time.

This fast-paced and stunt-filled motor show tests whether cars, both mundane and extraordinary, live up to their manufacturers' claims. The long-running show travels to locations around the world, performing extreme stunts and challenges to see what the featured cars are capable of doing. The current hosts are Paddy Mcguinness, Chris Harris and Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff.

This fast-paced and stunt-filled motor show tests whether cars, both mundane and extraordinary, live up to their manufacturers' claims. The long-running show travels to locations around the world, performing extreme stunts and challenges to see what the featured cars are capable of doing. The current hosts are Paddy Mcguinness, Chris Harris and Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff.

33 Seasons
218 Episodes
Returning Series
Reality Talk
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Overall Rating

★ 8.7
S26 E4
#1
★ 5.9

Episode 4

Matt LeBlanc, Chris Harris and Rory Reid buy used luxury limousines from Rolls-Royce, Bentley and Mercedes for the price of Britain’s cheapest new car, and test them out in a six-hour endurance race at Silverstone. Matt Baker is the studio guest.

S26 E5
#2
★ 5.3

Episode 5

Matt LeBlanc samples the new Aston Martin V8 Vantage on track, while Rory Reid tests the self-proclaimed ‘best car in the world’, the Rolls-Royce Phantom. Chris Harris explains why a Ford Fiesta is better than a Lamborghini. Stephen Mangan is the studio guest.

S26 E1
#3
★ 5.2

Episode 1

Matt LeBlanc and Chris Harris head to Norway in the latest estate cars from Porsche and Ferrari, while Rory Reid and Sabine Schmitz aim to create Britain’s newest mountain with the help of a tiny Suzuki. James Marsden is the studio guest.

S26 E3
#4
★ 5.2

Episode 3

Matt LeBlanc and Chris Harris are both tasked with reviewing the new Bentley Continental GT, while Rory Reid tests the new Renault Megane hot hatch. Out on track, Chris attempts to tame the scariest Porsche 911 of all time. Gregory Porter is the studio guest.

S26 E2
#5
★ 4.9

Episode 2

Harris and LeBlanc are off to Sri Lanka for a trip in two Tuk-Tuks. Big BMW and Mercedes saloons are tested on the track and the star in a reasonably fast car is singer songwriter Professor Green.

S26 E2
#1
★ 4.9

Episode 2

Harris and LeBlanc are off to Sri Lanka for a trip in two Tuk-Tuks. Big BMW and Mercedes saloons are tested on the track and the star in a reasonably fast car is singer songwriter Professor Green.

S26 E1
#2
★ 5.2

Episode 1

Matt LeBlanc and Chris Harris head to Norway in the latest estate cars from Porsche and Ferrari, while Rory Reid and Sabine Schmitz aim to create Britain’s newest mountain with the help of a tiny Suzuki. James Marsden is the studio guest.

S26 E3
#3
★ 5.2

Episode 3

Matt LeBlanc and Chris Harris are both tasked with reviewing the new Bentley Continental GT, while Rory Reid tests the new Renault Megane hot hatch. Out on track, Chris attempts to tame the scariest Porsche 911 of all time. Gregory Porter is the studio guest.

S26 E5
#4
★ 5.3

Episode 5

Matt LeBlanc samples the new Aston Martin V8 Vantage on track, while Rory Reid tests the self-proclaimed ‘best car in the world’, the Rolls-Royce Phantom. Chris Harris explains why a Ford Fiesta is better than a Lamborghini. Stephen Mangan is the studio guest.

S26 E4
#5
★ 5.9

Episode 4

Matt LeBlanc, Chris Harris and Rory Reid buy used luxury limousines from Rolls-Royce, Bentley and Mercedes for the price of Britain’s cheapest new car, and test them out in a six-hour endurance race at Silverstone. Matt Baker is the studio guest.

S26 E1
★ 5.2

Episode 1

Matt LeBlanc and Chris Harris head to Norway in the latest estate cars from Porsche and Ferrari, while Rory Reid and Sabine Schmitz aim to create Britain’s newest mountain with the help of a tiny Suzuki. James Marsden is the studio guest.

S26 E2
★ 4.9

Episode 2

Harris and LeBlanc are off to Sri Lanka for a trip in two Tuk-Tuks. Big BMW and Mercedes saloons are tested on the track and the star in a reasonably fast car is singer songwriter Professor Green.

