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Out of both series, what is the most iconic moment? (I think I know)

Out of both series, what is the most iconic moment? (I think I know)

handsupdb

"It's probably a whole hippo, it's just that the rest of him is under the water."


deegee1969

"There's a man over there with the best combover I've ever seen."


humanmanhumanguyman

"We can't be at the equator, there would be a big dotted line..." Thanks hammond lol


DrJackpot89

I’ve entered Jezzas Back alley


shmulrosensweig

We've come into Jezza


griffhays16

Wait that's a terrifying thought


sausyJeys

Well found.


MightyMightyCatfish

HAMMOND YOU IDIOT, YOU'VE REVERSED INTO THE SPORTS LORRY!


cuchicou

Jeremy was so much fitter then


TinDumbass

Only realised how much slimmer he is there when I saw the gif. Wow.


northyj0e

He blames quitting smoking.


TinDumbass

I can believe it. That's a real shame..


rhb4n8

All that farm work...


Durcaz

[Sports Lorry](https://imgur.com/26XVOYi)


krzx

gifs you can hear.


patti222

And i read that with clarksons voice


kwo330

This is the answer


CoeusDarksoul

Hammond, in a desperate panic: "OLIVER!" or: "The peace and serenity of the beautiful Ugandan morning was interrupted with the bellow of a wild animal..." ***CLARKSON!!!!***


DjN0tNice

The second one for sure


MeatWad111

That whole special was just amazing, I'd say the nile episode is the best of them all.


CoeusDarksoul

For me top is Bolivia - but they were both just so damn perfect that I don't think there's a wrong answer with either of those :D


MeatWad111

I agree. James attacking Clarkson with a machete 😂


CoeusDarksoul

To be fair... he *did* warn him.


grsims20

Did your co-presenter on your television program just attack you with a machete?


OttoWalterModel

Or the other one: CLAAARKSOOON! CLARKSON! WHERES MY ROOF?!


CoeusDarksoul

Hahaha, yuuup! Followed by... *Engine Start & Rev... Movement...* ***CRRRACKK!***


lilboomermeme

“Sometimes my genius... it’s almost frightening”


Snaz5

*sound of glass shattering*


Moppyploppy

Hammond coming back after his near-death-experience wreck. ​ .......pick any of the lot.


Chloverdose

Which one of the many he had


rhb4n8

The one on the salt flats... I'm amazed Mindy let him keep working after that


Moppyploppy

The one where he flipped.


BigBlueWookiee

Premier of The Grand Tour - that moment when Hammond and May pull along side Clarkson in their Mustangs. Those smiles. I legit got choked up. And, that moment pretty much sums up what I love about the show - 3 blokes, good friends all, sharing some laughs and adventures.


Martinilingiuni

Just 3 guys having a good time. That’s what I love about it


Merlaak

Watching that first episode was especially meaningful for my wife and me. At the time, we were staying with some friends in Middle Tennessee ... because we were set to be in the live audience for the Nashville taping the very next day. See, for the first several episodes, none of the audience members had gotten to see what the show was like. Not so for us. The first episode aired that evening, and we drove to Nashville the next morning to be in the audience. It was such an amazing experience to not only be a part of it, but also due to the excitement that everyone had having just seen the first episode. It was truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Side note: I've actually had a few people come up to me, having recognized me as "[the bow tie guy](https://i.imgur.com/WbXX03j.jpg)" from that episode.


WhyHelloOfficer

That sounds like an incredible experience that can never be replaced.


StickyPalms69

Oh no shit?? That's awesome! Dude you were soooo smiley that whole episode! Hahaha. How long was that segment about them fighting the crowd? In the show there are several cut aways, I always wondered how long that actually took to shoot.


Ketchup1211

Mine is similar but it’s when they ended the in studio portion of TGT. The raw emotion from Clarkson was rare and shows just how much all three loved doing this for so long.


