Top gear season 21 burma special part 1 takes a slightly different approach to the top gear format than other episodes. The boys are back for a top gear special, and this time they are in burma. The burma special, part one series 21, episode 6 2014 the first of our twopart special in which clarkson, hammond and may are challenged to build a bridge over the river kwai in thailand. Supersize burmese drag race top gear series 21 bbc. Oct 05, 2014 with clarkson in a volkswagen up, hammond in a ford fiesta and may in a dacia sandero, the trio have been driving around the crimean peninsula. Series 21, episode 7 was the first and only time in series 21 that viewing figures broke 7 million, and it was a feat that would be achieved two final times during the shows successive patagonia special. Top gear is a british television show about motor vehicles, primarily cars, and is the worlds most widely watched factual television programme. Apr 29, 2011 the grand tour 2020 jeremy clarkson, richard hammond and james may. In fact, hes pretty much only making the situation worse as usual. A must for all petrol heads,series 16 arrives packed full of top gear madness. When we used the word slope in the recent top gear burma special it was a lighthearted word play joke referencing both the build quality of the bridge and the local asian man who was crossing it. The team is crossing burma to build a bridge over the river kwai. Buy, rent top gear, season 21 episode 6, is available to watch and stream on bbc two.
I have been catching up with season 21, and just finished the burma special. The aim of the road trip was to find the supposed worlds greatest driving road, the transfagarasan highway. This special edition of the motoring show sees jeremy, richard and james drive across burma in three suspect lorries, on a mission to build a bridge over the river kwai. Bbc two top gear, series 21, burma special part 1, burma. Some of the extras and outtakes from top gear albania special. However, in order to do so, they must first drive across a country that has been largely closed to westerners for over 40 years. Behind the scenes and extras from top gear burma special.
However, they werent all that great, and some of them actually fell extremely flat. Top gears jeremy clarkson made racist joke during burma. Top gear special burma deleted scenes and outtakes. Rating the top gear specials from best to not so best. However, in order to do that they must first navigate through a country that has been largely closed. Bbc two top gear, series 16, episode 3, top gear in albania. Anyway, jeremy, james and richard embark on a jour. Subscribe and to official bbc youtube stream original bbc programmes first on bbc iplayer. Sep 23, 2015 welcome to our definitive 100 best top gear episodes ever. The twentyfirst series of top gear aired during 2014 on bbc two and consisted of 5 episodes, beginning on 2 february and concluding on 2 march. Top gear albania special extras and outtakes youtube. The three presenters are challenged with building a bridge over the river kwai. It began in 1977 as a conventional motoring magazine show.
It was featured in the season premiere of the 14th series of top gear. The romanian road trip was a road trip conducted by jeremy, richard, and james. The boys have finally started work on their bridge, not that jeremy is helping much. Topgearbox the grand tour, top gear, wheeler dealers, car. The top gear gang attempt to drive from the heart of bolivia to the coast of chile. Having forded rivers, climbed mountains and endured a burmese trucker stop, they must now venture into the shan state, an area rife with civil war and normally closed to western. The series was subsequently followed by a two part special entitled burma special, with the first part aired on 9 march a week after the series concluded, and the second part on 16 march. Botswana special in a top gear special, the team travel to africa where they are challenged to buy a second hand car costing no more than. Jul 02, 2015 the middle east special may be in the middle of this list, but that is very much relative and shows how strong the top gear specials are. Mar 19, 2014 subscribe and to official bbc youtube stream original bbc programmes first on bbc iplayer. Part i in the first of the allnew twopart special, jeremy clarkson, richard hammond, and james may are on a mission to build a bridge over the river kwai in thailand. The grand tour 2020 jeremy clarkson, richard hammond and james may. The sixteenth series of top gear aired during 2011 on bbc two and consisted of 6 episodes, beginning on 23 january and concluding on 27 february.
