Top Gear Christmas (sorta) Special

Nathan · Dec 19, 2011

Top Gear Christmas (sorta) special will air on Dec and is in India.

A teaser...

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juFm6tLaVsg&t=12s]Top Gear India Special - BBC Two - YouTube[/ame]

ScottinBend · Dec 19, 2011

Looks like more Clarkson fun!

Metalman · Dec 19, 2011

Can't wait.....

Minidave · Dec 19, 2011

On Dec which?

Nathan · Dec 20, 2011

Minidave said: ↑

On Dec which?
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28th. Fixed the first post. Sorry about that.

And for more info on the Special we have some notes from the Producer Andy Wilman

The backbone of the Top Gear specials has always been the toughness of the challenge, from the frozen North Pole to the desolate salt pans of Botswana to the jungles and mountains of South America. But, this year, weâ€™ve taken on our biggest challenge of all: sorting out the British economy.

Let me explain. A few months ago, Mr Cameron said our nation must become a favoured trading partner of India: currently, we do more business with Ireland than with this country of 1.2 billion people. Top Gear, we thought, could help solve this problem with a trade mission, flying the flag for UKPLC. Our plan was to drive across India, drumming up interest in British goods, advertising the peerless standards of British skills, British nous, British Britishness. We would make the Indians think: â€œNo, we shall not buy mayonnaise from Belgium, but Angel Delight and Kendal Mint Cake from the British.â€

Usually, on Top Gear challenges, we give ourselves a pitiful budget of a couple of hundred quid for each car. But, this time, Britainâ€™s reputation was at stake. We couldnâ€™t be seen sitting in a puddle of engine oil by the side of the road. You donâ€™t see Prince Andrew cracking out the spanners on his foreign visits.

So we thought weâ€™d spend a bit more and buy three cars that represented the best of British. With their budget of seven grand each, Jeremy and Richard excelled themselves, Jezza picking up a 1995 Jaguar XJS 4.0-litre â€“ the Celebration edition, no less â€“ and Richard buying a tidy Mini Cooper.

But James, in his OCD idiocy, decided he wanted a Rolls-Royce. Unfortunately, the only Rolls-Royce you can buy for seven grand is a 1976 Silver Shadowâ€¦

The success of our mission lies not only in how the cars coped, but also whether Britainâ€™s balance-of-trade deficit is rectified. Weâ€™re not being unrealistic: we know it wonâ€™t happen immediately, but if Britainâ€™s trade with India reaches an even keel by, say, Easter, weâ€™ll be happy. And maybe, just maybe, the knock-on effect will be that other car shows from around Europe will also visit India, and then the economy of the entire Eurozone will pick up, too, and then China will be forced to cut its prices as the global balance of trade shifts, and, before we know it, the worldâ€™s economy will be restored. We set out with a modest ambition â€“ to help Britainâ€™s balance-of-trade deficit â€“ but this TG special could have truly global repercussions. If it does,
we donâ€™t want any plaudits. Just watching the show will be thanks enough.
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