Clarkson's Car Years
| Clarkson's Car Years | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Documentary/Motoring |
| Directed by | Ewan Keil |
| Presented by | Jeremy Clarkson |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Richard Pearson |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | BBC Birmingham |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC Two |
| Picture format | 576i, anamorphic 16:9 |
| Original release | 1 June 2000 – 6 July 2000 |
Clarkson's Car Years was a British television series presented by Jeremy Clarkson and first shown during June and July 2000 on BBC Two.
Over the series, Clarkson discusses six different topics relating to motoring, looking at the defining moments of each. The show was produced by BBC Birmingham and executively produced by Richard Pearson. Car Years was the first of two series involving Clarkson which were filmed during his hiatus from Top Gear,[1] and his third documentary series for the BBC, following Motorworld & Extreme Machines.
The show was first shown on United Kingdom television channel BBC Two, before being shown to an international audience on BBC World. Since 2008, it has regularly been repeated on various UKTV channels.
Episode list
| # | Episode | Airdate | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Rise... and Fall... of the Supercar" | 1 June 2000 | Clarkson journeys the rise of the supercar since its first inception nearly 100 years ago, and visits a factory in Lincoln who claim to have produced the first ever supercar. |
| 2 | "How Japan Took Over the World... And Then Lost It" | 8 June 2000 | Clarkson takes a journey to Japan in order to show how Japan's car economy could have become one of the most successful in the world. |
| 3 | "Why Do People Like British Sports Cars?" | 15 June 2000 | Clarkson invites six British sports car owners for a discussion on what they believe makes a British sports car so great. |
| 4 | "Who Killed the British Car Industry?" | 22 June 2000 | Clarkson looks at the factors that may have accounted for the killing of the British car industry in the 1990s. |
| 5 | "Motoring and the New Romantics" | 29 June 2000 | Clarkson reviews the history of the hot hatch from the Volkswagen Golf GTI to the Ford Cosworth. |
| 6 | "The All New Family Car 2000" | 6 July 2000 | Clarkson envisions the future for the family car, showcasing the possible vehicles families could be using in ten years' time. |
References
- ↑ Deans, Jason (24 November 2004). "Road shows". Media Guardian (Guardian News and Media Limited).
External links
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