— Update: The Lincoln Top Gear Air date has been changed to July 31, 8pm, BBC2.
The date for the Top Gear episode featuring Lincoln has been revealed on TV listing websites.
The BBC motoring show, now in its 17th series, will broadcast the Lincoln episode on Sunday, July 24, at 8pm on BBC 2.
Co-hosts Jeremy Clarkson and James May visited the city on May 12 while testing two electric cars — the Nissan Leaf and Peugeot iOn.
Unfortunately, both cars ran out of electricity and the pair had to search the city for somewhere to charge the cars, settling in the end at the university.
According to the Radio Times, the pair were testing the electric cars trying to get across the county to the seaside.
As well as the electric car challenge, the show will also see Clarkson test out an F1-style Lotus, while third co-host Richard Hammond meets a rally team of ex-military amputees.
The stunt in Lincoln not only pulled in crowds, but also conspiracy theories. In previous series, Top Gear had pushed a Tesla electric car into a garage when it supposedly ran out of juice.
This ‘push’ was later found to be fake, and the car actually had enough “fuel” to run further. All Cars Electric believe that the same could have happened in Lincoln.
Nissan also feel that the city breakdown was intentional. Spokesperson for Nissan Great Britain, Tom Barnard said:
“Pictures rarely tell the whole story, as is the case here.
“Top Gear has confirmed to us that the crew intentionally drained the battery to inject suspense into the mission of finding a public charge spot.
“Lincoln is an area renowned for not having any public charging infrastructure. Top Gear does not intend to use the scenes of the car out of charge as an illustration that the claimed range is false.”
“To be brutally honest our visit to Lincoln is a matter of circumstance because the cars ran out of electricity and there was nothing we could really do about that.
“But we are actually rather glad it happened because we have found out all sorts of interesting things about medieval history, the cathedral, the plan of Lincoln, the tower.”
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We are investigating a road traffic collision which happened just after 5pm today.
The crash happened on the A15 just south of Waddington and involved a black Peugeot 208 that collided with a tree. The driver of the car, a 56-year-old male, was taken to hospital with serious injuries.
The A15 was closed just before 6pm and is likely to remain closed for some time.
We are particularly keen to hear from those who were driving along the A15 this afternoon between 4pm and 5:10pm and may have captured dashcam footage of the road during the collision.
If you have dashcam footage or any other information that will assist in our enquiries, there are a number of ways you can get in touch.
By calling 101 quoting incident 285 of 4 July.
By emailing [email protected] quoting incident 285 of 4 July in the subject line.
If you wish to remain anonymous, you can report via the independent charity CrimeStoppers on 0800 555 111 or online.
We are appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage following a serious collision in Ingoldmells.
Just after 12.30pm on Saturday (2 July), we received reports of a collision involving a silver Vauxhall Vivaro and a 76-year-old male pedestrian on Hurdman Way.
The male pedestrian was taken to hospital with serious injuries. The A52 at Ingoldmells was closed to allow emergency services to deal with the incident.
If you witnessed the collision or have dashcam footage available, please get in touch.
By calling 101 quoting incident 209 of 2 July.
By emailing [email protected] quoting incident 209 of 2 July in the subject line.
If you wish to remain anonymous, you can report via the independent charity CrimeStoppers on 0800 555 111 or online.
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