Top Gear 2014: Season 21, Episode 1 Air Date Revealed

Image Credit: BBC/Ellis O'Brien

The TGPD Tank in Top Gear Season 21, Episode 1 – Image Credit: BBC/Ellis O’Brien

The BBC have now confirmed the start date for the new series of Top Gear as 8:00-9:00pm on Sunday, 2 February, 2014. Season 21 of the popular motoring show is scheduled to feature a total of 7 episodes.

Episode 1 see’s Jezza, Hamster and May set out to show viewers just how much more exciting the hot hatches of yesteryear were compared to those of today. Get ready for a trip down memory lane as Jeremy rocks up in a classic Golf GTI, Richard grabs a Nova SRi and James takes the wheel in a Fiesta XR2i.

In typical Top Gear fashion, the trio will put the cars and themselves through a series of challenges, as they relive just how much fun it was to drive go-karts with roofs.

The first star in the Reasonably Priced Car of 2014 will be Downton Abbey actor Hugh Bonneville.