Season guide

Top Gear: Series 26

5 episodes Premiered Feb 17, 2019 Updated Sep 25, 2026

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Season 26 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 Top Gear Season 25.
⚡ 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 26 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 26: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (2): Crucial lore & season climaxes

Core (3): Character development & subplots

Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler

S26·E1 Mytharc

Episode 1

Feb 17, 2019 · 60 min

Matt LeBlanc and Chris Harris head to Norway in the latest estate cars from Porsche and Ferrari, while Rory Reid and Sabine Schmitz aim to create Britain’s newest mountain with the

S26·E2 Core

Episode 2

Feb 24, 2019 · 60 min

Harris and LeBlanc are off to Sri Lanka for a trip in two Tuk-Tuks. Big BMW and Mercedes saloons are tested on the track and the star in a reasonably fast car is singer songwriter

S26·E3 Core

Episode 3

Mar 3, 2019 · 60 min

Matt LeBlanc and Chris Harris are both tasked with reviewing the new Bentley Continental GT, while Rory Reid tests the new Renault Megane hot hatch. Out on track, Chris attempts to

S26·E4 Core

Episode 4

Mar 10, 2019 · 60 min

Matt LeBlanc, Chris Harris and Rory Reid buy used luxury limousines from Rolls-Royce, Bentley and Mercedes for the price of Britain’s cheapest new car, and test them out in a six-h

S26·E5 Mytharc

Episode 5

Mar 17, 2019 · 60 min

Matt LeBlanc samples the new Aston Martin V8 Vantage on track, while Rory Reid tests the self-proclaimed ‘best car in the world’, the Rolls-Royce Phantom. Chris Harris explains why