Check below for episodes and series from the same categories and more. The top gear boys embark on an epic road trip up the east coast of the usa. But the burma special, wow, the music they played was on a whole different scale of brilliant. Mar 17, 2014 watch top gear burma special, part 1 s21 e6 online watch online anytime. The 100 best top gear episodes ever pt2 topgearbox. Lets take a look at 10 top gear challenges that blew our minds and 10 that failed miserably. Mar 28, 2014 the bbc has received a formal complaint over an allegedly racist remark made by top gear presenter jeremy clarkson during one of the shows burma specials a law firm acting on behalf of actor. Jeremy clarkson, richard hammond and james may have a drag race in. The trio head to albania on a road trip with three cars to see which will be best for the albanian mafia may believes the new.
The shows final special, the patagonia special, aired in 2014, as a prelude to top gear s twentysecond series. Part 2, jeremy, james and richard continue their journey through burma in the three lorries they bought, unseen, on the internet. Its the mix we all know and love,high priced supercars,madcap stunts,hilarious challenges and a parade of stars in the reasonably priced car. Jeremy brought an aston martin dbs, richard a ferrari california, and james a lamborghini gallardo. The top gear challenges were sometimes on par with hollywood stunts. This is the series that introduces the new stig,and includes the christmas episode,or middle east special,that introduced him. Over time, and especially since a relaunch in 2002, it has developed a quirky, humorous and sometimes. Typically, the specials were oneoff episodes but later the format changed in the africa, burma, and patagonia specials, which were broadcast in two parts. Top gear series 19 20 the top gear technology centre swings into action again as jeremy aims to build a car even smaller than the peel p50, while the subject of oap transport is addressed as. Jeremy, richard and james are on a mission to build a bridge over the river kwai in thailand. The boys endeavor to build a car that can turn into a hovercraft, all for a good causehelping the residents of a floodhit region of the united. Top gear albania special xtra footage the puncture. The film predates the syrian civil war and involves a 1,200mile 1,900 km roadtrip from erbil international airport in iraqi kurdistan to bethlehem, nominally recreating the journey of the three wise men. I have to say, the music in any episode of top gear is typically fantastic, very appropriate, and ive got a whole playlist on my itunes.
All 59 songs featured in top gear uk season 21 episode 6. Part 1, in a foreign field, there will forever be three englishmen falling over and bickering. Nativity special is a 76minutelong extended episode of top gear series 16. The burma special is the fourth top gear special to be filmed in an asian country, after vietnam in the vietnam special, india in the india. This is part 2 of the list, with 26th to 50th placed episodes.
Epic road trip the boys travel miles across vietnam. Series 21, episode 6 top gear uk soundtrack tunefind. The boys each purchase a secondhand lorries off the internet for a few hundred pounds. Having forded rivers, climbed mountains and endured a burmese trucker stop, clarkson, hammond and may must now venture into the shan state, an area riven by civil war and normally closed to. The series was preceded by two specials in december 2010, the first of which was aired on 21 december and entitled east coast road trip, with the special being an exception to others in that it had. Jan 04, 2015 the boys have finally started work on their bridge, not that jeremy is helping much.
Building the bridge top gear series 21 burma special bbc. Top gear albania special xtra footage the puncture youtube. All photos used are of their respective owners and will be credited where possible. My family has seen the episodes so many times, we can quote them.
May 19, 2011 albania in luxury limos, part 14 series 16, episode 3 published on. Top gear gets ecofriendly with an economy race which sees richard, james and jeremy attempt to make it from switzerland to blackpool on a single tank of petrol, while the electric tesla and honda. Chernobyl exclusion zone challenge top gear series 21. Mar 09, 2014 visit tunefind for music from your favorite tv shows and movies. Watch top gear season 21 episode 6 burma special, part 1. Dec 14, 2014 jeremy, richard and james are on a mission to build a bridge over the river kwai in thailand. The top gear guys are once again let loose in america with an epic road trip up the east coast. The journey starts off with a drive through burma towards thailand, where. Bbc two top gear, series 21, burma special part 1 clips. Top gear in albania as jeremy clarkson, richard hammond and james may head to albania to test the super luxurious rollsroyce ghost and mercedes s65 amg, they hit a spot of bother. Top gear series 21, burma special part 1 clips filter by.
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