Clarkson's Car Years is a British television series presented by

Jeremy Clarkson Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson (born 11 April 1960) is an English broadcaster, journalist, game show host and writer who specialises in Driving, motoring. He is best known for the motoring programmes ''Top Gear (2002 TV series), Top Gear'' an ...

and first shown during June and July 2000 on

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, before being shown to an international audience on

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. Since 2008, it has regularly been repeated on various

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channels. Over the series, Clarkson discusses six different topics relating to motoring, looking at the defining moments of each. The show was produced by

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and executively produced by Richard Pearson. ''Car Years'' was the first of two series involving Clarkson which were filmed during his hiatus from ''

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'', and his third documentary series for the BBC, following '' Motorworld'' and ''

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''.

Episode list

References

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External links

Supercar crash halts Clarkson showEpisode list on IMDB
BBC television documentaries BBC World News shows 2000 British television series debuts 2000 British television series endings 2000s British documentary television series Driving in the United Kingdom