The ninth and final episode of the third series of Top Gear aired on the 28th of December, 2003. It was presented by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May and The White Stig. Carol Vorderman was the guest star. It was the 29th episode overall.
Synopsis[]
Jeremy states that the show has run out of money, as the BBC gives each show they run a set amount of money as they're a nationalized company, with panel shows such as Newsnight and Panorama having no problem at all with this limited budget. However, due to Top Gear's antics throughout Series 3, especially the SAAB vs. Harrier race, they were unable to make their money last.
James playing the Top Gear Theme in a keyboard.
This episode contains James May's keyboard cover of the intro and outro music.
Tonight...[]
- Cameron Diaz tests Lamborghini's lightweight Murcielago naked...
- We drive Schumacher's F1 Ferrari...
- And our Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car is Her Majesty, the Queen.
In later broadcasts and on streaming services, the Tonight sequence comments are replaced with new comments, including Jeremy most notably mentioning that on Today's show.. the new lines are as follows;
- [Jeremy] drive(s) the new Chrysler Crossfire...
- Richard tries a Smart with 100% more engine...
- And the Honda NSX Type R takes to our track.
On tonight's Cut Price Top Gear....[]
- A small plastic car that's actually quite economical...
- We take a seasonal yuletide trip to Birmingham...
- And we do have a supercar, albeit quite a cheap one.
Airing History[]
Series 3, Episode 9 originally aired on the 28th of December, 2003, on BBC 2. It was then regularly reshown on channels such as BBC Prime and UKTV People throughout the mid '00s, along with the rest of Series 3, before indefinitely ending up as a permanent fixture on Dave from the channel's 2007 debut onwards, albeit in a cut 45-minute version. It would later appear on streaming services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime and IPlayer.
Episode Names[]
Though never given a name upon its original airing, much like every other episode of Top Gear, two slightly different names were retrospectively applied to the episode by the BBC years later:
- Top Gear's section on BBC's website calls it "There's No Money Left".
- Top Gear's own website calls it "The one with no money left".
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