Top Gear (UK)

Who can reach Monte Carlo first: Jeremy in the new Aston Martin DB9, or Richard and James traveling by high-speed train? James secretly test-drives the new City Rover and Jeremy drives the Lotus Exige around the Top Gear track and tries to stop the Army's Apache gunship helicopter from getting a weapon's lock. The Star in a Reasonably Priced Car is Fay Ripley (Cold Feet, Reggie Perrin).

Season 4 of Top Gear promises some spectacular and outrageous stunts. Highlights include a race (a 200mph TGV train versus an Aston Martin) to the south of France, playing darts with cars, using the jet wash of a Boeing 747-400 to blast away a Citroen 2CV, pitting a satnav against a homing pigeon, and an attempt to parachute into a moving car.

The presenters are each tasked with buying a car for $160, which are then put through a number of challenges. Jeremy emerges the winner - three walls and one broken bone later. Clarkson also reports on the Porsche GT3 RS and Ferrari 360 Challenge Stradale. Richard Hammond drives the Dodge Charger. And outspoken celebrity model Katie Price is The Star in a Reasonably Priced Car.

Shamelessly borrowing their filming style from 24, Jeremy attempts to drive an Audi A8 diesel engine 800 miles to Edinburgh and back on one tank of gas. James races a StreetKa against a professional homing pigeon. Jeremy and Richard play darts with cars and a compressed-gas cannon in a quarry. The Star in a Reasonably Priced Car is three-times World Champion Ronnie 'The Rocket' O'Sullivan.

Richard road-tests 3 new family hatchbacks: the Vauxhall Astra, Mazda 3 and VW Golf. Jeremy gets into an MG ZT and smokes a pipe. Top Gear puts Richard in a Golf Cart and attempts to strike him with lightning. The presenters race a Porsche, Jaguar and the BMW6 on a beach in Wales. And TV presenters Johnny Vaughan and Denise Van Outen blow up our Reasonably Priced Car.

Jeremy drives a Nissan Cube in an attempt to discover why it is Japan's bestselling car. James gives a modern take on a timeless classic. In Holland, Richard road-tests the Cadillac CTS. The Star in a Reasonably Priced Car is Terry Wogan. Richard investigates alterative fueling for motors and drives a methane-powered car. And the Renault Clio 182 is put through its paces on the Top Gear track.

Jeremy drives a Mercedes with more power than Superman. James and Richard become minicab drivers in south London to road-test two new large hatchbacks. Jeremy takes a Dutch car, the Spyker C8, for a spin on the Top Gear test-track. The Star in a Reasonably Priced Car is the legendary singer, songwriter, record producer, Lionel Richie.

In Sicily, James goes for a ride on a nimble mountain goat. Richard says goodbye to an auto icon: the Rover V8 engine. Jeremy and Richard race a diesel car against a gas car of similar power. Top Gear borrows a Boeing 747 to see whether a Ford Mondeo and a Citroen 2CV can withstand its crosswind. And actor Martin Clunes behaves not badly in A Reasonably Priced Car.

Richard takes the Mazda MX5, Toyota MR2 and Fiat Barchetta out for a spin to find the recipe for the perfect roadster. We find out if it is really possible to parachute into a moving car. Jeremy goes skiing on a snowy public road behind the new Jaguar X Type Estate. And intrepid explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes discovers A Reasonably Priced Car.

Richard takes a Peugeot 407 onto the racetrack. At an antiques fair, James enlists the help of Bargain Hunt presenter Tim Woonacott to find out what is the biggest thing you can fit in the back of a Volvo V50 Estate. On the Top Gear track, Richard discovers that the new Corvette C6 breaks with tradition and goes around corners. The Star in a Reasonably Priced Car is Irish comedian Patrick Kielty.