Iizsatan

How hard was it to just walk up to him and give him a hug? Me with my poor impulse control probably would've done that. I'd like to believe that that one guy yelling "Don't stop" after the walk down was not scripted, but a spontaneous reaction from the crowd. Hell, I bet loads of us thought the exact same thing at the exact same time.


grantbwilson

I choke up when that song comes on now That moment was like they were telling all the Top Gear fans “it’s gonna be all right”


FormalChicken

I'll rain on the parade. Amazon is ruining it. They're depending on money to entertain. They hired entertainers and then just throw money and make explosions and planes and helicopters and expensive cars. Cheap Porsches. 100 bucks to Manchester and back. That was when the entertainers had to entertain. Now they go for the expensive thrills and don't let the trio be entertainers. Scotland was great. No matter how much money they could spend, the world didn't let them. It was a really good setup to be like their older stuff.


BigBlueWookiee

I agree that most of the Top Gear episodes were better than the Amazon episodes. But, I wonder how much of that is the BBC's fault for all of the things they did not allow the boys to do in a new show - Celebrity drivers, The Stig, the news, etc. That seriously hampered any effort.


FormalChicken

It was also fun to see them try to avert the sensor. Now they throw dildos at each other. Again it's just kind of removing the entertainers ability to entertain. They could rock it without the stig the news etc. Besides Amazon has metrics and all that and sees that people were skipping over those segments so nerfed them anyway.


FalmerEldritch

Give 'em €2000 each for cars (including modifications and repairs) and make them do a series of challenges across a Copenhagen-Oslo-Helsinki route. In January.


AlanHoliday

It’s likely underappreciated but when they organize all the UK made vehicles at The Mall and drive down it in F types. That always overwhelms my gear head brain and makes me shed a tear. I’m American and something about their national pride strikes a cord.


excelsiorncc2000

Great moment for sure. Everything from racing cars to tractors.


Cybernetic_Lizard

Not to forget busses


ItsMangel

This is definitely my favorite episode of either series.


Madranite

That moment when the F1 cars leave factory in milton keynes…


Rotary_Wing

F Types.


AlanHoliday

Anndddd I’m editing


Snaz5

Definitely made me want to get an F-Type.


[deleted]

Gin in the Arctic or starting up the Hilux after blowing up a building under it.


vilemeister

JM: Hammond RH: Yes Mate? JM: May. Bad Luck. *hands phone back to Clarkson* Funny every time.


[deleted]

Absolute savagery


NeoSapien65

"I'll make one."


Snaz5

The arctic special was really peak top gear to me. 3 blokes go out and do something absolutely extraordinary.


cs-shitposter

We're now the most northern people on the planet ... Apart from Michael Parkinson of course


ChefJeffffs

Let me see... TG: Jeremy with his stick behind his car in Africa, great scene. James with the machete in the jungle. And Oliver. GT: Jeremy driving on top of his lavatory RV and the chaos it brings. James shouting after Hammond pulls the 'guide rope'. And of course: CLAAARKSON where is my roof? All three together its either the Toybota at sea or the beginning of GT in the desert. No its the opening scene of GT with the mustangs.


darthfracas

No one is mentioning Jeremy screaming on the motorway in the DIY caravan? I have a couple others: The Britcar 24 from season 10: “We accidentally wrote arse biscuits on the door” was the start of one of their best gags. The auction from the classic time trial rally in season 13. Just a perfect encapsulation of the boys busting each other’s balls. The lap of Monaco in the hot hatches with Christian Horner, Flavio Briatore and Bernie Eccelstone. No matter how long they had been doing the show, they could still be awed by something new.


itsacon10

Jeremy in his caravan flat never gets me not to laugh, and the reactions of Hammond and May to it as well.


The-Spaceman

That's the best one in my opinion. The pure unadulterated laughter from Hammond and May is priceless.


Shalaiyn

Clarkson rolling on the pontoon when Hammond capsized really recaptured that pure humour.


