Season guide

Top Gear: Series 28

6 episodes Premiered Jan 26, 2020 Updated Sep 25, 2026

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Season 28 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 27.
⚡ 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 28 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 28: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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

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Mytharc (5): Crucial lore & season climaxes

Core (1): Character development & subplots

Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler

S28·E1 Mytharc

Episode 1

Jan 26, 2020 · 60 min

Paddy McGuiness, Chris Harris and Freddie Flintoff go on a road trip in a trio of affordable second-hand convertibles. On the test track, Chris puts the new Ariel Atom through its

S28·E2 Mytharc

Episode 2

Feb 2, 2020 · 60 min

Paddy reveals his ultimate cheap, luxurious off-roader: the homebuilt Dirty Rascal. Chris races the £2.5m McLaren Speedtail against the RAF’s newest fighter jet. Romesh Ranganathan

S28·E3 Core

Episode 3

Feb 9, 2020 · 60 min

Paddy, Freddie and Chris are sent on a high-altitude mountain expedition across Peru in second-hand American cars. Back at the track, Chris tests out the latest electric car from P

S28·E4 Mytharc

Episode 4

Feb 16, 2020 · 60 min

Freddie and Chris tackle the toughest off-road race on the planet: the brutal Baja 1000. Out on the track, there is a showdown between a Renault hot hatch, a Porsche sports car - a

S28·E5 Mytharc

Episode 5

Feb 23, 2020 · 60 min

Paddy, Freddie and Chris take the latest sports cars from Ferrari, Aston and Porsche on a Yorkshire road trip. On the track, Chris tests out Volkswagen’s fearsome ID-R electric ra

S28·E6 Mytharc

Episode 6

Mar 1, 2020 · 60 min

Paddy, Freddie and Chris find out which is the fastest of the emergency services: fire, police or ambulance. Chris celebrates legendary rally driver Colin McRae, while Paddy tests