Series Eighteen starts airing on 29 January 2012 with seven episodes (not including the India Special),[1] following on from the 2011 Christmas special which aired on 28 December 2011.[2] In the special they take a route across India, the first of the many countries Top Gear plans to visit over the course of the new series, according to Jeremy Clarkson. Shooting in India began on 2 October, with the first leg of the shooting beginning in suburbs of Mumbai.[3][4] The show was also seen in Lecce, Italy with a Noble M600, McLaren MP4-12C and a Lamborghini Aventador.[5] Hammond announced during the Top Gear Live shows in Birmingham, that additional recordings for the new series had been done in the USA.
　　The January 2012 edition of Top Gear Magazine featured a preview of what to expect in series 18.[6] It included a piece where Richard Hammond drives a NASCAR safety car for a real race, later going on to drive an actual NASCAR race car. The magazine also featured a part of some of the power tests to expect, including Jeremy Clarkson driving a Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Black Edition, a Mercedes SLS AMG Roadster and a Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale. Hammond meanwhile will drive a 2012 BMW M5 F10, and May will have a Vauxhall Corsa Nürburgring Edition. Another feature is going to China to test drive Chinese cars, Italy in 3 super-cars, Lamborghini Aventador, Noble M600 and a McLaren MP4-12C. Also James May is taking a trip to USA to test sports hybrid supercar Fisker Karma, meet AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson and drive his 1928 Bentley Vanden Plas LeMans Tourer. According to Top Gear Executive Producer Andy Wilman, Clarkson, Hammond and May are going to northern Sweden as well, where they will race the new Ferrari FF across a Silverstone Circuit-shaped ice track. Also Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond will attempt to film a car chase sequence for The Sweeney.

　　Jimmy Kimmel hosts the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards, honoring the best in television.

　　本季将重新采取Survivor:Vanuatu的男女分组，两个部落的名字分别为Salani(女)和Manono(男)，但将首次将两个部落放置于同一营地。

　　Get ready for the heat of meijubar.net HELL'S KITCHEN as superstar chef Gordon Ramsay ushers in the series' red-hot ninth season with 18 new competitors.
　　These aspiring restaurateurs will brave Ramsay and his wrath as he once again puts the competitors through rigorous challenges to see who has the skill and passion to win a life-changing prize: a head chef position at BLT Steak in New York City.
　　Ramsay's culinary challenges will range from the cute and cuddly as the chefs cook a "Mommy and me" meal for a room full of moms and toddlers, to the sublime as the chefs are challenged to cook using different types of beer as the basis for their recipes.

　　Louis C.K. as a newly meijubar.net divorced father raising his two daughters in New York City.It will be a half-hour production.
　　The series will be loosely based on C.K.'s life, and will blend his stand-up material with extended autobiographical comedy short films depicting moments of his off-stage experiences.

　　Mac needs the help of a convicted arsonist recently released from prison to investigate the death of one of his FDNY firefighter friends.

　　The Amazing Race 20 is the twentieth installment of the reality television show The Amazing Race. The Amazing Race 20 features eleven teams of two, each with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around the world.

　　本系列是创新的科学特备节目，透过互动实验和各种小技巧，呈现,显现,体现,展现,呈现,显现,体现我们的大脑如何创造现实幻觉。这些令人兴奋和具有启发性的实验，能让我们一窥大脑的内部运作，而世界顶尖的专家会解释他们职业,事业,工作岗位,职责的内容及原因。我们也会在高科技实验室探索最新科学，与绝顶聪慧,智慧,睿智,明智的人物见面。

　　《中国美食之旅》由“中国菜教父”华裔名厨谭荣辉以及华裔主持黄瀞亿联合主持的美食纪录片。《中国美食之旅》共有四集，分别为北京篇、成都篇、云南篇与广东和台湾篇。通过美食，探寻中国最深处的灵魂，向西方人呈现出最为地道、最为美味的中国菜，向西方世界呈现,显现,体现,展现,呈现,显现,体现出不一样的中国。

　　凡尔赛宫，欧洲最雄伟壮丽的宫殿之一。本片叙述,阐述,陈述,描写凡尔赛宫的荣辱沉浮。

　　自然界中很多动物行为令人匪夷所思，比如一头驴子和一只狗，或者一只老虎和一只猪等，不同的动物物种和对方只是一个例子，动物如何不要判断他们可以多么甜美。

　　人类最伟大的工程壮举往往是最强大的武器。直升机、隐身技术、枪、炸弹、飞机等,这些都是战斗工具。它们甚至还为战场上的胜利提供了关键性的优势,本节目将带观众深入明白,明了,知晓,理解最伟大的军事工程创举……明白,明了,知晓,理解它们的运作方式,产生过程以及它们是如何在战场上发挥作用的。

　　It's all about the drive to survive. What happens when you 'MacGyver-ize' a car? In One Car Too Far former British Special Forces operative and an American car junkie are dropped into incredible landscapes and forced to work together to survive and ultimately escape to safety. The twist, they will have to take a small red car with them. It's the perfect combination as one knows how to drive and the other knows how to survive. With no proper roads and no real supplies, the two must rely on instinct and expertise alone to make it out. From the treacherous slopes and near-freezing temperatures of a mountain top, to the wet, dense vegetation of the rainforest, they use whatever supplies they can find to turn a regular car into an all-purpose vehicle to get them over, under and through just about any obstacle in their way.

