Top Gear

Mobility scooters - we have all seen them and we have all wanted a go on one. The boys feel the same, so this week they take possession of three scooters and they do, of course, modify them...

Ferrari's four-wheel-drive FF and the revised Bentley Continental GT play in the snow, meanwhile, in Florida, James drives the Fisker Karma and plays with AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson.

Michael Fassbender is yet another American in a Reasonably Priced Car.

It's a brave move to remake The Sweeney. It's even braver to let Jeremy and Richard help choreograph a car chase scene. That's going to go well...

James drives the Vauxhall Corsa VXR Nurburgring. He also gives his thoughts (waffles on for a day) on the updated Fiat Panda.

Ryan Reynolds is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car.

Jeremy and James travel to Beijing to cast their eyes over the rapidly expanding Chinese motor industry. Whilst there they encounter Stig's boisterous Chinese cousin...

Richard is in Texas where he drives the pace car at a NASCAR race and the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Roadster is on the (Top Gear) track.

Matt LeBlanc is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car.

The boys return and get straight down to business with a road-trip through Italy in a McLaren MP4-12C, a Noble 6000 and a Lamborghini Aventador. Starting in the southern town of Nardo, they head to Imola, via Rome, taking in a series of challenges along the way.

will.i.am is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car.

The boys travel to the former jewel in the former crown for tiffin and tea. On a less important note, they embark on a trade mission to help boost trading links between India and Great Britain. In order to travel cross this vast country, the boys have a budget of 7,000 to buy three British cars that won't fall apart or drown in their own puddles of oil. Rule Britannia!

Jeremy and James pay a visit to the seaside in electric cars: the Nissan Leaf and the Peugeot iOn. Jeremy drives the new Lamborghini Aventador and Richard spends the day with a rally team; the members of which are all ex-military amputees.

Louis Walsh is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car.

This week, Jeremy, James and Richard attempt to make train travel better by replacing the locomotive and carriages with cars and caravans.
On the track, Jeremy compares the Jaguar XKR-S and an updated version of the Nissan GT-R

Rowan Atkinson is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car.

Jeremy and Richard see who can buy the best-value second-hand cars for the same price as the cheapest car available in Britain - the Nissan Pixo - priced at 6995.

The McLaren MP4-12C is on the track, where Jeremy compares it to the Farrari 458 Italia and James May is in Death Valley with the Range Rover Evoque to test its durability as a 4x4, and in Las Vegas to test its chauffering credentials.

Sebastian Vettel is the Star in the Reasonably Priced Car.

The boys are in Italy to test (or play with) three high performance hatchbacks: the Renaultsport Clio 200 Cup, Citron DS3 Racing and Fiat 500C Abarth. After winding their way through various Italian towns, they find themselves on the streets of Monte Carlo - during the grand prix week-end...

On the track, James drives the Aston Martin Virage and Ross Noble is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car.

The 50th birthday of the E-Type Jaguar is marked, by Jeremy, in typically brash style. The BMW 1M is on the track and James gets to play with Olympic gold medallist Amy Williams... and a Mini rally car. Jeremy drives the Eagle Speedster, whilst Richard travels to South Africa to play with the Marauder; something even bigger, louder and more destructive than Jeremy.

Alice Cooper is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car.

Snow. Just one flake of it needs to fall on Britain and the whole country grinds to a halt. The boys have decided to find a solution to this national embarrassment and head to Norway which, unlike Britain, can cope with a flurry of snow flakes. On the track, Jeremy compares the new Audi RS 5 to the BMW M3.

Amber Heard is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car.

The boys are in the market for second-hand convertibles - each costing no more than 2,000, but they end up buying the same model car: the BMW 325i. On the track, Jeremy drives the Pagani Zonda R.

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are the Stars in a Reasonably Priced Car.

In Albania, the boys drive the Rolls-Royce Ghost, Mercedes-Benz S65 AMG and a Bentley Mulsanne. Well, they drive two of those cars... On the track, Jeremy drives the Ford Focus RS500, the Impreza Cosworth STi and the Volvo C30 PPC.

Jonathan Ross is the Star in the Reasonably Priced Car.

The Ashes were won convincingly and are safely back where they belong in England. This crushing defeat has not deterred our Aussie friends from competing against us. Oh no. Now the Top Gear Australia boys are taking on our very own brave Blighty boys in a series of automotive challenges. On the track, Jeremy drives the Ferrari 590 GTO.

Boris Becker is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car.

The boys find themselves in Iraq - this can only go well... their challenge is to drive to Bethlehem, presumably, without getting killed or making the region even more unstable. The topography suggests 4x4s are the best vehicles to use, but the boys, being they way they are, think a Mazda MX5, BMW Z3 and a Fiat Barchetta will suffice.

Jeremy, James and Richard are back in the United States and this time there's no redneck baiting. Instead, they travel from North Carolina to New York - where the locals are well-known for their tolerance... On their last American road trip, the boys drove cars bought for $1,000. This time they get to travel in a little more style with the Ferrari 458 Italia, Mercedes Benz AMG SLS and Porsche 911 GT3.

The Director of Trainspotting and Slumdog Millionaire, Danny Boyle, is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car.

