BBC America To Air Season 8 Of Top Gear!

Posted August 9th, 2007 at 12:37 GMT by Viper007Bond in Top Gear

Currently, the only way to view Top Gear over on this side of the pond is via BBC World which airs “special” 30 minute versions of the show (chopped up, no guest driver, no news, little or no studio bits, etc.).

Well, starting August 20th at 8PM ET, season 8 of Top Gear will begin airing on BBC America in what will probably be full format shows. Based on the schedule listed at the official site, each episode will air for an hour each and feature the star in a reasonably priced car.

Regardless of whether it will be a chopped up version or not though, this only further the exposure of Top Gear here in the States which definitely isn’t a bad thing. Let’s hope this all leads to us getting a Top Gear of our own…

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UPDATE: I’m told that BBC America does infact have commercials, so my guess is they’ll be cutting out the news segment of the show and perhaps a little more. Not the ideal solution, but some Top Gear is better than none, right?

Thanks for the info Chuck. Really enjoy the show and it's craziness.;)

www.finalgear.com is where I get all my Top/Fifth Gear.

Clarkson has said that he wont live in America to do an American version.

How do you get BBC America? I'd prefer to watch it on TV, but I have a feeling I'll just have to keep downloading it. The Arctic special was great, I can't wait for the new season!

I just realized, season 8 is the last season. So these are re-runs, not new episodes. Booooooo!

Luckily youtube exists, so we don't have to be hostage to whatever they choose to air here.

Thank you internet! Thank you Al Gore!