James May's Cars of the People

Cars of the People
Title card. International variations feature a second logo beneath which reads: "A BBC Top Gear special."
Genre	Factual Motoring
Based on	Top Gear
Written by	James May Tom Whitter Henry Dalton
Directed by	Tom Whitter
Presented by	James May
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	6 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Tom Whitter
Producer(s)	Tom Whitter
Editor(s)	Henry Dalton Greg Coyne
Running time	60 minutes
Production company(s)	BBC
Distributor	BBC Worldwide
Release
Original network	BBC Two HD
Picture format	HDTV 1080i
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	10 August 2014 (2014-08-10) – 7 February 2016 (2016-02-07)
External links
Website

Cars of the People is a series of special episodes of the BBC Two factual television series Top Gear, presented by James May, which look at how the motor vehicle became an everyday part of human life.

The first series was released on DVD in Australia on 5 August 2015.

Although billed as a stand-alone series in the United Kingdom, international broadcasts are billed as special episodes of Top Gear, designed to bridge the gap between the broadcast of each series. Each episode is filmed in the same style as Top Gear, with many of the same cast and crew, as well as featuring jokes which relate to events or sequences in the parent series.

The first series of three episodes began on 10 August 2014, bridging the gap between Series 21 and 22 of Top Gear. A second series of three episodes was set to be broadcast in 2015; but was indefinitely delayed due to the scandal which saw presenter Jeremy Clarkson dropped from the parent series, which in turn led to the departures of both Richard Hammond and May. The second series was eventually broadcast in January 2016. May has confirmed that no further episodes will be produced due to his commitments with The Grand Tour.