Top Gear - 'Episode 1'
British iTunes Chart Performance

"Episode 1": Chart Statistics

  • Release date: 22 Aug 2011
  • Chart debut: #22 (04 Jul 2011)
  • Highest Position: #2 (07 Jul 2011)
  • Most recent chart position: #75 (11 Oct 2024)
  • Days on UK TV Episodes Chart: 359

'Episode 1' has charted in the following countries:
United Kingdom, United States, Germany, France, Canada and Australia.

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Detailed Chart Progress for "Episode 1" (Top Gear)

UK TV Episodes chart performance history for Episode 1

Year Month Day Position Movement Number 1
2011 Jul 4 Mon 22 new Geordie Shore
106
5 Tue 9 up
6 Wed 3 up
7 Thu 2 up
8 Fri 2 no-move Family Guy
The Big Bang Theory
9 Sat 3 down The Killing
Pilot
10 Sun 2 up
11 Mon 2 no-move
12 Tue 3 down
13 Wed 7 down Top Gear
Episode 2
14 Thu 9 down
15 Fri 9 no-move The Killing
Pilot
16 Sat 8 up
17 Sun 10 down
18 Mon 17 down
19 Tue 12 up Top Gear
Episode 3
20 Wed 11 up
21 Thu 8 up Body of Proof
Pilot
22 Fri 26 down Supernatural
Family Matters
23 Sat 23 up Body of Proof
Pilot
24 Sun 21 up
25 Mon 28 down
26 Tue 27 up Top Gear
Episode 4
27 Wed 31 down
28 Thu 51 down Body of Proof
Pilot
29 Fri 31 up Top Gear
Episode 4
30 Sat 31 no-move
31 Sun 28 up Top Gear
Episode 1
2011 Aug 1 Mon 38 down
2 Tue 97 down
3 Wed 75 up
5 Fri 97 re-entry
6 Sat 65 up
7 Sun 43 up
8 Mon 50 down
9 Tue 44 up
10 Wed 71 down Premier League
Goals of the Season 2010-2011
11 Thu 47 up
12 Fri 45 up The Big Bang Theory
The Zarnecki Incursion
13 Sat 61 down
14 Sun 43 up
15 Mon 85 down Premier League
Goals of the Season 2010-2011
17 Wed 83 re-entry
18 Thu 96 down Beaver Falls
Episode 4
19 Fri 97 down The Big Bang Theory
The Herb Garden Germination
22 Mon 57 re-entry
23 Tue 100 down The Inbetweeners
The Inbetweeners Top Ten Moments
2012 Feb 7 Tue 10 re-entry Gossip Girl
The Back Up Dan
8 Wed 9 up Geordie Shore
202
9 Thu 7 up
10 Fri 7 no-move
11 Sat 8 down
12 Sun 10 down
13 Mon 13 down The Vampire Diaries
Dangerous Liasons
14 Tue 19 down
15 Wed 29 down Geordie Shore
203
16 Thu 37 down
17 Fri 43 down The Vampire Diaries
All My Children
18 Sat 26 up
19 Sun 32 down
20 Mon 50 down
21 Tue 30 up Gossip Girl
Cross Rhodes
22 Wed 53 down Geordie Shore
204
23 Thu 55 down
24 Fri 68 down
25 Sat 69 down
26 Sun 53 up Homeland
Pilot
27 Mon 61 down True Blood
I'm Alive and On Fire
28 Tue 74 down Gossip Girl
The Princess Dowry
29 Wed 95 down Geordie Shore
Geordie Shore 205
2012 Mar 3 Sat 61 re-entry
5 Mon 95 re-entry True Blood
Me and the Devil
6 Tue 96 down Homeland
Clean Skin
9 Fri 93 re-entry Geordie Shore
206
10 Sat 84 up
11 Sun 84 no-move
15 Thu 93 re-entry Geordie Shore
207
17 Sat 99 re-entry The Vampire Diaries
1912
18 Sun 99 no-move
2012 Apr 4 Wed 89 re-entry Gossip Girl
Con Heir
15 Sun 93 re-entry South Park
Butterballs
2012 May 7 Mon 100 re-entry Homeland
Marine One, Pt. 1
16 Wed 96 re-entry The Vampire Diaries
The Departed
2013 Feb 4 Mon 51 re-entry Mr. Selfridge
Episode 5
5 Tue 6 up Castle
Recoil
6 Wed 4 up
7 Thu 3 up Mr. Selfridge
Episode 5
8 Fri 2 up Suits
Meet the New Boss
9 Sat 3 down
10 Sun 3 no-move
11 Mon 6 down Mr. Selfridge
Episode 6
12 Tue 9 down Castle
Reality Star Struck
12 Tue 9 no-move
13 Wed 15 down
