As of July 2026, Top Gear Season 18 aired in 1987 with 11 episodes. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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Top Gear Season 18

1987 11 Episodes Documentary ⭐ 8/10

Top Gear Season 18 is currently streaming on major platforms, and it treats its subject with more rigour than the format usually demands. A single, tightly-focused season means there is plenty to get through without ever feeling padded. An 8/10 rating says what the writing already makes obvious: this one works. The storytelling serves the subject rather than the other way around. There is no real reason to keep putting it off.

There is a reason Top Gear Season 18 keeps coming up in conversation. Top Gear Season 18 approaches its subject with the rigour that makes documentary storytelling worth taking seriously. Season 18 of Top Gear includes 11 episodes. It aired from September 1987 to November 1987. This season stars William Woollard. William Woollard leads a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1987. The restraint in Top Gear Season 18 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 18. If you have run out of similar titles to watch, this is a strong next pick. Best experienced as a single, sustained watch if your schedule allows. William Woollard's involvement signals a level of access and cooperation that is hard to secure. The kind of documentary that makes you feel informed rather than manipulated.

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🎬 Top Gear Season 18 — Episode Guide

E1
Episode 1
1987-09-10
From Press Day at the Frankfurt Motor Show — William Woollard and Sue Baker report the latest cars. Frank Page drives the new medium-sized Peugeot 405. On the road, there are test reports on the BMW V12, Mercedes Coupe and Porsche 959. You can still drive as fast as you like on the German autobahn, ...
E2
Episode 2
1987-09-17
Surrounded by the glories of Britain’s motoring past at the Heritage Motor Museum, Syon Park, William Woollard introduces a new feature — the Top Gear Car of the Decade — and road tests nine cars with a claim to be the most significant designs of their decade. In the first test, the programme looks ...
E3
Episode 3
1987-09-24
Are Top Gear viewers dissatisfied with their cars? Several hundred of you wrote in to complain last series, in response to an invitation to air your problems. William Woollard investigates some of the more interesting cases. Sue Baker road-tests Vauxhall’s new flagship, the Senator. Is it prestigiou...
E4
Episode 4
1987-10-01
Car design in Eastern Europe has lagged behind the west, but with the new Lada Samara, has caught up. Sue Baker visits the Togliatti factory in central Russia, to drive one of the first righthand drive versions of the hatchback. Disabled drivers using conversions, fitted to conventional cars, are fa...
E5
Episode 5
1987-10-08
This year’s motorcycle show at the NEC Birmingham is set against a continuing background of falling bike sales. William Woollard views the latest models the industry hopes will encourage people out of their cars and back onto two wheels. Frank Page investigates the revival of the Norton company and ...
E6
Episode 6
1987-10-15
This week’s car of the decade is from the 30s. William Woollard tests the Citroen Traction Avant that introduced a new level of engineering to the family car, and foreshadowed front wheel drive. Chris Goffey reports on the latest Mazda 626 which breaks new ground with a rear-wheel steering system de...
E7
Episode 7
1987-10-22
William Woollard presents the programme from London’s Motorfair 87. Sue Baker drives the latest Lotus, and there’s a report on the apparent revival in British car manufacturing — is it a genuine success story? Chris Goffey reports on the British Truck Grand Prix and Tiff Needell monitors the progres...
E8
Episode 8
1987-10-29
Britain’s motorway network seems constantly clogged by road repairs. William Woollard asks why the surfaces need rebuilding so frequently, and looks at an alternative way of funding road repairs being tried out in Arizona. Also in America Chris Goffey reports on a glimpse into the future shape of th...
E9
Episode 9
1987-11-05
Traditional car design in Eastern Europe has lagged decades behind the west, but with the new Lada Samara, the Russians seem to have caught up. Sue Baker visits the Togliatti factory in Central Russia to drive one of the first right-hand drive versions of the new hatchback. This week’s car of the de...
E10
Episode 10
1987-11-12
William Woollard tests the new right-hand-drive version of the Honda Civic hatchback. Sue Baker returns to Birmingham’s ‘Wheels’ project to see how the scheme to give people real experience of driving before they go on the road is working. The 70s saw the birth of the ‘hot hatchback’. Tiff Needell d...
E11
Episode 11
1987-11-19
In this final programme of the autumn series, William Woollard puts the spotlight on more complaints made by Top Gear viewers about car design and performance. Sue Baker looks at the way photographer David Bailey goes about selling a new model as he directs his first car commercial. The MOT test: sh...

🎭 Cast of Top Gear Season 18

William Woollard
William Woollard
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