S26 E3
★ 5.2

Episode 3

Matt LeBlanc and Chris Harris are both tasked with reviewing the new Bentley Continental GT, while Rory Reid tests the new Renault Megane hot hatch. Out on track, Chris attempts to tame the scariest Porsche 911 of all time. Gregory Porter is the studio guest.

S26 E4
★ 5.9

Episode 4

Matt LeBlanc, Chris Harris and Rory Reid buy used luxury limousines from Rolls-Royce, Bentley and Mercedes for the price of Britain’s cheapest new car, and test them out in a six-hour endurance race at Silverstone. Matt Baker is the studio guest.

S26 E5
★ 5.3

Episode 5

Matt LeBlanc samples the new Aston Martin V8 Vantage on track, while Rory Reid tests the self-proclaimed ‘best car in the world’, the Rolls-Royce Phantom. Chris Harris explains why a Ford Fiesta is better than a Lamborghini. Stephen Mangan is the studio guest.

Season Average Rating Episodes Best Episode Worst Episode Rating Range
22 ★ 8.6 8
★ 9.4 Episode 8
★ 8.3 Episode 4
19 ★ 8.6 7
★ 9.2 Africa Special (1)
★ 8.1 Episode 4
21 ★ 8.5 7
★ 9.2 Burma Special (2)
★ 8.0 Episode 1
15 ★ 8.5 6
★ 9.0 Episode 4
★ 8.1 Episode 2
20 ★ 8.4 6
★ 8.7 Episode 4
★ 8.2 Episode 1
13 ★ 8.4 7
★ 8.9 Episode 1
★ 7.9 Episode 4
10 ★ 8.4 10
★ 9.1 Botswana Special
★ 7.7 Episode 6
12 ★ 8.4 8
★ 9.4 Episode 8
★ 7.9 Episode 5
14 ★ 8.4 7
★ 9.3 Bolivia Special
★ 7.9 Episode 5
9 ★ 8.3 6
★ 8.8 USA Special
★ 7.9 Episode 2
17 ★ 8.2 6
★ 8.8 Episode 4
★ 7.7 Episode 6
11 ★ 8.2 6
★ 8.6 Episode 4
★ 7.7 Episode 2
16 ★ 8.2 6
★ 8.5 Episode 3
★ 8.0 Episode 4
7 ★ 8.1 7
★ 8.4 Winter Olympics Special
★ 7.8 Episode 6
18 ★ 8.1 7
★ 8.5 Episode 7
★ 7.8 Episode 5
8 ★ 8.1 8
★ 8.7 Episode 3
★ 7.8 Episode 2
5 ★ 8.0 9
★ 8.4 Episode 8
★ 7.7 Episode 1
6 ★ 7.9 11
★ 8.1 Episode 2
★ 7.7 Episode 5
4 ★ 7.8 10
★ 8.3 Episode 1
★ 7.6 Episode 6
3 ★ 7.8 9
★ 8.3 Episode 5
★ 7.6 Episode 9
2 ★ 7.6 10
★ 7.9 Episode 7
★ 7.4 Episode 2
1 ★ 7.2 10
★ 7.3 Episode 5
★ 7.1 Episode 1
28 ★ 6.0 6
★ 6.3 Episode 3
★ 5.6 Episode 4
25 ★ 6.0 6
★ 6.6 Episode 3
★ 5.4 Episode 5
30 ★ 5.9 4
★ 6.2 Episode 3
★ 5.7 Episode 4
31 ★ 5.8 5
★ 7.0 Episode 1
★ 5.1 Episode 3
24 ★ 5.7 7
★ 6.2 Episode 4
★ 5.0 Episode 6
29 ★ 5.7 5
★ 6.4 Episode 2
★ 5.1 Episode 5
33 ★ 5.6 5
★ 6.1 Episode 2
★ 5.2 Episode 3
32 ★ 5.4 5
★ 5.7 Episode 1
★ 5.1 Episode 3
26 ★ 5.3 5
★ 5.9 Episode 4
★ 4.9 Episode 2
27 ★ 5.2 5
★ 5.8 Episode 5
★ 4.5 Episode 3
23 ★ 2.6 6
★ 2.8 Episode 3
★ 2.2 Episode 1
Cast

Chris Harris

Self - Host

Paddy McGuinness

Self - Host

Andrew Flintoff

Self - Host