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Fifth Gear: Season 15

8 episodes Premiered Jan 5, 2009 Updated Sep 26, 2026

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Season 15 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Fifth Gear Season 14.
⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.

Season 15 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 15: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (4): Crucial lore & season climaxes

Core (4): Character development & subplots

Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler

S15·E1 Mytharc

Episode 1

Jan 5, 2009 · 60 min

New series. World champion boxer Joe Calzaghe and his glamour model girlfriend Jo-Emma Larvin take part in an off-road challenge with Tiff Needell, Johnny Smith examines the Volksw

S15·E2 Core

Episode 2

Jan 12, 2009 · 60 min

Olympic swimmer and Strictly Come Dancing contestant Mark Foster tests a supercharged Vauxhall VXR8, Jonny Smith watches classic vehicles being raced at the Firecracker Banger meet

S15·E3 Core

Episode 3

Jan 19, 2009 · 60 min

Vicki Butler-Henderson chauffeurs comedian Bill Bailey to one of his West End gigs in a Mercedes that has been converted to run on nothing but chip fat. Tom Ford test-drives the ne

S15·E4 Core

Episode 4

Jan 26, 2009 · 60 min

Jason Plato races the Maserati Gran Turismo with olympic cyclist Bradley Wiggins, Tiff Needell pits the Renault Megane R26.R against the Caterham CDX sports car and Vicki Butler-He

S15·E5 Mytharc

Episode 5

Feb 2, 2009 · 60 min

Tiff Needell and Jason Plato race the Volkswagen Scirocco and Mini Cooper S hatchback, Tom Ford finds out if he can fit into the world's tiniest four-seater, the Toyota iQ, and Tim

S15·E6 Core

Episode 6

Feb 9, 2009 · 60 min

Jason Plato races the Maserati Gran Turismo with olympic cyclist Bradley Wiggins, Tiff Needell pits the Renault Megane R26.R against the Caterham CDX sports car and Vicki Butler-He

S15·E7 Mytharc

Episode 7

Feb 16, 2009 · 60 min

Olympic gold medal-winning sailors Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb and Pippa Wilson race each other in the Ferrari F430 Scuderia, and Tiff Needell test-drives the Farbio GTS 400, Vicki But

S15·E8 Mytharc

Episode 8

Feb 23, 2009 · 60 min

Charley Boorman tests modified cars powered by motorbike engines, Jonny Smith compares the fuel consumption of the Honda Insight with a standard diesel vehicle and Tiff Needell rac