Episode guide
Top Gear: Season 19
8 episodes · premiered Apr 7, 1988
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- Episode 1: Episode 1 Apr 7, 1988 Brooklands was the first motor racing circuit in the world, the scene of many record-breaking attempts in the 20s and 30s. Now after years of decay, there are plans to build a new museum…
- Episode 2: Episode 2 Apr 14, 1988 From the National Motorcycle Museum, Solihull. Can motorcycling be made safer without destroying its inherent excitement? The ‘Feet First’ design concept is claimed to offer just that…
- Episode 3: Episode 3 Apr 21, 1988 The Turin Motor Show is the showcase of the Italian motor industry — a chance to show off the latest design concepts and, increasingly, the latest in high tech. But does the Italian view…
- Episode 4: Episode 4 Apr 28, 1988 Introduced by William Woollard from the South of France, where he road-tests the latest Jaguar XJS, at last offered in fully convertible form. Jaguar’s 20-year-old V12 engine is challenged…
- Episode 5: Episode 5 May 5, 1988 What is a classic car? Seemingly anything from an Aston Martin to a 1960s Ford Anglia. William Woollard presents Top Gear from the National Classic Motor Show at the NEC in Birmingham, and…
- Episode 6: Episode 6 May 12, 1988 William Woollard tests Toyota’s new four-wheel-drive Celica intended to challenge for world rally honours, but also the first car on sale in Britain that runs only on unleaded fuel. On the…
- Episode 7: Episode 7 May 19, 1988 This year is the 40th anniversary of the Land Rover. But has the company done enough to update this once world-beating product? William Woollard looks at the Land Rover’s past achievements…
- Episode 8: Episode 8 May 26, 1988 In the last of the current series, William Woollard joins a cavalcade of memorable cars celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Prescott Hill Climb in Gloucestershire, and also reports the…