14 Thu 17 down Top Gear
Episode 2
15 Fri 31 down Suits
Discovery
16 Sat 23 up
17 Sun 41 down
18 Mon 42 down Mr. Selfridge
Episode 7
19 Tue 27 up Castle
Target
20 Wed 52 down Geordie Shore
501
21 Thu 60 down
22 Fri 89 down
23 Sat 58 up
24 Sun 64 down
25 Mon 73 down
26 Tue 68 up Castle
Hunt
28 Thu 66 re-entry Geordie Shore
502
2013 Jul 8 Mon 16 re-entry Keeping Up With the Kardashians
We're Having a Baby
9 Tue 4 up
10 Wed 3 up Geordie Shore
601
11 Thu 3 no-move
12 Fri 5 down
13 Sat 5 no-move
14 Sun 4 up
15 Mon 19 down
16 Tue 17 up
17 Wed 16 up Geordie Shore
602
18 Thu 15 up
19 Fri 21 down
20 Sat 39 down
21 Sun 33 up
22 Mon 38 down
23 Tue 41 down
24 Wed 56 down Geordie Shore
603
25 Thu 42 up
26 Fri 42 no-move
27 Sat 35 up
28 Sun 46 down
29 Mon 64 down
30 Tue 71 down
31 Wed 98 down Geordie Shore
604
2013 Aug 1 Thu 76 up
2 Fri 65 up
3 Sat 80 down
4 Sun 69 up
5 Mon 84 down
6 Tue 87 down
7 Wed 85 up Geordie Shore
605
10 Sat 100 re-entry
2014 Feb 10 Mon 24 re-entry The Bridge
Episode 10
11 Tue 6 up Keeping Up With the Kardashians
A Surprise Engagement Pt. 1
12 Wed 5 up
13 Thu 4 up
14 Fri 9 down
15 Sat 4 up
16 Sun 3 up
17 Mon 5 down
18 Tue 9 down Keeping Up With the Kardashians
A Surprise Engagement Pt. 2
19 Wed 9 no-move
20 Thu 10 down
21 Fri 13 down
22 Sat 12 up
23 Sun 11 up
24 Mon 16 down
25 Tue 35 down Keeping Up With the Kardashians
2 Birthdays & a Yard Sale
26 Wed 38 down The Valleys
301
27 Thu 45 down
28 Fri 47 down Keeping Up With the Kardashians
2 Birthdays & a Yard Sale
2014 Mar 1 Sat 39 up
2 Sun 29 up
3 Mon 49 down
4 Tue 77 down Castle
In the Belly of the Beast
5 Wed 53 up The Valleys
302
6 Thu 64 down
8 Sat 67 re-entry Suits
The Other Time
9 Sun 62 up
10 Mon 58 up
14 Fri 76 re-entry The Valleys
303
15 Sat 83 down Keeping Up With the Kardashians
The Courage to Change
16 Sun 97 down
24 Mon 89 re-entry Top Gear
Burma Special, Pt.2
30 Sun 63 re-entry
2014 May 6 Tue 75 re-entry Castle
Veritas
14 Wed 73 re-entry Ex On The Beach
104
2014 Jun 29 Sun 59 re-entry Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Doggy Blu's
2014 Jul 1 Tue 84 re-entry Keeping Up With the Kardashians
The Vienna Incidents
2015 Feb 2 Mon 61 re-entry Suits
Two in the Knees
3 Tue 11 up Broadchurch
Episode 5
4 Wed 9 up Ex On The Beach
202
5 Thu 10 down
6 Fri 13 down
7 Sat 12 up Suits
Leveraged
8 Sun 15 down
9 Mon 17 down
10 Tue 24 down Broadchurch
Episode 6
11 Wed 26 down Ex On The Beach
203
12 Thu 30 down
13 Fri 33 down Better Call Saul
Uno
14 Sat 32 up
15 Sun 35 down
16 Mon 75 down
17 Tue 77 down Broadchurch
Episode 7
18 Wed 52 up Ex On The Beach
204
19 Thu 83 down
20 Fri 87 down
21 Sat 80 up Better Call Saul
Nacho
22 Sun 65 up Better Call Saul
Uno
23 Mon 79 down Better Call Saul
Nacho
27 Fri 92 re-entry Ex On The Beach
205
2016 May 30 Mon 7 re-entry Keeping Up With the Kardashians
All About Meme
31 Tue 3 up Made In Chelsea
Episode 8
2016 Jun 1 Wed 3 no-move Geordie Shore
104
2 Thu 2 up
3 Fri 3 down
4 Sat 3 no-move
5 Sun 4 down Top Gear
Episode 1
6 Mon 11 down
7 Tue 22 down Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Fake It til’ You Make It
8 Wed 34 down Geordie Shore
105
9 Thu 62 down
10 Fri 86 down
11 Sat 64 up Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Fake It til’ You Make It