ItsMangel

May wheezing his lungs up as Jeremy screams while a lorry passes him. Iconic laugh.


oatseyhall

And then May built over his fuel cap


TheUnbearableMan

That was my first intro to the show. Was researching motor homes on YouTube and thankfully that popped up lol


Shadowman113

The leaning tower of citron


Tioras

The britcar episode is my favorite of all the episodes. The boys go into it with absolutely no seriousness, but by the end of it they really care. And it shows.


MrJod2002

Hammond blasting a patient from his ambulance through a window and Jeremy shouting “Hammond! You blithering idiot”


MPitcher727

And now… Coup de grâce PATIENT TO HOSPITAL!


MattwiththeST

For me, it's when Jeremy announced the end of the in-person part of the show. He showed a moment of uncharacteristic humanity that made me appreciate what those three have done over the last couple decades


mrjderp

That was the point where you could truly tell how much it all meant to them, especially Clarkson.


w1987g

That moment in Argentina, when he talks about seeing his dad for the last time


herbtarleksblazer

Another good dose of humanity from Clarkson is in the Clarkson Farm series with the sheep episode.


mrjderp

Poor guy, didn’t get to part like he wanted to.


Duckeyh

I just get goosebumps from even thinking about that scene


DJLJR26

The Peugeot segment they did with the reenactment of the meeting where they decide to start making terrible cars is easily one of my favorite bits of television of any sort ever. I'm going with that.


highaltitudewaffle

The funny bit is that they actually were drunk by the final take


sturdybutter

When they go out and drive like an average Peugeot driver is probably the hardest I’ve ever laughed at a TV show. James just casually driving into the ditch made me absolutely lose it. “Maniac!”


MPitcher727

SPIT ET KLEENEX!


DJLJR26

"This breakfast meeting will put peugeot on the map for many years to come, make no mistake" *pans to may chugging wine*


[deleted]

Jeremy screaming in terror as his motor home block of flats sways disastrously from side to side on the motorway while May howls with laughter behind him


Kyber_key42

James May getting a tank of water on his head, completely unscripted. Never laughed harder.


MPitcher727

Hammonds laugh completes the scene


crazybeardguy

Clarkson sharing about the car/night his father died.


rhb4n8

Was that the 928?


USDA_CertifiedLean

Yep


Aken42

The entire 24hr of Silverstone episode for me. I find it was less and episode and more filming the three of them in a properly genuine moment.


Snaz5

I love the bits where the Stig was in the car and how excited they were to see him slaughtering the other drivers.


UCLAlex

In the Africa special when Clarkson ties a log to the back of his car and it bounces and breaks the rear window


I-am-the_senate

One moment I just love, in Uganda(?) during the Nile special, when they've arrived at the 'hotel' and Clarkson is fuming at Hammond, and May just comes out with 'This one's got a chair and a table'. Brilliant


K_herm

For me, the crowning Top Gear moment could be Jeremy driving the Aston Martin DB11, knowing that the end for the v12 supercar was near, and fading to black with "Goodnight."


TimmyB99

Same here, although at that time there were speculations that the BBC was going to pull the plug on the show. There wasn’t much certainty whether there’d be another series. I watched that episode long after it was aired so it didn’t have the same impact as it would’ve had if I’d seen the episode when it aired. Nonetheless it’s still an amazingly brilliant episode which remains one of my absolute favourites


NeoSapien65

I remember talking to a friend about the next series after that and he said "wait, it wasn't cancelled? Why did he end it like that?!"


SneakiBreeeki

What episode was this?


whiteatom

It was actually a v12 vantage.. s13e7, the VW advertisement. Scary moment for all of us who were watching 12(!!!) years ago.


ChaoticDucc

Just came back from watching it. Knowing what people thought might happen to the series, it gives me goosebumps.


burnswhenipoo

When they were at a gas (petrol) station in Alabama.


chadKrosky

She said she was calling „The Boys“


RainMaker323

We all should breath a sigh of relief that Billy Butcher didn't turn up.


