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Series 13 - Episode 1

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The year is 1949 and the trio wants to show what a Top Gear race would look like if it took place 60 years in the past. Jeremy takes a vintage train, James drives the Jaguar XJ120 and Richard rides the Vincent Black Shadow motorcycle.

S13E1 4:19

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Top Gear Series 13 Episode 1 - The presenters meet at King's Cross Station in London and for the 1949 race to Edinburgh and begin by choosing which vehicle they will drive by pulling paper from a hat.
Top Gear Series 13 Episode 1 - The presenters meet at King's Cross Station in London and for the 1949 race to Edinburgh and begin by choosing which vehicle they will drive by pulling paper from a hat.

S13E1 7:24

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Top Gear Series 13 Episode 1 - James is driving through London in the Jaguar XK120.
Top Gear Series 13 Episode 1 - James is driving through London in the Jaguar XK120.

S13E1 7:59

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Top Gear Series 13 Episode 1 - James is driving through London in the Jaguar XK120.
Top Gear Series 13 Episode 1 - James is driving through London in the Jaguar XK120.

S13E1 8:31

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Top Gear Series 13 Episode 1 - Richard is driving through London on the Vincent Black Shadow motorcycle.
Top Gear Series 13 Episode 1 - Richard is driving through London on the Vincent Black Shadow motorcycle.

S13E1 9:40

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Top Gear Series 13 Episode 1 - Richard is driving through London on the Vincent Black Shadow motorcycle.
Top Gear Series 13 Episode 1 - Richard is driving through London on the Vincent Black Shadow motorcycle.

S13E1 11:43

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Top Gear Series 13 Episode 1 - Richard is driving on the A1 near Stevenage, England on the Vincent Black Shadow motorcycle.
Top Gear Series 13 Episode 1 - Richard is driving on the A1 near Stevenage, England on the Vincent Black Shadow motorcycle.

S13E1 16:00

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Top Gear Series 13 Episode 1 - Jeremy Clarkson with a face covered in coal soot is speaking with the conductor at the Grantham train station explaining how important it is that he and the train win the race.
Top Gear Series 13 Episode 1 - Jeremy Clarkson with a face covered in coal soot is speaking with the conductor at the Grantham train station explaining how important it is that he and the train win the race.

S13E1 47:13

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Top Gear Series 13 Episode 1 - James is driving the Jaguar XK120 along A1 and passes Richard Hammond who is stopped at a fuel station.
Top Gear Series 13 Episode 1 - James is driving the Jaguar XK120 along A1 and passes Richard Hammond who is stopped at a fuel station.

S13E1 47:15

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Top Gear Series 13 Episode 1 - Richard watches in disbelief as James, driving the Jaguar XK120 along A1, passes him while he is stopped at the fuel station.
Top Gear Series 13 Episode 1 - Richard watches in disbelief as James, driving the Jaguar XK120 along A1, passes him while he is stopped at the fuel station.

S13E1 50:38

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Top Gear Series 13 Episode 1 - Richard stands on the side of the A1 motorway in the rain next to his now broken down Vincent Black Shadow motorcycle.
Top Gear Series 13 Episode 1 - Richard stands on the side of the A1 motorway in the rain next to his now broken down Vincent Black Shadow motorcycle.

S13E1 54:39

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Top Gear Series 13 Episode 1 - James is driving the Jaguar XK120 along the A1 in Scotland.
Top Gear Series 13 Episode 1 - James is driving the Jaguar XK120 along the A1 in Scotland.

S13E1 58:19

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Top Gear Series 13 Episode 1 - Richard again stops at a fuel station for a break on his now fixed motorcycle.
Top Gear Series 13 Episode 1 - Richard again stops at a fuel station for a break on his now fixed motorcycle.

S13E1 1:00:36

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Top Gear Series 13 Episode 1 - James is driving the Jaguar XK120 along the A1 in Scotland.
Top Gear Series 13 Episode 1 - James is driving the Jaguar XK120 along the A1 in Scotland.

S13E1 1:01:26

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Top Gear Series 13 Episode 1 - James is driving through the outskirts of Edinburgh in the Jaguar XK120.
Top Gear Series 13 Episode 1 - James is driving through the outskirts of Edinburgh in the Jaguar XK120.

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