(UKTV Version) Top Gear Intro Sequence + Break Bumper
Very low quality, so do be warned. Extremely rare Top Gear intro sequence used only in early ’00s UKTV rebroadcasts of 2002-format Top Gear, with a bizarre arrangement of “Jessica“ and a much more consumer-oriented intro. This is NOT fan-made. UK Horizons genuinely aired this for at least the first four episodes of Series 1, before switching over to the “normal“ introduction thereafter. Were it not for the preservation efforts of “Jabba“ (even if his watermark was obnoxious) and the rampant collectivism of myself, AlexGRFan97, this intro would have been lost forever.
After watching it several times over, I have actually grown to believe that this may in fact be an early prototype intro which the BBC cooked up prior to Clarkson/Wilman’s decision to make each intro unique to the episode with the “Tonight!“ sequence. In addition, the version of Jessica, though jarring at the beginning seems to be an alternate version of the theme which was eventually used. Unless someone from UKTV/BBC sees this video and comes forth with the truth, we may never know.