Top Gear TV is back, with a drive-in movie twist

Exhausted every streaming service in lockdown, and desperate for something new to watch? Well breathe a sigh of relief, because Top Gear is back soon. And in its new home on BBC One.

It’s been filmed in front of an audience, too, but with a new, socially distanced twist. Yep, Top Gear’s turned into a drive-in, and the images above show a) that every TV show should be filmed in front of a Boeing 747 and b) you lot have a truly diverse selection of cars. A BMW Z1, a Ferrari 550 Maranello, a pink Aygo… we’re on board with most of them.

Still filmed at Dunsfold – just outside of the hangar, rather than in it – 160 cars and 500 people watched the first of five episodes being filmed over the course of three nights.

Highlights from series 29 include a heart-stopping Wall of Death sequence filmed inside an empty Alexandra Palace where the presenters go vertical in insurance write-off cars, Paddy McGuinness’s ill-fated Lamborghini incident in the Yorkshire Dales and Freddie Flintoff attempting 200mph in an old 1990’s supercar.

Excited?