Top Gear: Botswana Special

Top Gear: Botswana Special
Presented byJeremy Clarkson
Richard Hammond
James May
The Stig
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Production
ProducerAndy Wilman
Running time60 minutes
66 minutes (director's cut)
Original release
NetworkBBC Two
Release4 November 2007 (2007-11-04)
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.