The-Holy-Sheep-3

Oh no anyways


AnonOfDoom

Two favorite moments from the Top Gear era: Clarkson trying to drive the Reliant Robin was one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen. Also the boys trying to kill the Toyota Hilux was amazing.


InfiniteRadness

Yes! The Reliant with Jezza driving was probably the hardest I had ever laughed up to that point in my life. I showed that clip to literally anyone I thought might find it even remotely amusing. I'm surprised this isn't further up!


DkHamz

Love every single comment in here. They are spot on for me. My top 3: 1) the opening scenes of TGT (tear up every single time). 2) When they announced “the show as you know it, is over” but told us they would keep specials going. (Felt like they know that we just aren’t ready to be done with them yet and I can’t thank them enough. They kinda raised me and I thought it was over after TopGear) and 3) my favorite special Vietnam. Seeing Jeremy hate motorcycles his whole career, to genuinely enjoying his time on that scooter, to eating total shit at the end and just when you think it’s over they have to convert them into boats and travel through those islands. I want to visit that place now and on my bucket list is to complete that exact journey that way. <3


Madranite

That moment, when jeremy looks in the mirror on the highway…


DkHamz

The rest is history! lmao


cs-shitposter

Hammond answering the question in Vietnamese driving school takes the cake for me Always give way to the car from the right


DkHamz

Such a classic moment you’re right! Lmao


inny_mac

Clarkson’s snow-measuring technique, car football, and of course “LOOKWHATYOUVEDONETOMYBLOODYSHEDMAN”


Normanprice88

“I had this bomb”


SilverBackHuman

Jezza announcing that someone was going to make a wax figure of him, and Hammond and May roasting him.


thegreybush

I really enjoyed the London to Edinburg race. The best was Seeing Jeremy run flat out into a fancy restaurant literally black with soot covering his whole body, and genuinely believe that he won. That was a great moment. Followed byJames telling him: “you have permission to say oh cock.” Close second is May taking the phone from Clarkson at the North Pole: “Hammond? May, bad luck.” (Hands phone back to Jeremy)


charles_peugeot405

Hello 🧍🏽‍♂️


gtrogers

["If I were a girl, I'd be pregnant a lot"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-9rx2RXx1I)


onionwba

Probably not the most iconic moment but the time where Clarkson and May threw rocks at each other in Colombia, that was hilarious.


SwisscheesyCLT

"Good News!"


yankdotcom1985

Crossing the Channel in the toyboata


Ghola_Mentat

In general, the intro and Clarkson saying “tonight…” or Clarkson introducing Stig. Personally, finally seeing them driving the McLaren, Porsche and Ferrari on TGT Episode 1.


Rotary_Wing

>or Clarkson introducing Stig. "Some say that in a recent late-night deal, he bought a slightly dented white Fiat Uno from the Duke of Edinburgh." This aired on the state broadcaster.


Apprehensive-You9745

I don’t know after years of James May talking about the “Good News” of the Dacia Sandero and then Clarkson gets him one Romania only to have it backed into by a lorry was just so priceless and really brought me back to classic Top Gear


sharmanas14

For me personally it’s the India special. Just seeing them trying to deliver lunches and failing spectacularly was both hilarious and iconic, since I used to live in Bombay. Favorite moment was James May not just losing the race, but losing Bombay altogether lol. Edit: Also the train banners - Eat English Muff(in) lol


tall_building

Always loved the episode where they get everything british made with an engine lined up in London


EatKillFuck

The Jaaaaaaaag episode when Richard throws the rod in the Mark Ten, and when the cop roasts him about Lucas electrics. Side note the Mark Ten does look villainous and I want one


PlatWinston

my vote goes to when hammond in his beach buggy was suspended under a helicopter, and he wakes up..."AAAAARRRRRGGHHHH HHHAAAAAAARRRRRRRGHHHHH YOU BASTARDS"


Raccoonzs

CLARKSOOOOONNN. During a peaceful african morning


stilllikelypooping

My favorite special is the Bolivia special. Love them going through the Amazon and the death road.


