Top Gear voted show of the decade
26/12/2009 - 10:46
Top Gear has been named the nation's favourite TV show of the decade, in a new poll commissioned by Channel 4 for a special programme this weekend.
The BBC2 motoring show, which was completely reinvented a few years back, fought off competition from the likes of The Office, The Simpsons, Doctor Who and QI to top the survey, carried out for C4's Greatest Shows Of The Noughties.
The full countdown of the top 20 shows will be screened on Sunday.
Top Gear was first broadcast in 1977 but BBC bosses grew tired of the format and decided in 2001 it needed to be refreshed for the following series.
However it has gone from strength to strength since settling into the current presenting line-up of Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammong in 2003.
"I could never say what the reason is for Top Gear doing so well since we started it," Hammond said, "but I think there's always a sense that we'd still be doing it even if the cameras weren't here and that makes it real."
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