Top Gear (radio programme)

Top Gear
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Home stationBBC Light Programme
BBC Radio 1
Hosted by
Produced byBernie Andrews
John Walters
Original release16 July 1964 (1964-07-16) –
25 September 1975 (1975-09-25)

Top Gear was a BBC Radio programme broadcast between 1964 and 1975. It was known for its specially recorded sessions in addition to playing records. Top Gear began life in 1964 on the BBC Light Programme and was revived with a progressive rock focus in 1967 on BBC Radio 1, running with that format until its end in 1975. After its demise, host John Peel kept the same format for his own show on Radio 1 until his death.