Top Gear to go HD

Posted by Paul Regan at 1:15 pm on Tuesday September 22, 2009

Top Gear in HDWe’ve just heard it confirmed by BBC brass that the next series of Top Gear will be in HD.

That means all the races, supercars sliding from left to right of your telly screens and the boys’ comedic adventure, all in crystal clarity.

As Jeremy said a few weeks’ back, filming is well underway on Series 14 and if all goes to plan it’ll be on your screens by mid-November.

Until then, it’s the usual grainy repeats on Dave – or the bulging archive of on-demand clips we’ve got here at TopGear.com. You should know where they are by now…

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  1. Af said...
    Tuesday September 22, 2009 at 1:23 pm Link to comment Report comment

    COOL!!!
    Can’t wait for the next series…
    Day by day its getting closer!

  2. Rennies rule said...
    Tuesday September 22, 2009 at 1:40 pm Link to comment Report comment

    excellent, erm need to get an HD box!

  3. Bobs said...
    Tuesday September 22, 2009 at 1:41 pm Link to comment Report comment

    Yay even better top gear!

  4. rahr said...
    Tuesday September 22, 2009 at 1:49 pm Link to comment Report comment

    Is clarkson’s face in HD really something the public want to see? Can’t wait to see TG back in all its tyre shredding glory.

  5. TW said...
    Tuesday September 22, 2009 at 2:11 pm Link to comment Report comment

    Lets just hope we have no close up shots of Clarkson’s face, James’ hair or, er, Hammonds pearly whites!!

  6. The Mauritian Stig said...
    Tuesday September 22, 2009 at 2:19 pm Link to comment Report comment

    OMFG!!!! O_O

  7. The Fiend said...
    Tuesday September 22, 2009 at 2:23 pm Link to comment Report comment

    FINALLY!!

  8. White said...
    Tuesday September 22, 2009 at 2:23 pm Link to comment Report comment

    HD! LOL

  9. Wyvern said...
    Tuesday September 22, 2009 at 2:24 pm Link to comment Report comment

    Never mind Clarkson’s face, Rahr… believe me, there are ladies the world over who will be delighted that they’ll be able to ogle his magnificent arse in HD!

  10. bobnine said...
    Tuesday September 22, 2009 at 2:25 pm Link to comment Report comment

    About time.

  11. Steve S said...
    Tuesday September 22, 2009 at 3:31 pm Link to comment Report comment

    No good to me, I don’t have HD. :(

  12. Jezza4Prezza said...
    Tuesday September 22, 2009 at 3:39 pm Link to comment Report comment

    FINALLY!!!!!! YES!!!!!!

  13. 0----.---./fdfy5 said...
    Tuesday September 22, 2009 at 3:56 pm Link to comment Report comment

    Damn, I have to wait until December.
    Freeview HD won’t be out till then.

  14. SaEdAm said...
    Tuesday September 22, 2009 at 4:36 pm Link to comment Report comment

    Wahey!!! Shame I don’t have neither a HD Ready TV or HD Box. Still, will be amazing as ever nonetheless.

  15. R94N said...
    Tuesday September 22, 2009 at 4:56 pm Link to comment Report comment

    The TG repeats on Dave are awful…The ads are really annoying and bits are cut out of the actual program to make room for them…

  16. tom bee said...
    Tuesday September 22, 2009 at 5:30 pm Link to comment Report comment

    i do love cheese

  17. Bigg Worm said...
    Tuesday September 22, 2009 at 6:11 pm Link to comment Report comment

    OOOHHH NOOO!

    Jeremys face in HD! scary.

  18. Nürburgring said...
    Tuesday September 22, 2009 at 7:03 pm Link to comment Report comment

    Sweeeet !!

  19. Manbearpig said...
    Tuesday September 22, 2009 at 7:22 pm Link to comment Report comment

    Hurray – as I said in my letter to TG Mag – If CBeebies can do it for ‘In the Night Garden’ etc. then it’s a crime for the Beeb’s best show [Topgear] not to be broadcast in HD.

  20. Moose McMonster said...
    Tuesday September 22, 2009 at 7:40 pm Link to comment Report comment

    That’s fantastic news. Firstly Top Gear will be in HD, secondly I will now have the excuse to go and buy an HD box as ‘er indoors also loves Top Gear but doesn’t see the point of cricket in HD. Well, she doesn’t actually see the point of cricket so I was never going to win that one.

