Top Gear series 2

Series 2 of Top Gear, a British motoring magazine and factual television programme, was broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two during 2003, consisting of ten episodes between 11 May and 20 July; a compilation episode, titled "Best of Top Gear", was broadcast after the series concluded on 27 July, featuring the best moments of the previous two series. It was the first series to feature James May, who was brought in to replace Jason Dawe following the first series, and the first to credit the programme's anonymous driver, "The Stig", as an additional presenter; though not under their actual indentity.

The series' most notable elements included a race between several noted sci-fiction character franchise, which was later cut out of re-runs for licensing reasons, and a contest to name the greatest car of all times; as of 2023, only two segments of this are not included for re-runs, one for legal reasons, the other for unknown reasons.

Presenter change
After the first series had concluded, producer Andy Wilman became concerned with the involvement of motoring enthusiast Jason Dawe. Although a noted exponent of used cars and getting deals on second-hand cars, his segment was felt to not work well with the new format of Top Gear, with Wilman himself admitting that he was not "working out". As a result, Dawe was fired from the programme, resulting in the decision to recruit James May to the programme prior to filming of the second series.

Probable controversial film
Following the original broadcast of the second series in 2003, the BBC re-edited future reruns with the "Greatest Car" segments removed from episodes - these featured films by various celebrities promoting the car they felt was the greatest in their opinion. When the segment was brought back into the original episodes for BBC iPlayer in 2021, two separate films were not restored - one for the Citroen DS, and the other for the Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud. While the former footage, featuring James May, was not returned for unknown reasons, the second was not returned as this film featured since-disgraced entertainer Stuart Hall. As Hall was convicted of historical sex offences against children in 2013, legal reasons deemed it unwise to have the footage being restored for its respective episode.