Clarkson - The Specials

Episodes

Cast

Unleashed on Cars

1. Unleashed on Cars

21st Oct 1996

This is the first of Jeremy Clarkson's specials. It features stunts, reviews and clips of shocking racing crashes. We also get to see a hated car of Jeremy's, get mutilated and inevitably destroyed. In this episode the recipient of Jeremy's distain, is the Nissan Sunny.

Apocalypse

2. Apocalypse

20th Oct 1997

Clarkson's second outing pulls no punches, with a corvette being obliterated with helicopter tracer fire.

The Most Outrageous Video in the World... Ever!

3. The Most Outrageous Video in the World... Ever!

26th Oct 1998

Under scrutiny in Jeremy's third outing are the Ferrari F40, the McLaren F1 and the outrageous 880bhp TVR Speed-Twelve.

Head to Head

4. Head to Head

1st Nov 1999

Jeremy finds out which cars are fastest round a race track. He also takes the giant 2.5 tonne Lamborghini 002 through London, wreaking havoc in the process.

At Full Throttle

5. At Full Throttle

20th Nov 2000

Vicky Butler-Henderson joins Jeremy, who are given £5000 each to buy and modify a car, to see who produces the fastest. Jeremy mocks people who modify cars themselves, insisting that they couldn't possibly make a car faster. He eats his words however when a $20000 Ford Capri trounces a £250000 Brabus Mercedes-Benz.

Top 100 Cars

6. Top 100 Cars

19th Nov 2001

Clarky literally counts down his all time favourite cars, from one hundred to one.

No Limits

7. No Limits

11th Nov 2002

Jeremy takes some new cars to their limits, including a Lamborghini Murcielago, a TVR Tuscan R, a Mitsubishi Evo II, and a Bentley Arnage are but a few of the cars on show.

Shoot-Out

8. Shoot-Out

10th Nov 2003

The antics in this episode consist of a drag race with a Bentley Continental and a Rolls Royce Phantom, and a Mitsubishi Evo vs a Subaru Imprezza Sti. Jeremy picks the best road car, plus much more.

Hot Metal

9. Hot Metal

8th Nov 2004

Jeremy pits cars from the eighties against their contemporary counterparts.

Heaven and Hell

10. Heaven and Hell

7th Nov 2005

Jeremy picks out seven great cars and seven terrible ones. The great cars are driven to within an inch of their lives, and the terrible cars are destroyed in the usual fashion

The Good, the Bad, the Ugly

11. The Good, the Bad, the Ugly

6th Nov 2006

Jeremy pits American cars against European cars.

Supercar Showdown

12. Supercar Showdown

5th Nov 2007

Jeremy visits a race track in Spain and test drives a Ferrari F430, a Bugatti Veyron and a Lamborghini Gallardo.

Thriller

13. Thriller

1st Nov 2008

Duel

14. Duel

2nd Nov 2009

Among the cars on show this year are the Lamborghini Murcielago SuperVeloce, the VXR8 Bathurst S, the Lotus Evora, the Audi R8 V10 and many more.

The Italian Job

15. The Italian Job

15th Nov 2010

Jeremy goes to the gym, followed by a trip to Italy, to the Fiorano test track.

Powered Up

16. Powered Up

7th Nov 2011

Jeremy is in the South of France to find his favourite car of the year. Candidates include: Mclaren MP4-12C, Ferrari 458, Porsche GT2 RS, BMW 1M and many more...

First air date

21st Oct 1996

Last air date

7th Nov 2011

Status

Returning Series

Type

Scripted

Original language

sv

Networks