  21. Deepak T said...
    Tuesday September 22, 2009 at 7:43 pm Link to comment Report comment

    Yes… Bring it on…

    And thank you for the HD.. :D

  22. Wibble said...
    Tuesday September 22, 2009 at 8:41 pm Link to comment Report comment

    Thank god something decent to watch in November instead of Crap Factor or Strictly Turn Off The Telly.
    Yeehaaa.

  23. Nykki/May said...
    Tuesday September 22, 2009 at 8:59 pm Link to comment Report comment

    TOP GEAR RULES!!!! here in denmark we only have crap tv…….. like “vild med dans” (a dance program) or the “crap” factor….. cool sentence wibble :)

    TOP GEAR RULES!

  24. IRONFIST said...
    Tuesday September 22, 2009 at 9:11 pm Link to comment Report comment

    YES! FINALLY!!! THERE IS A GOD!

  25. Ema said...
    Tuesday September 22, 2009 at 10:39 pm Link to comment Report comment

    nice. Just got a new HD TV aswell. sky+ HD will be ready in time for the new series :D

  26. coolerdude44 said...
    Tuesday September 22, 2009 at 11:27 pm Link to comment Report comment

    make it hd on bbc iplayer too for those of us across the pond :D

  27. Alsone said...
    Tuesday September 22, 2009 at 11:46 pm Link to comment Report comment

    About time! Great News.

    Something to really look forward to on BBC HD.

    Top Gear is ideal material for HD so much looking forward to this.

  28. Airtime said...
    Wednesday September 23, 2009 at 12:44 am Link to comment Report comment

    This has been 8 years coming! TG deserves to be be in 1080i in all its glory because it has the best cinematography or at least the most imaginative on TV.

    Thanks beeb!

  29. Some say said...
    Wednesday September 23, 2009 at 1:01 am Link to comment Report comment

    mid-November is not soon enough. Thank god I’ve a reason for paying my licence fee again……

  30. AlbertoUSA said...
    Wednesday September 23, 2009 at 2:46 am Link to comment Report comment

    Sweet.

    Anyone know how to get HD to play on a computer?

  31. RockGear said...
    Wednesday September 23, 2009 at 8:27 am Link to comment Report comment

    \o/

  32. Andrei.P said...
    Wednesday September 23, 2009 at 8:57 am Link to comment Report comment

    This morning I’ve seen the boys in Bucharest and I had a shoort talk with them, they are filming the last episode from this series, they had some kind of challenge in Romania, they drove from the seaside to Bucharest in California/Lp560 Spyder/Volante and Mr. James May was late about 40 minutes like always. They are going to film tommorow in the mountains, they have closed the section of the road where they will film. I asked Hammond how the filming is going and he replied “F… Awesome”. I met them this morning in front of Marriot Hotel, they were studying the map(placed on the hood of a Range Rover)

  33. Halsed said...
    Wednesday September 23, 2009 at 12:24 pm Link to comment Report comment

    Jeremy, Richard, and James in HD? Ugh.

    All those beautiful cars in HD though…? Sweet.

    All in all, a pretty even trade.

  34. NCTopGearFAN said...
    Wednesday September 23, 2009 at 1:08 pm Link to comment Report comment

    yeahhhhhhhh!!!
    Top Gear Is back!

  35. Liviu said...
    Wednesday September 23, 2009 at 2:25 pm Link to comment Report comment

    If they’re filming in HD, then we’ll see Romania in HD :D
    Wicked.
    Would be nice if they would pass through Cluj so I can say “Hi”.
    I’m hoping for a legendary “challenge” :D .

  36. Sheppy said...
    Wednesday September 23, 2009 at 3:41 pm Link to comment Report comment

    B***er now I need to put a bigger disk in my SkyHD to make room :-)
    Looking forward to the next series!

  37. alex19589 said...
    Wednesday September 23, 2009 at 4:37 pm Link to comment Report comment

    Finally, TG in HD is gonna be great.I would wath TG even on a Black-white Tv just to see the show.

  38. Stigs African Cousin said...
    Wednesday September 23, 2009 at 4:48 pm Link to comment Report comment

    YAHOO I HAVE A HD TV SO ALL THE GREAT CARS IN HD AND THE STIG IN HD AND THE GUESTS IN HD AND JEREMY AND RICHARD AND JAMES IN HD (well not so good to see Clarkson, hamster and james in HD) but STILL TOP GEAR IN HD. CAN’T WAIT FOR NEXT SERIES.

