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Top Gear•Season 1•Episode 5

The Team Turns a Rover 800 Into a Bond Car

8.2/10 · 14 votesAug 10, 197859 min

Ranked #4 of 10 in Season 1•+0.2 vs season avg

Discussion

Tonight Angela Rippon climbs into the cab to report on the latest situation about tachographs in lorries. Colin Chapman talks to Barrie Gill about this season's Formula One motor racing scene.

Directed byPhil Franklin

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Season 1 Episodes10

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E1 8.4

Stig Outruns a Speed Camera

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E2 7.6

A Bus Jumps Not-Very-Many Motorbikes

Grannies Do Donuts

Episode 4

The Team Turns a Rover 800 Into a Bond Car

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E6 6.9

The Grannies Learn How to Handbrake Park

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E7 8.0

The Team Finds the Fastest Faith

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E8 8.0

Gambon Corner Gets Its Name

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E9 8.1

The Stripped-Out Jaguar XJS

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E10 8.2

The Team Finds Out the Fastest Faith - Again

Cast3

Barrie Gill

Self - Host

Angela Rippon

Self - Host

Tim Coyne

Self - Host

Crew2

Derek Smith

Producer

Phil Franklin

Director

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Episode Summary

"The Team Turns a Rover 800 Into a Bond Car" is episode 5 of Top Gear season 1. It scored 8.2/10 from 14 votes, ranking #4 of 10 episodes this season (season average 8.0). Directed by Phil Franklin, it aired on August 10, 1978.

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