2005

The following occurred in 2005.

January[]

2nd: The Best of Top Gear special for Series 5 airs, and is repeated two days later.
9th: A second highlights compilation is aired, and repeated the next day.
16th: A third highlights compilation is aired, and repeated the next day. That same night, host Richard Hammond presents the "Teutoburg Forest" episode of Time Commanders.
23rd: A fourth highlights compilation is aired, and repeated the next day.
30th: A fifth and final highlights compilation is aired, and repeated the next day.

3rd: Series 3, Episode 2 is reshown on BBC 2.
12th: Pressure group Transport 2000 call for Top Gear to be scrapped, with laughably predictable results.
14th: Transport 2000 representative Steve Hounsham outlines his concept for an inane, 'sensible' driving show that is ultimately and thankfully never produced.
15th: Jeremy Clarkson appears on the 29th series premiere of Have I Got News For You.

4th: The trio are spotted in Iceland by a travel company.
18th: A row breaks out over a decision to award Clarkson an honorary degree from Oxford Brookes University.
22nd: Series 6 of Top Gear begins.
29th: Series 6, Episode 2 airs.
30th: Jeremy Clarkson drives the then-new BMW M5 around Dunsfold for his upcoming home video.

3rd: Richard Hammond appears on ITV's This Morning.
5th: Jeremy Clarkson appears on the Call My Bluff game show.
6th: Top Gear: Revved Up, a compilation DVD featuring highlights from Series 3, 4, and 5 is released.
9th: Richard Hammond is the guest in that night's episode of This Week, hosted by Andrew Neil.
12th: Series 6, Episode 3 airs.
14th: James May appears on BBC's Breakfast.
18th: James May criticises the concept of surveys.
19th: Series 6, Episode 4 airs.
22nd: Following its sharply rising demand in the US through websites such as FinalGear, the Discovery Channel begin airing an edited compilation series featuring content from the first five series of Top Gear.
26th: Series 6, Episode 5 airs.

3rd: Series 6, Episode 6 airs.
10th: Series 6, Episode 7 airs. The same day, Richard Hammond is in Navarre, Spain, for the fourth day of the Pamplona Bull Run.
17th: Series 6, Episode 8 airs.
24th: Series 6, Episode 9 airs. That same night, host Jeremy Clarkson is the guest presenter for Top of the Pops.
31st: Series 6, Episode 10 airs.

7th: Series 6 of Top Gear concludes with Series 6, Episode 11. That same night, hosts James May and Richard Hammond appear in the second of ex-presenter Jason Barlow's movie car documentaries; Movies Greatest Cars.
11th: James May joins Richard Hammond in the "Drinking" episode of the latter's Should I Worry About? series.
12th: Jeremy Clarkson is spotted in the Isle of Man by Corrado Forum member VR6, presumably to film the first episode of Series 7.
25th: Series 3 of Brainiac: Science Abuse premieres on Sky One, with Richard Hammond as lead host.
26th: UKTV airs 3 days' worth of back-to-back Top Gear, which are followed by short segments hosted by James May and Louise Goodman about that year's best car.
29th: The live final of UKTV's "Car of the Year" special is hosted by James May and Louise Goodman.

12th: Following prior protests, Clarkson is hit in the face with a pie after collecting his honorary degree. Clarkson responds with "great shot".
24th: Jeremy Clarkson appears on Who Do You Think You Are?, discovering more of his ancestry.
25th: The Best of Top Gear special for Series 6 airs. That same night, the first episode of Stars in Fast Cars airs on BBC Three, following the successful pilot from July the year prior which was hosted by the three Top Gear presenters. The show is otherwise uninvolved with the trio.
26th: Richard Hammond presents "Inside Britain's Fattest Man", a biopic on the titular Barry Austin.

2nd: A second highlights compilation is aired.
9th: A third highlights compilation is aired. That same night, host Richard Hammond is the guest presenter for Top of the Pops.
14th: Jeremy Clarkson appears on Series 3, Episode 4 of QI.
28th: Richard Hammond appears on BBC's Breakfast.
30th: A fourth and final highlights compilation is aired.

1st: Richard Hammond hosts The Gunpowder Plot: Exploding the Legend to commemorate the assassination attempt's 400th anniversary.
4th: Jeremy Clarkson appears on Series 30, Episode 4 of Have I Got News For You. That same night, he appears on Series 3, Episode 7 of QI.
7th: Clarkson: Heaven and Hell is released on DVD.
13th: Series 7 of Top Gear begins.
17th: Jeremy Clarkson appears on BBC's Breakfast.
20th: Series 7, Episode 2 airs.
25th: Jeremy Clarkson appears on Jonathan Ross' self-titled talk show.
27th: Series 7, Episode 3 airs.

1st: Jeremy Clarkson appears on ITV's This Morning.
4th: Series 7, Episode 4 airs.
11th: Series 7, Episode 5 airs.
21st: James May hosts his very first spin-off documentary; James May's Top Toys.
23rd: Richard Hammond hosts Sky One's Greatest Ever Screen Chases.
27th: Series 7 of Top Gear concludes with Series 7, Episode 6. That same night, Richard Hammond appears in The Wonderful World of Whiteley, a loving tribute to the then-recently late Countdown presenter.

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