LehrDivision

"You've given me the baby, now get in the back".


MrBaddKarma

The special with the beach buggies, where Clarkson's won't start and Hammond says let me see if mine works. It starts and then May starts his. Clarkson says can I get a push and they both just drive off.


schokelafreisser

The christmas gift scene from TG where they just spell Penis among their clothes.


ROADHOG_IS_MY_WAIFU

"Look! A hippos head!" "Oh, it is!" "It's probably a whole hippo, it's just that the rest of him is under the water." *** "They are the funniest creatures on earth, aren't they?"... "Americans."


PSIndustries

When clarkson said to a clutch hopping flat packed car ​ "What a machine you are John"


OGCelaris

Not so much moments but Vehicles for me. There is the one with John, then Oliver and the best is the Toyota Hilux.


DjN0tNice

Two words: *GOOD NEWS!*


MurderfaceII

The repeated upending of the Reliant Robin.


kent_eh

Me dong's going to get all soggy.


iBleeedorange

What pushed top gear over the top was Hammond's accident. Coming back from that was huge.


Leumas_

I always loved the episode where they had to get to some awards ceremony on one tank of gas and Clarkson was trying desperately to lose. No matter what he did he could not get his car to run dry. Sidenote, my favorite name-jab was Richard J. Cheeseburger Hammond.


CariBelle25

My favorite part of that episode is Stig riding the carnival rides.


E34M20

The Africa special (search for the source of the river Nile). All of it; the entire two part episode. It's positively brilliant. Could have been a movie.


theKickAHobo

James hitting Jeremy in the face with a dildo in a moving buggy from a different moving buggy.


jucyfrysbil

For me it’s May using his charm with the ladies “hello”


rhb4n8

How about when they found out that some magazine voted James May their "weird crush"


Sackbuddy

Clarkson you infantile pillock... You're tidying that up.


itsacon10

I think any one of their challenges where you can tell it doesn't quite go as expected.


codfish4200

My favorite is (don't remember the episode) clarkson takes Hammonds roof and all we hear is ".....CLARKSON.....WHERE'S MY ROOF?"


HuyFongFood

moments later....\*crunch\*


557953

Peugeot drivers segment was fantastic, and also the Inappropriate use of Launch Control bit from TGT was very funny.... Also Jeremys Bone car was brilliant!


cuchicou

“If you listen closely, you can hear my genius”


Borkton

Richard Hammond falling in love with Oliver in Botswana, crossing the Channel on the Toyboata, Michael Schumacher's lap in the Liana.


ElectricMotorsAreBad

"I've broken Stalin's house... Jeez I'm going to the gulag!". Never laughed harder watching a show.


mullaloo

The constant crashing of the reliant robin- howling with laughter at our house.


sionnach

That was definitely the funniest piece they ever did … actually, tied with the Peel P50 film.


EgorrEgorr

When the Toyota pickup rolled into the studio after being nearly destroyed under a demolished building.


I_Am_Moe_Greene

May and Hammond launching a Robin into space.


ferna182

That scene where they tried to transport fish and James is in his Mercedes where he's built a fish tank in the back, the tide is rising and the car is beached... He tries to move forwards but it's stuck, the car bounces and that makes the water spill from the tank into the car itself, flooding it with James in it. Clarkson seems to almost have a heart attack laughing. I honestly had to pause the episode to compose myself as well. [This is the scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWHkbeEqaYM)


IndianaJones_Jr_

Can't believe no one has mentioned Jeremy's story about the 928 and his father's passing in the Patagonia special!


Rotary_Wing

"Always wear a high-visibility jacket."


