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 motoring. He is best known for the motoring programmes ''Top Gear'' and ''The Grand Tour'' alongside Rich ...
and first shown during June and July 2000 on
BBC Two
BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It covers a wide range of subject matter, with a remit "to broadcast programmes of depth and substance" in contrast to the more mainstream ...
, before being shown to an international audience on
BBC World
BBC World News is an international English-language pay television network, operated under the ''BBC Global News Limited'' division of the BBC, which is a public corporation of the UK government's Department for Digital, Culture, Media an ...
. Since 2008, it has regularly been repeated on various
UKTV
UKTV Media Limited, simply known as UKTV, is a British multi-channel broadcaster, which, since 2019, has been wholly owned by BBC Studios (formerly BBC Worldwide), a commercial subsidiary of the BBC. It was formed on 1 November 1992 through ...
channels.
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
BBC Birmingham is one of the oldest regional arms of the BBC, located in Birmingham. It was the first region outside London to start broadcasting both the corporation's radio (in 1922) and television (in 1949) transmissions, the latter from th ...
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'',
and his third documentary series for the BBC, following ''
Motorworld
''Jeremy Clarkson's Motorworld'' is a BBC television series about the car and motoring cultures of various countries. The show was presented by Jeremy Clarkson and consisted of two series of six episodes each plus a special focusing on the UK. ...
'' and ''
Extreme Machines''.
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