　　现在，我们以每小时6万4千英哩的速度绕太阳运行；第二年，地球在运行了5亿8千4百万英哩后回到了航程起始,开端,肇始,启始的起点。在此片中，纪录片制作者凯特?汉伯和海伦?乔斯基跟随地球进行了一次完全,完好,完善,全备的绕日航行，见证了这次奇异旅程带给地球的奇妙变化。从更替的四季到破坏性的气候现象，他们绕太阳环行体验,体会,感悟,感悟由航行带来的极 致体验；他们也试图向世人解释在时间的长河中，地球轨道如何出现,产生,形成,酿成着变化，以及这些微妙的变化给地球带来了决心,打算,计划,准备性的影响。 此纪录片首次展示了地球绕日环行的全过程，从大胆的空间想象到近在眼前的飓风，皆向观众展示了地球绕日旅行的史诗性历程。

　　Syfy真人秀节目《Face off》于1月12日播出。参赛者将比拼特效化妆技术。评委是世界顶尖的影视特效设计师和化妆室，参与制作的项目包括《吸血鬼猎人巴菲》、《黑夜传说》、《生化危机3：劫后余生》、《X档案》和《剪刀手爱德华》等。

　　永远不要猜疑,疑惑,质疑,存疑友谊的力量。《不可思议的好伙伴,好友,挚友,密友》归来,返回,回归,还来了。在第二季中记录了一些有关动物与不同物种的动物间或人类间可以形成特殊友谊的暖心故事。
　　一些故事表明，不同种类的动物间（没有任何共同点）可以以最出乎意料的方式结合在一起。 或者有时候，人类最好的伙伴,好友,挚友,密友不是你想的那样。有时，种间生物或动物与人类之间的联系是如此之强，强大到使你对这种联系的深度感到惊奇。在所有这些不可思议的动物伙伴,好友,挚友,密友中，该系列介绍了最独特，最令人惊奇,吃惊,诧异,意外和最爱的动物关系。

　　求学,进修,研习,学业如何在日益拥挤的星球上生存也许是我们人类的终极挑战，但有一个地方，拥有的世界人口六分之一印度，人们却特别适应日常,生存,生计,日子在这么拥挤的土地上。这个系列高清纪录片将带我们进入印度最密集的地区加尔各答和孟买，明白,明了,知晓,理解这里人们的日常,生存,生计,日子现状及生存压力。
　　BBC 2012年播出，用3集记录印度的底层人如何在人多地少的环境中职业,事业,工作岗位,职责。印度现在有人口 12亿，占世界的六分之一，每个家庭都有很多孩子，对于穷人来讲，这可是一个很大的负担，看看印度人是如何在他们的国土上为了日常,生存,生计,日子奋斗的。
　　Learning how to survive on an increasingly crowded planet is probably our ultimate challenge. But there is one place, home to over a sixth of the world's population, which is already making a good shot at adapting: welcome to India. This observational series casts aside the usual preconceptions about the sub-continent, and lets a few of India's 1.2 billion show how their world really works.
　　With astonishing access into the densest districts of Kolkata and Mumbai, it celebrates the impressive resourcefulness, resilience and absolute pragmatism of those living and working there, and reveals the psyche needed to get ahead in the biggest of crowds.
　　Part 1.
　　This episode follows two main characters as they employ all their ingenuity to carve out a home. With more people moving to cities in India than anywhere else on earth, securing that place you can call home is vital for nurturing your family's future.
　　Part 2.
　　Johora started out as a rag-picker, but through building a bottle recycling business on a railway embankment, she has big ambitions for her family of seven kids. And it is not just small waste. Kanye uses a blowtorch to cut up ships discarded by the rest of the world, helping satisfy India's thirst for steel. And Ashik buys up beef fat from the abattoir, and proudly renders it down to make tallow. It looks disgusting, even before he is plagued by a maggot infestation. But this thrifty use of 'waste' may well be destined for your soap or cosmetics.
　　Part 3.
　　With India destined to become the most populous nation on earth by 2026, you have got to be highly tactical in your search for a better life. It is not just about you and your dreams today - it is about the family over generations to come. Prakash and Mangesh are brothers in their early twenties from an illegal settlement surrounded by the buzz of downtown Mumbai. Prakash is deckhand on a yacht while striving to realise his dream and launch a Bollywood career. But his family make it clear his sole purpose is to earn enough to fund in their joint future: his brother Mangesh's course in software engineering. Swapan, a merchant in a hectic fish market, works so hard for his family's future that his wife knows he is ruining his health. And Sujit, who crafts disposable clay tea cups in Kolkata, hardly dares dream of seeing his family hundreds of miles away.

　　Ep1:Welcome to Afghanistan
　　EP2:After the Blast
　　Ep3:Bomb at the Front Door

　　Gok Wan fires up his wok to showcase his other great passion in life - Chinese cooking