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Fifth Gear: Season 20

10 episodes Premiered Oct 14, 2011 Updated Sep 26, 2026
Previously on Fifth Gear

Season 20 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 19.
  • ⚡ 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.
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Season 20 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 20: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (7): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S20·E1 Mytharc

Episode 1

Oct 14, 2011 · 60 min

The team conduct a shocking 120mph crash test, pit the two most powerful Jaguars ever head to head, blast through mega-fashionable Croatia in a £150,000 Bentley and get to grips wi

S20·E2 Core

Episode 2

Oct 21, 2011 · 60 min

Tiff chats to British rally legend Mark Higgins. The presenters take a look at a new Mercedes convertible. Vicki races a new Ford Mustang around Le Mans. Jonny begins a journey of

S20·E3 Core

Episode 3

Oct 28, 2011 · 60 min

Tiff test drives Lamborghini's new Aventador hypercar. Vicki makes her way through Italy's snowy mountain roads in Mini's brand new Coupe. Jonny finds out about car culture's bigge

S20·E4 Core

Episode 4

Nov 4, 2011 · 60 min

Vicki test drives the new Ferrari 458 Spider convertible in Maranello Italy. Tiff completes another Fifth Gear shoot out between two uber coupes, the 444bhp Audi RS5 and the 451bh

S20·E5 Core

Episode 5

Nov 18, 2011 · 60 min

Tiff's on the limit in a very special Porsche 911 the 500bhp RS 4.0 of which a limited production run of only 600 will be made. Vicki test drives the maddest hybrid we have ever s

S20·E6 Core

Episode 6

Nov 25, 2011 · 60 min

Jonny finds the best driving road in the world. Vicki takes the new VW Amarok pick-up for a test drive on a beach in Portugal. The driving skills of Roy Keane are tested by Tiff at

S20·E7 Core

Episode 7

Dec 2, 2011 · 60 min

Tiff takes a drive through France's Champagne region in Aston Martin's newest convertible. Vicki is the umpire in a race between two England cricket stars. Jonny takes a look at

S20·E8 Core

Episode 8

Dec 9, 2011 · 60 min

Jonny drives a brand new version of one of Britain's most important cars. Tiff puts England cricket legend Jimmy Anderson through his paces around the gruelling Nurburgring race tr

S20·E9 Mytharc

Episode 9

Dec 16, 2011 · 60 min

Motoring magazine show with Tiff Needell, Vicki Butler-Henderson and Jonny Smith. Vicki blasts through the Pyrenees in the brand new BMW M5, Jonny heads to Barcelona to drive SEAT'

S20·E10 Mytharc

Episode 10

Dec 30, 2011 · 60 min

Jonny takes a look at some exciting cars at the LA motorshow. Ian Botham is taught how to drive around the legendary Nurburgring racing track. Vicki learns some evasive driving tec

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