# Top Gear channel launches on YouTube
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**Created:** [August 21, 2008, 1:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-channel-launches-on-youtube/53646 "2008-08-21T13:30:09Z")
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### Author:  [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2008, 1:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-channel-launches-on-youtube/53646/1 "2008-08-21T13:30:09Z")
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Click for the Top Gear channel welcome video on YouTube_
_Top Gear_ is easily the most popular car show in the world, and one of the most popular shows altogether. But since it doesn’t reach every corner the globe, the daily miracle that is the internet fills in the gaps. The BBC’s approach to the online airing of _Top Gear_ episodes has been an ongoing saga, with the company initially [ordering YouTube to take them down](http://www.autoblog.com/2006/08/02/top-gear-now-available-online-legally/), then putting the episodes on their own site before [striking a deal with YouTube](http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/02/bbc-and-youtube-strike-deal-top-gear-comes-to-the-masses/) to allow episodes to be shown on the popular online video portal. The latest chapter in the saga now has _Top Gear_ launching its own [YouTube channel](http://www.youtube.com/user/TopGear), which has now gone live. The channel features a vast library of _Top Gear_ segments, including car reviews celebrity interviews and of course the famous epic challenges. All in all some 30 new clips have been added, and the channel will also host viewer competitions for prizes and whatnot. The new channel could potentially also [host episodes of the American](http://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/07/nbc-to-air-top-gear-usa-episodes-online/) and [upcoming Australian versions](http://www.autoblog.com/2008/08/14/clarkson-and-bbc-team-up-to-take-i-top-gear-i-global/) of the series as well, but we’ll have to wait and see on that one.
Follow the jump to watch a video of _Top Gear_ magazine editor Michael Harvey introducing the new _Top Gear_ channel (and instantly realize why he’s not hosting the TV show), and click [right here](http://www.youtube.com/user/TopGear) to jump to the _Top Gear_ channel on YouTube.
[Source: [Top Gear YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/user/TopGear)
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### Author:  [@Boomin99GT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boomin99GT)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2008, 1:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-channel-launches-on-youtube/53646/2 "2008-08-21T13:33:37Z")
Sweet. I’ve never found this on TV so maybe I could actually watch it regularly now.
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### Author:  [@cujo200231](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cujo200231)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2008, 1:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-channel-launches-on-youtube/53646/3 "2008-08-21T13:36:09Z")
Top Gear is comming to NBC this fall…Adam Corrolla is the host.
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### Author:  [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2008, 1:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-channel-launches-on-youtube/53646/4 "2008-08-21T13:36:20Z")
^What? No way. He knows squat about cars even though his name is one.
BBCA on DirectTV.
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### Author:  [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2008, 1:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-channel-launches-on-youtube/53646/5 "2008-08-21T13:37:29Z")
> [@AWDrifter](#):
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> ^What? No way.
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> BBCA on DirectTV.
Top gear USA For the fail…
BBCA sucks as well
i wish i could get bbc international without paying the international fees for DTV