12 Sun 35 up
13 Mon 55 down
14 Tue 86 down Keeping Up With the Kardashians
The Kardashian Curse
2017 Mar 10 Fri 21 re-entry Ex On The Beach
Episode 8
11 Sat 12 up Broadchurch
Episode 2
12 Sun 7 up
13 Mon 13 down
14 Tue 18 down Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Time to Dash
15 Wed 31 down Ex On The Beach
Episode 9
16 Thu 21 up
17 Fri 58 down
18 Sat 59 down Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Time to Dash
19 Sun 45 up
20 Mon 83 down
21 Tue 75 up Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Paris
22 Wed 95 down Ex On The Beach
Episode 10
2018 Dec 26 Wed 53 re-entry Call the Midwife
Christmas Special 2018
2019 Feb 18 Mon 34 re-entry Endeavour
Apollo
19 Tue 12 up The Walking Dead
Episode 10: Omega
20 Wed 11 up Top Gear
Episode 1
21 Thu 12 down
22 Fri 42 down Berlin Station
Station to Station
23 Sat 23 up
24 Sun 30 down
25 Mon 68 down Baptiste
Episode 2
26 Tue 66 up The Walking Dead
Episode 11: Bounty
2019 Mar 1 Fri 36 re-entry True Detective
The Great War and Modern Memory
4 Mon 55 re-entry Baptiste
Episode 3
7 Thu 59 re-entry Top Gear
Episode 1
2019 Jun 20 Thu 9 re-entry The Handmaid's Tale
Mary and Martha
21 Fri 5 up Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Heavy Meddle
22 Sat 6 down The Handmaid's Tale
Mary and Martha
23 Sun 5 up
24 Mon 8 down The Handmaid's Tale
Watch Out
25 Tue 11 down Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Treachery
26 Wed 20 down
27 Thu 35 down
28 Fri 31 up
29 Sat 20 up The Handmaid's Tale
Watch Out
30 Sun 31 down London Kills
The Politician's Son
2019 Jul 1 Mon 31 no-move The Handmaid's Tale
God Bless the Child
2 Tue 25 up Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Aftershock
3 Wed 37 down
4 Thu 40 down Chernobyl
01.23.45
6 Sat 87 re-entry
7 Sun 47 up
11 Thu 35 re-entry
13 Sat 91 re-entry
14 Sun 60 up The Handmaid's Tale
Night
15 Mon 59 up The Handmaid's Tale
Household
16 Tue 54 up
17 Wed 61 down
18 Thu 76 down Chernobyl
01.23.45
20 Sat 61 re-entry
2019 Dec 28 Sat 48 re-entry Gavin and Stacey
A Special Christmas
2020 Feb 2 Sun 39 re-entry Succession
Celebration
3 Mon 19 up Top Gear
Episode 1
4 Tue 13 up
5 Wed 16 down
6 Thu 29 down
7 Fri 29 no-move
8 Sat 16 up
9 Sun 32 down
10 Mon 34 down Endeavour
Oracle
11 Tue 83 down
12 Wed 79 up The Sinner
Part I
13 Thu 16 up Top Gear
Episode 1
14 Fri 74 down Top Gear
Episode 1
15 Sat 51 up The Sinner
Part II
16 Sun 62 down The Sinner
Part I
2020 May 2 Sat 96 re-entry Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Family Matters
5 Tue 63 re-entry
14 Thu 48 re-entry Teen Mom UK
Reach For The Stars
27 Wed 90 re-entry Batwoman
Crisis on Infinite Earths: Pt. 2
2020 Jun 30 Tue 41 re-entry The Luminaries
Fingerprint
2020 Jul 26 Sun 43 re-entry Homeland
Deception Indicated
2020 Aug 4 Tue 69 re-entry Top Gear
Episode 1
15 Sat 74 re-entry Perry Mason
Chapter 1
17 Mon 30 re-entry
2020 Sep 18 Fri 41 re-entry The Singapore Grip
Singapore for Beginners
23 Wed 50 re-entry All Creatures Great and Small
A Tricki Case
2020 Oct 6 Tue 76 re-entry The Walking Dead
A Certain Doom
12 Mon 17 re-entry All Creatures Great and Small
A Cure For All Ills
13 Tue 12 up Fear the Walking Dead
The End Is the Beginning
14 Wed 19 down
15 Thu 9 up