  39. JE said...
    Wednesday September 23, 2009 at 4:48 pm Link to comment Report comment

    If using Freesat do not get excited as the BBC have dropped the quality of the HD transmission drastically to free up room on the satelitte BBC HD is now only marginally better than standard channels.

  40. Hansol2005 said...
    Wednesday September 23, 2009 at 5:32 pm Link to comment Report comment

    Yes at last, Exellant news cant wait. Just need F1 in HD now

  41. Jake said...
    Wednesday September 23, 2009 at 7:14 pm Link to comment Report comment

    Does this mean Top Gear won’t be on bbc 2 any more

  42. Snige said...
    Wednesday September 23, 2009 at 7:59 pm Link to comment Report comment

    ^^^^ Nah it’ll still be on BBC 2. Prob a simulcast.

    Cant wait. Didn’t see why it wasn’t done before now. So much budget goes into the camera work it was very strange as to why it’s been so long. Guess there’s only so many HD cameras the Beeb can buy with our money.

    BTW what the hell happened to the “Cadbury’s airport vehicle” stunt trailed at the start of the last season?

  43. johann63 said...
    Wednesday September 23, 2009 at 8:25 pm Link to comment Report comment

    I really enjoy this Topgear! Stumbled across this on youtube and cant get enough. There is nothing even close in the U.S.

    You guys are great fun and my whole family really enjoys, look forward to another season.

    I can’t get some of the clips to run on my machine, wish I could view them all. Is this a U.S. issue or just me?

    thanks again!

  44. Hyacinth Bucket said...
    Wednesday September 23, 2009 at 8:40 pm Link to comment Report comment

    WOWOWOWOWOW! Can’t wait for this. Looking forward to the new series and new range of Top Gear products in the run up to Christmas :-P

  45. Kuang said...
    Wednesday September 23, 2009 at 8:54 pm Link to comment Report comment

    Fantastic – looks like that email to the boss lady helped :)

  46. Oj said...
    Wednesday September 23, 2009 at 10:15 pm Link to comment Report comment

    :( now I want hd:(

  47. HarryA.B.C said...
    Wednesday September 23, 2009 at 11:01 pm Link to comment Report comment

    Had HD for 3 years, now finally something to watch on it. Now just have to wait for F1 in HD

  48. gentle cribbins said...
    Wednesday September 23, 2009 at 11:08 pm Link to comment Report comment

    YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!  !!

  49. Little god said...
    Thursday September 24, 2009 at 5:58 am Link to comment Report comment

    YAY!!!
    cant wait to watch it on my 50 inch HD plasma with full surround sound

  50. adixro said...
    Thursday September 24, 2009 at 7:11 am Link to comment Report comment

    i will build the biggest HD screen in the world, so i can watch the guys drive my favourite road in Romania, you will see what i’m talking about.

    cheers.

  51. streeter said...
    Thursday September 24, 2009 at 9:27 am Link to comment Report comment

    GOOD TIMES

  52. Tak said...
    Thursday September 24, 2009 at 12:21 pm Link to comment Report comment

    Finally a good reason to get HD installed. Screening the front row of the audience will be all the more joyful for it. : )

  53. Tak said...
    Thursday September 24, 2009 at 12:22 pm Link to comment Report comment

    Screening the front row of the audience will be easier and more joyful : )

  54. Tak said...
    Thursday September 24, 2009 at 12:23 pm Link to comment Report comment

    Oh darn. That warning was true, I thought something went wrong…

  55. TAz00 said...
    Thursday September 24, 2009 at 1:08 pm Link to comment Report comment

    This is the best thing to happen to TG since the Stig !

  56. heffalump said...
    Thursday September 24, 2009 at 6:40 pm Link to comment Report comment

    Cant wait!!!
    A world without these 3 is a world not worth living in!!!!

  57. Staceylala said...
    Thursday September 24, 2009 at 6:57 pm Link to comment Report comment

    Stig in HD… Hells yeah.

  58. JezzaBelle said...
    Thursday September 24, 2009 at 7:18 pm Link to comment Report comment

    OH JOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Jeremy Clarkson in HD!!!! Nearly as good as the real actual Dr Dr.

