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Revision as of 19:32, 1 January 2012
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| Top Gear: India Special | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of episodes | 1 |
| Production | |
| Running time | TV cut 90 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC Two, BBC HD |
| Release | 28 December 2011 |
| Related | |
| Top Gear | |
The original air date of the show was 28 December 2011 and was a Christmas Special after which in January 2012, the next series will start.
Introduction
The special was a route across India, one of the many countries Top Gear plan 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.
Mission
This episode was a mission to promote Britain to the Indian public. The opening sequence of the show shows the Top Gear team in Downing Street opening a letter by David Cameron refusing their request to go to India on an official trade mission (he actually appears for a one-line cameo (filmed seperatly) - "Stay away from India!"). Despite this, they still go to India. Jeremy Clarkson chose to drive in a Jaguar, James May in a Rolls-Royce and Richard Hammond in a Mini Cooper.
Route
- Mumbai - In Mumbai, they aimed to beat the efficiency of the dabbawala by using a car instead of a train. The mission fails when Clarkson, in a rush to beat the train, did not take enough cargo, leaving Hammond to carry his load as well as Clarkson's. Hammond accidentally loses and subsequently ruins some of his cargo, and May, trying to take a ring road approach to the station, takes a wrong turn and ends up in the countryside. From there, they take a train to Jaipur.
- Jaipur - They host a motorsport challenge with local people and drive to Delhi. In the end, Clarkson's car is fastest.
- Delhi - The mission was to host a trade fair. It is hosted in the exclusive embassy quarter Chanakyapuri and subsequently fails when a massive firework set up by Clarkson goes badly wrong and explodes into the building where the fair was being hosted, which causes the guests to leave.
Afterwards, they drive into the Himalayan region of Himachal Pradesh past Shimla towards the border with China at Shipki La to test their vehicles on the high terrain and played a game of cricket with local people. They commented on how their trade missions had been a failure but that the cars selected had tolerated the harsh road conditions they were not designed for. (None of them broke down during the trip and the only problems encountered with the cars were due to either sabotage from the other presenters or due to an attempt to help each other out) The show finishes by showing the cars left at a hill on plinths with the Union Flag on them.
When people drive between these two economic superpowers [India and China], they will remember that there is a small Island called Britain somewhere far away. Great Britain.
Jeremy Clarkson