Top Gear: Botswana Special
| Top Gear: Botswana Special | |
|---|---|
| Presented by | Jeremy Clarkson Richard Hammond James May The Stig |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Production | |
| Producer | Andy Wilman |
| Running time | 60 minutes 66 minutes (director's cut) |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC Two |
| Release | 4 November 2007 |
| Related | |
| Top Gear | |
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Top Gear: Botswana Special is a full-length, special edition episode for BBC motoring programme Top Gear, and was first broadcast on BBC Two on 4 November 2007, as part of the fourth episode of Series 10. The special sees hosts, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May, travelling across to Botswana with a car that each had bought in Africa for less than £1500, to prove that they can be better than SUVs for driving up "leafy country lanes". The Botswana Special was released as part of a 2-disc DVD boxset alongside the Top Gear: Vietnam Special on 23 March 2009. The special is best remembered for Richard Hammond developing a deep fondness for his chosen car, a 1963 Opel Kadett nicknamed "Oliver", which he brought back to the UK after filming concluded, and still owns.