16 Fri 18 down
17 Sat 32 down Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Sister, Sister and a Babymoon
18 Sun 10 up
19 Mon 30 down Top Gear
Episode 1
20 Tue 61 down
22 Thu 66 re-entry
24 Sat 95 re-entry South Park
The Pandemic Special
26 Mon 68 re-entry
2020 Nov 12 Thu 59 re-entry
28 Sat 71 re-entry
2021 Jan 14 Thu 71 re-entry Top Gear
Episode 1
30 Sat 56 re-entry Raised By Wolves
Raised by Wolves
31 Sun 64 down
2021 Feb 13 Sat 83 re-entry
2021 Mar 3 Wed 52 re-entry Unforgotten
Episode 2
10 Wed 45 re-entry Unforgotten
Episode 3
21 Sun 19 re-entry Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Beginnings and Endings
22 Mon 19 no-move Top Gear
Episode 1
23 Tue 14 up
24 Wed 41 down
25 Thu 34 up
26 Fri 30 up
27 Sat 54 down Keeping Up With the Kardashians
No Comment
28 Sun 17 up
29 Mon 46 down Line of Duty
Episode 2
30 Tue 46 no-move
31 Wed 59 down
2021 Apr 1 Thu 37 up
2 Fri 65 down
4 Sun 59 re-entry Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Winners Take All
5 Mon 44 up Line of Duty
Episode 3
9 Fri 32 re-entry Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Winners Take All
25 Sun 45 re-entry Line of Duty
Episode 5
2021 May 10 Mon 50 re-entry Keeping Up With the Kardashians
The End of an Era
2021 Jul 5 Mon 37 re-entry Mare of Easttown
Miss Lady Hawk Herself
17 Sat 44 re-entry Rick and Morty
Rickdependence Spray
2021 Aug 19 Thu 51 re-entry The Handmaid's Tale
Progress
2021 Sep 8 Wed 49 re-entry Top Gear
Episode 1
2021 Nov 22 Mon 31 re-entry Dalgliesh
Shroud for a Nightingale, Pt. 1
23 Tue 14 no-move Fear the Walking Dead
Reclamation
24 Wed 29 down Geordie Shore
Out Out
25 Thu 12 up Succession
Celebration
26 Fri 65 down Star Trek: Discovery
Kobayashi Maru
27 Sat 66 no-move
28 Sun 74 no-move
2021 Dec 1 Wed 60 re-entry
4 Sat 84 re-entry Star Trek: Discovery
Choose to Live
2022 Apr 18 Mon 22 re-entry Top Gear
Episode 1
2022 Jun 6 Mon 54 re-entry Top Gear
Episode 1
7 Tue 17 up Raised By Wolves
The Collective
8 Wed 45 no-move Silent Witness
History, Part 5
2022 Nov 7 Mon 35 re-entry House of the Dragon
The Heirs of the Dragon
8 Tue 39 no-move Top Gear
Episode 1
8 Tue 39 no-move
2023 Mar 18 Sat 62 no-move The Last of Us
When You're Lost in the Darkness
2023 Apr 2 Sun 94 re-entry
2024 Mar 5 Tue 46 no-move True Detective
Pt. 1
2024 Sep 19 Thu 27 no-move Miami Vice
Pilot
2024 Oct 5 Sat 16 no-move All Creatures Great & Small
Homecoming
11 Fri 75 no-move Miami Vice
One Eyed Jack

Episode Synopsis: Episode 1

jeremy clarkson celebrates the 50th birthday of the legendary jaguar e-type by driving a modern half a million pound interpretation of this classic sports car before putting on a typically low key birthday party involving live music classic fighter planes...

...a group of royal marines meanwhile richard hammond is in south africa to test a bigger even more rugged alternative to the famous hummer whilst james may meets up with gold medal winning british olympian amy williams for a wintry test of the latest mini rally car plus the power crazed bmw 1-series m slithers around the test track in a cloud of tyre smoke and another top celebrity guest takes their place in the reasonably priced car

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