— 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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Marc Jones, the re-elected Conservative Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner, said that his work is not done, as he’s looking forward to a further three years in the role.
Mr Jones won with a 57.9% majority of the poll from the first round of counting, with 102,813 votes from a 31% turnout. A total of 177,528 votes were placed county-wide.
The nearest candidate was Labour’s Rosanne Kirk, with a 19% share of the votes, with Lincolnshire Independent David Williams securing the third spot with 10%.
The breakdown of the votes cast on Thursday, May 6, and counted on Saturday, may 8, was:
Marc Jones (Conservative) – 102,813
Rosanne Kirk (Labour) – 34,310
David Williams (Lincolnshire Independent) – 18,375
Ross Pepper (Liberal Democrats) – 10,172
Peter Escreet (Reform UK) – 6,101
Marc Jones: “More work to do”
“It’s very gratifying to have concluded today on the first count, that was a really positive thing for what I’ve delivered so far,” said Mr Jones.
“But I’m under no illusions having spoken to many around the county there’s an awful lot more work to do.”
He said he wanted to assure the public that “nothing was taken for granted”.
Rosie Kirk – Labour – 2nd place
Labour’s candidate Rosie Kirk said she was “thrilled for her party” across all three elections that had taken place in Lincolnshire this week.
“The votes that we got was incredible. Our message got through and to actually come second in a Conservative county is really great,” she said.
However, she added that there were “lots of questions that still need to be asked” and promised to keep up her scrutiny of Marc in his role.
Ross Pepper – Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrat candidate Ross Pepper said the result was not “entirely unexpected”.
However, he said he was proud of the three Liberal Democrat councillors that had won seats in the local elections at Lincolnshire County and City of Lincoln Councils.
“I’m ready to work with them for a better Lincolnshire and a better Lincoln,” he said.
“In a Conservative heavy county we did a really good job of getting the Liberal Democrat message out there… and we continue pushing that message through local campaigning in the future.”
David Williams – Lincolnshire Independents
David Williams, the Lincolnshire Independents PCC candidate congratulated Marc Jones on his victory but said it is “not a surprising outcome”.
“I’m really pleased to have run for the post, because if I hadn’t have had a go to do a job that I really would have relished then I would have looked back and regretted not having taking the opportunity.”
Peter Escreet – Reform UK
Peter Escreet, the Reform UK candidate also said the result “was as expected” but actually he was “pleasantly surprised,” saying that this is “just the start”.
“The real campaign is in three years’ time” where Mr Escreet wants to grow a majority.
Conservative Marc Jones has been re-elected to the Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner role.
He won from the first round of counting with 102,813 votes from a 31% turnout.
The PCC oversees the strategy and finances of the force, and also hires and fires chief constables, who are responsible for the daily policing operations.
Mr Jones will be in the position for three years.
The breakdown of the results is:
Marc Jones (Conservative) – 102,813
Rosanne Kirk (Labour) – 34,310
Ross Pepper (Liberal Democrats) – 10,172
David Williams (Lincolnshire Independent) – 18,375
Peter Escreet (Reform UK) – 6,101
Here’s the live result announcement, the reactions and acceptance speech:
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