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Episode 5

Top Gear Series 18
Episode 5 of 7

Motoring show. Jeremy Clarkson and James May pay tribute to deceased Swedish car maker Saab. Richard Hammond races a rocket-powered flying man against a rally-spec Skoda.

Jeremy Clarkson and James May pay tribute to quirky and now-deceased Swedish car maker Saab.

Richard Hammond races a rocket-powered flying man against a rally-spec Skoda and Jeremy smokes around the track in the Maserati Gran Turismo MC Stradale and the tyre-shredding Mercedes C63 Black.

Former Doctor Who Matt Smith is the star in the Reasonably Priced Car.

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59 minutes

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Wed 2 Apr 2025 20:00
BBC Three

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Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:01

    The Maccabees

    Go 

  • 00:08

    Elliot Goldenthal

    Arrows of the Gods 

    Performer: Steven Mercurio.
  • 00:18

    Hybrid

    Original Sin 

  • 00:18

    Hybrid

    Break My Soul 

  • 00:19

    Hybrid

    Original Sin 

  • 00:19

    Hans Zimmer

    Nycteris 

  • 00:19

    Holy ****

    Echo Sam 

  • 00:20

    Brian Tyler

    Mad Skills 

  • 00:20

    Hybrid

    Empire

  • 00:21

    Richard Anthony Jay

    Milan 

  • 00:21

    Quarashi 

    Baseline 

  • 00:21

    Brian Tyler

    Fast Five Suite 

  • 00:21

    Hans Zimmer

    The Kraken 

  • 00:21

    Quarashi 

    Baseline 

  • 00:22

    Elliot Goldenthal

    Ill Fated Plot 

    Performer: Steven Mercurio.
  • 00:22

    Brian Tyler

    Mad Skills 

  • 00:23

    Queens of the Stone Age

    You Can't Quit Me Baby 

  • 00:23

    Jerry Goldsmith

    Main Titles - Planet of the Apes 

  • 00:24

    Richard Anthony Jay

    Milan 

  • 00:25

    Brian Reitzell

    Barrow Burns 

  • 00:25

    Rachel Lamb 

    By Heart 

  • 00:26

    Elliot Goldenthal

    Ill Fated Plot 

    Performer: Steven Mercurio.
  • 00:26

    Harry Gregson‐Williams

    The Aftermath 

  • 00:28

    Arthur Wood

    Archers Theme 

  • 00:37

    Matt Smith

    Singin in the Rain 

  • 00:41

    Apparat

    A Bang in the Void 

  • 00:42

    UNKLE

    Price You Pay 

  • 00:44

    Groove Armada

    Paper Romance 

  • 00:44

    John Ottman

    Shoot Out 

  • 00:44

    Amon Tobin

    Ten Piece Metric Wrench Set 

  • 00:44

    alt‐J

    Fitzpleasure (BretonLABS Remix)

    Remix Artist: BretonLABS.
  • 00:45

    Elbow

    Neat Little Rows 

  • 00:47

    Doves

    The Greatest Denier

  • 00:49

    UNKLE

    Nocturnal (Redux) 

  • 00:50

    Antonio Pinto

    Percussion Theme 

  • 00:52

    John Ottman

    Shoot Out 

  • 00:53

    Malachai

    Monsters 

  • 00:54

    Amon Tobin

    Deo 

  • 00:54

    UNKLE

    Black Mass 

  • 00:54

    Vólkova

    Trouble 

  • 00:55

    UNKLE

    Nocturnal

  • 00:56

    Howard Shore

    Tran-siberian Diary 

  • 01:01

    Hans Zimmer

    Nycteris 

Credits

Presenter Jeremy Clarkson
Presenter Richard Hammond
Presenter James May
Executive Producer Andy Wilman
Participant Matt Smith

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