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Top Gear Australia (2008)

Comedy · Documentary · Reality-TV

Top Gear Australia is an Australian motoring television series based on the BBC series Top Gear. The show premiered on SBS One on 29 September 2008 at 7:30 pm AEST, with its first season consisting of 8 episodes. A second season was announced following the release of ratings figures for the premiere and favourable comments from advertisers, and began airing from 11 May 2009. After acquiring the rights to broadcast the UK version in 2009, the Nine Network started airing their own version of Top Gear Australia in September 2010. Top Gear Australia returned for a fourth season in 2011. The show was after the fourth season due to declining ratings. The show was revived in 2024 and aired on Paramount Plus on 17th of May 2024 with the fifth season consisting of 8 episodes.

IMDb rating
4.3 (558 votes)
Episode average
7.8 +3.5 vs IMDb
Seasons
1
Language
EN
Type
TV series

Rating trend: this show's seasons do not settle into one shape. Rising Shows ranks whole shows by the shape of their rating trend rather than one average score, which is how you find a show that got better rather than a show that started well.

Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 1 season indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 5 (2024)

7.76 avg 8 episodes 7.0 → 8.4 52 min avg

Ep 1: 7.0 · 29 votesEp 2: 7.8 · 26 votesEp 3: 7.4 · 20 votesEp 4: 7.9 · 18 votesEp 5: 8.3 · 20 votesEp 6: 7.8 · 17 votesEp 7: 7.5 · 17 votesEp 8: 8.4 · 17 votes
Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Italy7.029
2Colombia Special7.826
3Extreme Caravaning7.420
4Texas7.918
5Best Decade8.320
6The Alps to Paul Ricard7.817
7Farmers for a Weekend7.517
8Gig Economy8.417