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| Top Gear Winter Olympics | |
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| Presented by | Jeremy Clarkson Richard Hammond James May The Stig |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
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| Producer | Andy Wilman |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC Two |
| Release | 12 February 2006 |
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| Top Gear Top Ground Gear Force | |
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Top Gear: Winter Olympics is a full-length, special edition episode for BBC motoring programme Top Gear, and is the first in a series of full-length specials for the show. The episode was aired on 12 February 2006, with a repeat of the episode being aired a week later on 19 February. The special saw hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May travelling to Lillehammer, Norway and creating their own version of the Winter Olympics with cars. The episode was later released on DVD on 5 June later that year. Unlike most of the subsequent specials this special was not based around long distance cheap car road trip challenge but rather an episode that featured cars mostly new cars that were on the market taking part in modified versions of Winter Olympic sport save for the Ski Jump challenge involving an old Leyland Mini. The only other Top Gear special ( produced from 2006 onwards) not to be centred around a cheap vehicle challenge was the Top Gear: Polar Special which involved a modern Toyota Hilux up against a dog sled.