Fifth Gear: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Fifth Gear returns as the British magazine show dedicated to uncovering the most exclusive information about cars' performance. Motor sports alumni themselves, hosts of the show take you under the hoods of the latest speedsters and conduct tests and stunts to see what a variety of cars-from exotic to everyday-are capable of.

Series details

• Title: Fifth Gear
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2002-04-08
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: Quest
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.4/10
• TVMaze ID: 1636

Cast and credited roles

• Tiff Needell — Tiff Needell
• Vicki Butler-Henderson — Vicki Butler-Henderson
• Jason Plato — Jason Plato
• Tom Ford — Tom Ford
• Jonny Smith — Jonny Smith
• Adrian Simpson — Adrian Simpson
• Quentin Willson — Quentin Willson
• Tim Lovejoy — Tim Lovejoy
• Jon Bentley — Jon Bentley
• Ben Collins — Ben Collins
• Tim Shaw — Tim Shaw

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2002-04-08; final listed air date 2002-06-17; episode order: 11.
• Season 2: premiered 2002-10-07; final listed air date 2002-12-16; episode order: 10.
• Season 3: premiered 2003-03-12; final listed air date 2003-05-28; episode order: 10.
• Season 4: premiered 2003-09-26; final listed air date 2003-12-08; episode order: 10.
• Season 5: premiered 2004-03-29; final listed air date 2004-05-31; episode order: 10.
• Season 6: premiered 2004-10-11; final listed air date 2004-12-13; episode order: 10.
• Season 7: premiered 2005-03-21; final listed air date 2005-05-23; episode order: 10.
• Season 8: premiered 2005-10-10; final listed air date 2005-12-12; episode order: 10.
• Season 9: premiered 2006-04-10; final listed air date 2006-07-24; episode order: 13.
• Season 10: premiered 2006-09-25; final listed air date 2006-12-18; episode order: 13.
• Season 11: premiered 2007-04-30; final listed air date 2007-07-02; episode order: 10.
• Season 12: premiered 2007-09-03; final listed air date 2007-10-22; episode order: 8.
• Season 13: premiered 2008-01-21; final listed air date 2008-03-24; episode order: 10.
• Season 14: premiered 2008-08-11; final listed air date 2008-09-29; episode order: 8.
• Season 15: premiered 2009-01-05; final listed air date 2009-02-23; episode order: 8.
• Season 16: premiered 2009-06-08; final listed air date 2009-07-27; episode order: 8.
• Season 17: premiered 2010-06-03; final listed air date 2010-08-12; episode order: 10.
• Season 18: premiered 2010-10-08; final listed air date 2010-12-10; episode order: 10.
• Season 19: premiered 2011-04-01; final listed air date 2011-07-15; episode order: 10.
• Season 20: premiered 2011-10-14; final listed air date 2011-12-30; episode order: 10.
• Season 21: premiered 2012-09-03; final listed air date 2012-10-29; episode order: 9.
• Season 22: premiered 2013-02-11; final listed air date 2013-04-08; episode order: 9.
• Season 23: premiered 2013-09-16; final listed air date 2013-11-11; episode order: 9.
• Season 24: premiered 2014-02-24; final listed air date 2014-04-21; episode order: 9.
• Season 25: premiered 2015-03-05; final listed air date 2015-04-09; episode order: 6.
• Season 26: premiered 2015-07-02; final listed air date 2015-08-06; episode order: 6.
• Season 27: premiered 2018-09-06; final listed air date 2018-10-25.
• Season 28: premiered 2019-10-03; final listed air date 2019-12-05.
• Season 29: premiered 2024-09-12; final listed air date 2024-10-17.

Source and licence

Adapted from Fifth Gear 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.