Top Gear: Botswana Special
2007 · 52 MIN · IMDB 9.1 · 900 VOTES · DIR. James Bryce
Overview
Jeremy, James and Richard each buy a used two-wheel drive car for £1500 and drive it for 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometres) across Botswana from the Zimbabwe border across the Makgadikgadi salt plains and through the Okavango Delta to the Namibian border. The Stig's African cousin also makes an appearance.
Dialogue Timeline — 895 lines
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00:01:23 because it's comfortable, it's rugged, it's dependable and, frankly
00:03:35 "The people of Surrey think they need four-wheel drive cars
00:06:30 we decided to give our cars a shakedown
00:08:57 Oh God! Oh!
00:11:05 "No car has ever driven across them.
00:13:22 We'll be fine, honestly...we're gonna be fine
00:16:00 Because the ooze was so bad, we had to get even more drastic with the weight-shedding.
00:18:35 But then suddenly the horizon was no longer flat.
00:21:56 Oh no!
00:25:16 I know what created this.
00:27:38 I've got goose bumps.
00:30:39 Yes!!
00:32:53 Look at it all!
00:35:17 Hey, mate! Sorry...
00:37:28 "boomslang, cape cobras, banded cobras
00:39:45 Now, this will attract flies which will make his life unpleasant.
00:42:30 Eventually he was slowed down by a bridge... over the river Kwai.
00:44:43 That is...
00:46:59 and asked if I wouldn't mind driving a little bit more slowly today.
00:48:51 - Ooh! Hang on a minute! - Permission to say cock.
00:51:35 - The oil will be ruined... - I know all this. I can fix him.
00:54:35 but when it was running it wouldn't move off in any of the gears.
00:57:04 Sorry!
01:05:09 a thousand miles, I've still got half a car left
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed895
Dialogue density17.2 lines / min
First line00:01:23
Final line01:05:09
Production Record
DirectorJames Bryce
LanguageGerman
IMDb votes900