Top Gear | |
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Genre | Motoring |
Created by | Hunan TV |
Presented by | Cao Yunjin Huang Zheng Li Rui |
Country of origin | China |
Original language | Mandarin |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 30 |
Production | |
Running time | approx. 30 minutes |
Production company | BBC Worldwide |
Original release | |
Network | Hunan TV |
Release | April 23 – December 27, 2011 |
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Top Gear worldwide |
Top Gear or Zhuigaodang is a 2011 Chinese Hunan TV TV series adopting the format as made popular in the 2002 Top Gear reboot, Zhuigaodang best translates into "Highest Gear". [1] The attempt is noted as being a toned down version of its British counterpart, and usually ran about 30 minutes in length. [2]
In February 2011, rumors started circulating that the Chinese TV station, CCTV, was looking to adapt the Top Gear format for the local market. [3] The following week, it was confirmed that not only were they looking to adapt, but had in fact already finished a pilot, by host Cao Yunjin. [4] Cao Yunjin went on to reveal that the pilot episode included a race between a Cadillac and a donkey to see which would be better suited and more efficient as farming equipment, he continued that they would not be able to emulate many of that which had made the original famous, but that they would still be doing "fun" stuff. [5] After almost a month of no further development, the first fifteen minutes of the pilot was uploaded to YouTube, but was swiftly taken down by BBC Worldwide. [6] While it was largely reported to have been made for CCTV, the eventual series premiered on Hunan TV on the 23rd of April 2011, and featured Huang Zheng, Cao Yunjin, and Li Rui as hosts, and also featured a local version of The Stig. [7] [8]
Episode Number | Air Date |
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01 | 23 April 2011 |
02 | 7 May 2011 |
03 | 14 May 2011 |
04 | 21 May 2011 |
05 | 28 May 2011 |
06 | 11 June 2011 |
07 | 3 July 2011 |
08 | 10 July 2011 |
09 | 17 July 2011 |
10 | 24 July 2011 |
11 | 31 July 2011 |
12 | 7 August 2011 |
13 | 14 August 2011 |
14 | 21 August 2011 |
15 | 28 August 2011 |
16 | 4 September 2011 |
17 | 11 September 2011 |
18 | 16 September 2011 |
19 | 25 September 2011 |
20 | 9 October 2011 |
21 | 16 October 2011 |
22 | 23 October 2011 |
23 | 30 October 2011 |
24 | 6 November 2011 |
25 | 13 November 2011 |
26 | 27 November 2011 |
27 | 4 December 2011 |
28 | 11 December 2011 |
29 | 18 December 2011 |
30 | 27 December 2011 |
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