Series like Top Gear

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   The Grand Tour

   Same creator

   2016 · Comedy · Reality · Talk

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   Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are back with a show about adventure, excitement and friendship... as long as you accept that the people you call friends are also the ones you find extremely annoying. Sometimes it's even a show about cars. Follow them on their global adventure.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • the same creator
   • strong shared themes: race and racing

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   The Amazing Race

   Shared themes

   2001 · Reality

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   This reality competition sees teams embark on a trek around the world to amazing destinations where they must compete in a series of challenges, some mental and some physical. Only when the tasks are completed will they learn of their next location. Teams who are the farthest behind will gradually be eliminated as the contest progresses, with the first team to arrive at the final destination winning the race and the $1 million prize.

   Why it connects

   • shared themes: race and travel
   • substantial genre overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Top Gear's Top 40

   Same creator

   2011 · Comedy · Talk

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   Through the years, Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond have taken on a truckload of challenges and BBC America is looking to name the best of the best. BBC America asked the fans to vote and the votes are in! Top Gear executive producer Andy Wilman, the man behind the world's biggest car show, presents the countdown of the fans' Top Gear Top 40.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • the same creator
   • several principal cast members

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   QI

   Strong series match

   2003 · Comedy · Talk

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   Comedy quiz show full of quirky facts, in which contestants are rewarded more if their answers are 'quite interesting'.

   Why it connects

   • strong recommendation signals

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   Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

   Shared cast

   1998 · 45 min · Reality

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   A game show created in the United Kingdom, in which contestants attempt to answer general knowledge questions in an intimidating atmosphere in order to scoop the £1 million top prize. The original series was hosted by Chris Tarrant, and its modern-day revival is hosted by Jeremy Clarkson.

   Why it connects

   • substantial genre overlap
   • a principal cast member
   • a closely matched era

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   8 Out of 10 Cats

   Genre overlap

   2005 · Talk

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   A weekly, topical panel show based around a huge series of opinion poll surveys carried out around Britain.

   Why it connects

   • substantial genre overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   The Graham Norton Show

   Strong series match

   2007 · 49 min · Comedy · Talk

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   Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out.

   Why it connects

   • strong recommendation signals

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   Top Gear: Ambitious But Rubbish

   Same creator

   2015 · Documentary

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   This compilation show presented by Richard Hammond takes a look back at Top Gear's most famous creations from the past 21 seasons. Relive many of the greatest and boldest endeavors in all their splendor, including the Train-Cars, James' Caravan Airship, the Hammerhead Eagle-i Thrust and the Hovervan.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • the same creator
   • several principal cast members

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   Top Gear

   Strong story similarity

   2010 · 43 min · Comedy · Documentary

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   Hosts Tanner Foust, Adam Ferrara and Rutledge Wood embark on adventures as they test cars in extreme stunts, intense challenges and first-person reviews using their unique perspectives.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • shared themes: race and racing

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    Pointless Celebrities

    Similar atmosphere

    2011 · 50 min · Reality · Talk

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    Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman present a celebrity version of the general knowledge quiz in which contestants try to come up with the answers that nobody else could think of.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared network: BBC One

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