Clarkson's Car Years was a television series presented by Jeremy Clarkson

Jeremy Clarkson

Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson is an English broadcaster, journalist and writer who specialises in motoring. He is best known for his role on the BBC TV show Top Gear along with co-presenters Richard Hammond and James May...

 and first shown during June and July 2000 on BBC Two

BBC Two

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. Over the series, Clarkson discusses six different topics relating to motoring, looking at the defining moments of each. The show was produced by BBC Birmingham

BBC Birmingham

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 and the series producer was Richard Pearson.

Car Years was the first of two series involving Clarkson which were filmed during his hiatus from Top Gear, and his third documentary series for the BBC, following Motorworld

Jeremy Clarkson's Motorworld

Jeremy Clarkson's Motorworld was a BBC television series about the car and motoring cultures of various countries. The show was presented by Jeremy Clarkson and consisted of two series of six episodes each plus a special focusing on the UK...

 and Extreme Machines. The show was first shown on UK television channel BBC Two, before being shown to an international audience on BBC World

BBC World

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. As of 2008, it has regularly been repeated on various UKTV

UKTV

UKTV is a digital cable and satellite television network, formed through a joint venture between BBC Worldwide, a commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation, and Scripps Networks Interactive, spun off from The E.W Scripps Company in 2008...

 channels, most recently being Dave.

List of episodes

#	Episode	Airdate
1	The Rise and Fall of the Supercar	1 June 2000
2	How Japan Took Over the World... And Then Lost It	8 June 2000
3	Why Do People Like British Sports Cars?	15 June 2000
4	Who Killed the British Car Industry?	22 June 2000
5	The New Romantics	29 June 2000
6	Family Car 2000	6 July 2000