As of July 2026, Top Gear Season 12 aired in 1984 with 7 episodes. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
Top Gear Season 12 poster
← Back to Top Gear

Top Gear Season 12

1984 7 Episodes Documentary ⭐ 8/10

Top Gear Season 12 has built a real following among viewers who want documentaries that actually inform. A single, tightly-focused season means there is plenty to get through without ever feeling padded. Its 8/10 TMDB score, built from 120 ratings, reflects a title that consistently delivers. Rigorous in a way documentary storytelling does not always commit to. Available now — press play and find out why people keep recommending it.

There is a reason Top Gear Season 12 keeps coming up in conversation. Top Gear Season 12 approaches its subject with the rigour that makes documentary storytelling worth taking seriously. Season 12 of Top Gear includes 7 episodes. It aired from October 1984 to December 1984. This season stars William Woollard. William Woollard leads a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1984. The restraint in Top Gear Season 12 is what makes it trustworthy — it does not need to editorialise to make its point. The consistency throughout is what elevates it — not every moment is the best, but none of them are a reason to stop watching.

Anyone after documentary work that genuinely informs rather than confirms will value Top Gear Season 12. It does not lean on comparisons to make its case. The complete run is available and best experienced without too much prior knowledge of where it goes. The access the production gets is remarkable, and the storytelling does full justice to it. Worth watching in order, from the beginning.

📡 Where to Watch Top Gear Season 12

Not currently available on major streaming platforms. Check back soon.

TV Butler Pro app
🎩 TV Butler Pro
You find it. Your history remembers it.

🎬 Top Gear Season 12 — Episode Guide

E1
Episode 1
1984-10-23
William Woollard and the Top Gear team return with a review of highlights from the British International Motor Show. There's a detailed look at the new Scimitar sports car and at Reliant, the company that makes it. Sue Baker travels the roads of Southern Ireland in Vauxhall's latest Astra, while, ju...
E2
Episode 2
1984-10-30
If you've ever wondered how police drivers chase bank robbers, then watch Top Gear tonight. William Woollard visits the Metropolitan Police Driver Training School at Hendon, which celebrates its golden jubilee this year. Every day on Britain's roads there are eight accidents between vehicles and hor...
E3
Episode 3
1984-11-06
Giant racing monsters take to the track in a special Top Gear from the first British Truck Grand Prix. William Woollard meets the stars and the working truckers who unhitch their trailers to push five tons of highly-powered steel to the limit round the Donington Park circuit, while reporter Chris Go...
E4
Episode 4
1984-11-13
Sixty years ago Fiat's new factory at Lingotto in Turm was hailed as a masterpiece of industrial building. Now it has been turned into giant exhibition halls. Today for the first time they house the Turin Motor Show. William Woollard and Chris Goffey report. Frank Page climbs to the famous roof-top ...
E5
Episode 5
1984-11-20
Have you ever thought how nice your car might look with different-coloured tyres? Perhaps a tasteful shade of green, yellow or blue? It's not as outrageous as it seems, as William Woollard found out when he visited one of the world's major tyre manufacturers at its research and development centre in...
E6
Episode 6
1984-12-04
1985 is to be heralded as the centenary of the birth of the car. Karl Benz is usually held to be the father of the motor car. The French, on the other hand, have discovered a gentleman by the name of de Boutteville who had a car running on French roads a year earlier in 1884. Earlier this year in Pa...
E7
Episode 7
1984-12-11
For the last programme in the present series William Woollard and the Top Gear team look back at highlights from the past year and forward to motoring in 1985. Chris Goffey tries out the Audi 200 Quattro Turbo to see if it matches up to claims that it's destined to become one of the world's great ca...

🎭 Cast of Top Gear Season 12

William Woollard
William Woollard
Self - Host

📋 All Seasons of Top Gear

Season 1Season 2Season 3Season 4Season 5Season 6Season 7Season 8

Never Lose Track of Top Gear

TV Butler Pro lets you search every streaming service in seconds, tracks what you've watched, and works completely free. No app download needed.

🎩 Try TV Butler Pro Free