Ferrari's latest beast is the 458 Italia and Jeremy drives it on the track. As a consequence, this week's programme might contains shouts of 'power!' and some dribbling.

On a gentler note, each of the boys has a budget of 5,000 with which to buy an old British sports car; they then set off on a nostalgic roadtrip from Norfolk - the home of Lotus - via the former Jensen factory in the Midlands to Blackpool, where TVR used to build its cars.

Jeff Goldblum is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car.

Broadcast times: BBC2 9:30pm, BBC HD 11:00pm.

This week, Jeremy, James, and Richard are curating an exhibition of motoring-related art at the Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (in, not surprisingly, Middlesbrough). This exhibition includes work created by the three presenters. On the track, Jeremy drives the new Noble M600.

Jenson Button is the Formula 1 World Champion in a Reasonably Priced Car.

Broadcast time, 8pm on BBC 2 & BBC HD.

Did Communists ever build a good car? A question literally several people have asked - ever. To find out, Jeremy and James go to the former American airbase at Greenham Common, in England, to drive some of the best examples still working... just.

Richard drives the Veritas RS3 - the latest sports car to come from Germany and the Caterham R500. Meanwhile Jeremy gives the humble Ford Fiesta a rather thorough going-over with the help of the Royal Marines.

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car.

Finland has produced some of the finest drivers in both Formula 1 and rallying. James travels to the country and meets Mika Hkkinen to try to find out why this is so. Richard travels farther afield - to Japan - to drive the Toyota iReal which is not so much a car, as a chair with wheels.

This week's challenge is to try and make a second-hand car lap the track faster than a Mitsubishi 300. The (second-hand) car in question is the distinctively unsporty Renault Avantime.

Jeremy finds a new use for a V8 engine; he thinks it will provide a suitable amount of power for a food blender.

Benefiting from the suspension of Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, Top Gear gives Mark Wahlberg a place to plug stuff and a go in the Reasonably Priced Car.

The latest of Top Gear's epic races takes place in Japan. Jeremy is driving the Nissan GT-R, while James and Richard travel on Japan's famous Shinkansen (Bullet train). On the Top Gear track, the Alfa Romeo 8C is driven by Jeremy and the Stig.

Fiona Bruce and Kate Silverton are the Star(s)in a Reasonably Priced Car.

Top Gear returns and already the Police are involved. The boys are each given 1,000 to buy a car, which they must then convert for use as a police car. Unlike a real police car, there won't be several hundred metres of forms to fill in if they get a bit dented and they most likely will get dented.

There are some helpful tips on how to drive economically and to demonstrate this, there is a race involving a Ferrari 599, an Aston Martin DBS, a Mercedes McLaren SLR, a Lamborghini Murcielago and an Audi R8.

Jeremy starts the sideways, power-shouting, tyre-shredding fun by driving the Ferrari 430 Scuderia, which was postponed from the last series after a journalist crashed it and James introduces a new member to the Top Gear team.

Justin Lee Collins and Alan Carr are the Star(s) in a Reasonably Priced Car.

Jeremy, James and Richard take part in Britcar 24 - a 24-endurance race at Silverstone. James travels to Budapest to race the new Fiat 500 against boys on BMXs and Stig takes the Ascari A10 around the Top Gear track for a Power Lap.

Keith Allen is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car.

Jeremy finally shows concern for the environment by suggesting a replacement for 4x4s. Well, sort of he compares the 507bhp AMG Mercedes E Class estate with the BMW M5 Touring - which only has 500 bhp. Richard and James try their hands at a new motor sport: Motorhome Racing. In the studio, Jeremy has a 750,000 motor home called the Performance.

The new Honda Civic Type R is tested and driven by the Stig; James drives the Alpha Romeo 159 and 'rugger bugger' Lawrence Dallaglio is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car.

Jeremy, James and Richard race each other using a bike, a boat and a car to find the fastest way across London. The Stig drives the 'potato baking' Caparo T1 on the track in an attempt to beat the long-standing fastest time set by the Koenigsegg.

After the excitement of commuting across London, Richard regains the will to live by racing an Aston Martin V8 Vantage Roadster against a man on roller-skates... with rockets strapped to his back.

Simon Cowell - a man who is liked by some people - is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car.

African Special: The boys travel to Africa with a mission (or two): they must each buy a car but not a 4x4 for no more than 1,500. They must then drive (the cars) across fairly unforgiving terrain in Botswana - including the Makgadikgadi salt pans, raging rivers and game reserves. Game reserves that's where big carnivorous animals live, isn't it? Hmm...

Also, Stig's African cousin makes an appearance.

Have you ever wondered which would win in a race between a Typhoon jet fighter and a Bugatti Veyron driven by Richard? Neither have I, but someone at Top Gear has, so it should be a giggle. As should the self-parking Lexus LS600h - a demonstration of which could well end in more headlines. The new Lamborghini Reventn - the new limited-edition model based on the Murcilago LP640 - will also be in the studio.

James drives the new Rolls Royce Phantom Drophead and Jeremy gets to play with the new Ferrari Fiorano 599 GTB; he also drives something much smaller and less sophisticated. This doesn't mean he will be getting a piggy back from Richard, he'll be driving something called the Peel P50.

Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car.