Dave re "Top-Gear" - it's a "Petrol-Head" sort of thing - new cars, fast cars, stars in cars, wrecking cars, etc, etc, etc... - very juvenile but even my wife enjoys it - not many episodes a year but all three of the presenters are popular and have spin-off programmes...
A couple of years back Richard the "Hamster" Hammond (Hamster...? he's dimunitive) nearly died taking a jet engine supercar up to speed (+300mph) on a runway when a tire blew out - hospitalised for some time - everyone thought he was dead for sure...
Here is his comeback on the show with footage of the crash - Top Gear is CULT viewing here and Jeremy Clarkson is a brilliantly caustic wit...
The programme is one of the few things I go out of my way to view, sad as that may be...
Ps I'm DEFINITELY NOT a Petrol-Head...