    I will be needing plenty of batteries and hoping the neighbours are out :)

  59. American Stig said...
    Friday September 25, 2009 at 12:58 am Link to comment Report comment

    Some say that the Stig would look very different in HD. ;)

  60. WAT said...
    Friday September 25, 2009 at 8:38 am Link to comment Report comment

    I CANT HABEEB IT

  61. Twister said...
    Friday September 25, 2009 at 9:32 am Link to comment Report comment

    Finaly :) :) :) :) :)

  62. freakin awesome said...
    Saturday September 26, 2009 at 4:22 am Link to comment Report comment

    THANK YOU GOD!!!!!!!

  63. tgrules said...
    Sunday September 27, 2009 at 1:00 pm Link to comment Report comment

    Yay! :)

  64. AK said...
    Monday September 28, 2009 at 1:55 pm Link to comment Report comment

    GET IN!!!
    I’ve been waiting for this for sooooooooo long :D

  65. gavin kerley said...
    Thursday October 1, 2009 at 1:06 pm Link to comment Report comment

    thank god james is safe love the show and going to see topgear live in dublin.Looking foward to it.

  66. Problem said...
    Thursday October 1, 2009 at 2:56 pm Link to comment Report comment

    Sure we’ll get to see the metal in high definition – but that means we get to see the lads in high definition too…

    How big is the BBC’s make-up budget?

  67. Mercedes SLS lks gr8 said...
    Friday October 2, 2009 at 6:47 pm Link to comment Report comment

    YES! But Mid November? Really?

  68. Mercedes SLS lks gr8 said...
    Friday October 2, 2009 at 6:48 pm Link to comment Report comment

    :d CANNOT WAIT!

  69. Mercedes SLS lks gr8 said...
    Friday October 2, 2009 at 9:44 pm Link to comment Report comment

    I wonder if Stig will malfunction :)

  70. Mercedes SLS lks gr8 said...
    Friday October 2, 2009 at 9:45 pm Link to comment Report comment

    Will be Interesting :D

  71. Yvon said...
    Friday October 2, 2009 at 10:19 pm Link to comment Report comment

    James you’re such a cutie.

  72. William Hobbs said...
    Saturday October 3, 2009 at 10:14 pm Link to comment Report comment

    They Need To Have The Mercedes CLKGTR On Top Gear!

  73. kimr120 said...
    Sunday October 4, 2009 at 12:41 pm Link to comment Report comment

    wow and i thought the picture quality was great on a 40″ hdtv

  74. Moony said...
    Sunday October 4, 2009 at 6:57 pm Link to comment Report comment

    This timing is great – I finally got an HDTV and receiver. Just got to wait for BBC Canada to start broadcasting an HD feed before series 14 airs here.

  75. TwoCentTwoCent said...
    Monday October 5, 2009 at 1:54 am Link to comment Report comment

    Great! I can’t afford HD so I will have to miss out! Thanks a lot Top Gear!

    Will have to start watching crappy arse 5th Gear instead now…

    Not at all happy! :(

  76. HUMMER H1 said...
    Monday October 5, 2009 at 3:15 am Link to comment Report comment

    Why, oh why do I live in the USA! Do you think it (season 4) will be on BBC America any where near November ‘09?

  77. VROOM said...
    Monday October 5, 2009 at 10:00 pm Link to comment Report comment

    It sure beats Hole in the Wall

  78. Scottishchris said...
    Thursday October 8, 2009 at 11:36 pm Link to comment Report comment

    Some say the stig’s always been in HD, even on a normal telly!

  79. keeny said...
    Friday October 9, 2009 at 6:52 pm Link to comment Report comment

    FANTASTIC…. the best show on the tv in hd, err one thing though does this mean i will now have to tune in to BBC HD?

  80. Jazzy said...
    Wednesday October 14, 2009 at 10:41 pm Link to comment Report comment

    Getting my new cable HD+ box installed in 10 days time. Was umming and ahhing about getting this but booked it up when I discovered TG 14 is in HD.

    Oh yeeeeeeeesssssss!

  81. Shaun6811 said...
    Friday November 13, 2009 at 9:52 pm Link to comment Report comment

    HD!!! – Yeeeehaaaaa!!!
    Makes all the Expense of my HD Box Worthwile AT LAST!!

  82. stigs kid said...
    Sunday November 15, 2009 at 9:36 pm Link to comment Report comment

    Its great about time. last of the summer wine is in HD. at last a reason to have HD.
    Sky better not get tyhe signal wrong…
    shame I only got 37″ hd tv and not full hd :(
    cheap tellys at ebuyer

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