Episode
Top Gear: Episode 1
Overview
From the Retromobile classic car show in Paris. Tony Mason visits Chamonix, near Mont Blanc, a new venue for motor racing — on ice. And Radio Times columnist Chris Goffey road tests the new Nissan Sunny. Presented by William Woollard.
Details
- Series
- Top Gear
- Season
- Season 25
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 1991-02-28
Episode context
Episode 1 is Episode 1 in Season 25 of Top Gear. It aired on 1991-02-28.
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