Series 28 of ''
Top Gear
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* "Top gear", the highest gear available in a vehicle's manual transmission
Television
* ''Top Gear'' (1977 TV series), a British motoring magazine programme
* ''Top Gear'' (2002 TV series), a relaunched version of the or ...
'', a British motoring magazine and
factual television
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programme, was broadcast in the United Kingdom on
BBC Two
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during 2020, consisting of six episodes between 26 January and 1 March; the series' studio segments were filmed prior to the outbreak of the
COVID-19 pandemic
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in the UK. The series was preceded by a feature-length special, involving a road trip by the presenters across
Nepal
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, that was aired on 29 December 2019.
This series' highlights included the presenters competing in a Mexican off-road motorsport race, creating a home-made off-road vehicle, a second race between a high-speed car and a fighter jet, and a tribute to rally legend
Colin McRae
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. The popularity of the show continued to improve after the previous series, leading to the
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to announce after the series had concluded that the programme would be moved to
had aired, it was announced that McGuinness and Flintoff would return for another series alongside Harris. On 11 July 2019, it was announced that the trio would also return for a one-off Christmas special in Nepal, the first Top Gear special since the
.
On 10 February 2020, it was announced that future series of ''Top Gear'' would air on
. Production changes for
also meant that this series was the last to feature the ''Star in a ... Car'' segment, and the last to be filmed in an indoor studio marking the end of features/concepts that had been ever present in the shows' format in Top Gear for 17 years since the relaunch of Top Gear in 2002, which was conceived by the shows' ex-presenter