Rosskillington

I love Hammond’s scandi flick gone wrong in the bedford rascal


MeatWad111

Any episode where they're let loose with military equipment. The battleship vs Hammond bugout car was a good one. Also the car battleships game "you sunk my limousine"


jurzdevil

When they use the military equipment to do demolition and they are all standing around Clarkson's mine clearing machine and giving him hell for it, he ends by saying "Princess Di had one" and the whole crew breaks out laughing. Absolutely perfect play on their joke about princess Anne having some type of car and the mine clearing machine being a white U.N. type thing princess Diana was probably involved with. Just showed how well they knew each other and would write an idea then be able to generate gold off of it once filming.


deegee1969

Morris Marinas and pianos. [I needn't say more](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-shNHaJigM). :)


robottikon

Piloting Extremely Nicely In Scotland


Dellarbill

It’s got to be when they all drove towards the new grand tour stage in their mustangs… the wait was finally over and we didn’t have to watch that ginger twat on bbc 2


SadieSadieSnakeyLady

Hammond and May as their well thought out and planned Robin Rocket explodes.


CRUISEK0NTR0L

Jeromy is explaining that you need to ask every parent if you can film at a kids sports day. And Hammond responds by telling him to go to his on kids sports day. Also the fragrance between the NSX, Aventador, and Rimac. That race was insane.


0ctopus

I know this probably wouldn't even make top 10 (or 100?) for most people, but the Goodbye tribute to SAAB was really good. I'm not even a SAAB fan but that became my favorite moment of the show.


nat_astrophe

Clarkson sinking the Toybota at the finish line while James completes the slowest two miles in history.


icepick_151

The episode of TG where Clarkson rolls the reliant Robin all over the midlands. Makes me laugh so hard I pull muscles.


Octarine7a

Jeremy tipping the ToyBoata will never not be funny


Vindicativa

"Jizzle Drizzle".


Nanojack

Hello


TheShipEliza

i think its the hippos/americans joke or the rise and fall of the "space shuttle".


zoidbert

The first episode I watched with my kids was the one that showcased the Robin Reliant. And the first time Clarkson took that corner and flipped it, I laughed so hard I nearly blacked out.


idiotsonfire

The Hilux rolling into the studio after proving to be immortal. And starting after James dropped it off a building.


ahh_my_shoulder

Hammond in his "RV" in america... "down to 13 mph now... which is plenty" always makes me cry tears, I absolutely love that scene idk why i love it so much


PoopyMcNuggets91

"If you believe it will happen, it will happen" - Jeremy. Right before he drives his Land Rover into a ditch and gets stuck in the Bolivian jungle.


Narrovv

The entire death road scene, but especially when May comes at Jeremy with a machete.


Im_Nike_Chaos

Jeremy in the reliant robin for sure! I've never laughed for an entire episode like I have with that one


rhb4n8

They are not my favorite episodes but I think the Jaguar e type tribute and the British motoring tribute on the mall are pretty iconic


violetnap

When they crossed the channel….I’m still new to the show, but omg that was insane and glorious. I also loved the Madagascar episode.


Whiplash50

Toyota Hilux torture test


SuperJF45

James running on live television


Chewy_Petoes

The episode where they all got the same second hand bmw and took them to man-love forensics … that whole episode I was in tears


Thatsabigariel

James May... pass Jeremy Clarkson... fail


saulgoodman3

[This scene](https://youtu.be/PRV0KYrHTyo) has me in tears every single time. Has to be up there!


SlightCresent4

“Princess Diana had one of these” referring to the mine clearance vehicle in the demolition episode


w1YY

The race where clarkson overtook them s they walked to the finish


cs-shitposter

Always give way to the car from the right


griffhays16

Yesssss she's verrrry pretty... . . . . . *GASPS*


yana990

Hammond stranded on a mountain in Canada in winter and the one that reaches him first doesn’t have to pick him up. Or Vietnam.


blizzardwizard88

Jeremys Japanese inspired campervan being over taken by a lorry.


ponyflash

James May laughing his ass off at Clarkson screaming in terror while driving their homemade caravans.


Dracoster

When the muricans tried to kill them during the murican special.


OneOutOfSevenBillion

“Bad News!” “This is brilliant. But I like this.”


Aristotelaras

Oh no!


dane-nitoi

“It must be damp”


sturdybutter

“This ones got a chair, and a table!”