Fifth Gear: Recharged: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Fifth Gear is going all Electric as Fifth Gear: Recharged. The new series includes all the Fifth Gear favourites, but on electric cars, such as team tests and shootouts. It will also look at fitting home chargers, buying a second-hand EV and understanding the future of the UK's EV charging network. Fifth Gear hosts Jason Plato and Vicki Butler-Henderson will be joined by Rory Reid, ex-Top Gear presenter, and former Formula 1 and Formula E driver Karun Chandhok. They will be assisted by EV consumer journalist Grace Webb and engineering ace Jimmy de Ville.

Series details

• Title: Fifth Gear: Recharged
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2021-11-25
• Status in TVmaze: To Be Determined
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: discovery+
• Typical episode runtime: 44 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 59142
• IMDb ID: tt16360746
• TVDB ID: 412790

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2021-11-25; final listed air date 2022-01-20.
• Season 2: premiered 2023-01-05; final listed air date 2023-02-23.

Source and licence

Adapted from Fifth Gear: Recharged on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.