Fans of hit BBC motoring series Top Gear in Europe, USA, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand are now able to rent special episodes on Facebook, as part of BBC Worldwide’s growing video-on-demand service on the social networking website.

The move comes not long after digitally remastered editions of classic Doctor Who episodes were made similarly available to Facebook users. Episodes of Top Gear on the new service will include the Polar Special (released yesterday)joined by US Road Trip (on 28 August), and Vietnam Special (4 September). Rental prices are currently set on the official Top Gear Facebook page at 15 Facebook Credits (equivalent to around £0.93) for one (48 hour) rental.

With the official Facebook fanpage currently registering over 8.8m (making it the worldwide 25th-biggest TV show on the social networking site (and biggest show from England), there is obviously plenty of potential for the new venture.

With this in mind, Top Gear‘s managing director Adam Waddell said of the deal: “Top Gear has amassed a huge following on Facebook with almost 14 million friends following the brand itself and The Stig. We’re always looking at ways of adding value for the core fans of the show so it’s entirely appropriate that we should be one of the first TV shows to make its premium content available via Facebook.”

Facebook are steadily increasing streaming services and have just launched a rental movie service with Miramax.

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