Episode
Top Gear: Episode 21
Overview
Tiff Needell and the team test the quality of the new MG road cars and take a look behind-the-scenes at John Travolta’s new film Swordfish, which features a TVR Tuscan in the spectacular car chase sequence.
Details
- Series
- Top Gear
- Season
- Season 45
- Episode
- Episode 21
- Air date
- 2001-07-19
Episode context
Episode 21 is Episode 21 in Season 45 of Top Gear. It aired on 2001-07-19.
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