''Jeremy Clarkson's Extreme Machines'' was a six-part

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series, originally broadcast on

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in 1998. The series focused on presenter

Jeremy Clarkson Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson (born 11 April 1960) is an English television presenter, journalist, farmer, and author who specialises in Driving, motoring. He is best known for hosting the television programmes ''Top Gear (2002 TV series), T ...

looking at and driving some of the most impressive record-breaking powerboats, military planes, supertankers, model cars and other vehicles. A

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consisting of the best moments from the series was released prior to the TV premiere, on 20 October 1997.

Episode list

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