Series Eighteen starts airing on 29 January 2012 with seven episodes (not including the India Special),[1] following on from the 2011 Christmas special which aired on 28 December 2011.[2] In the special they take a route across India, the first of the many countries Top Gear plans to visit over the course of the new series, according to Jeremy Clarkson. Shooting in India began on 2 October, with the first leg of the shooting beginning in suburbs of Mumbai.[3][4] The show was also seen in Lecce, Italy with a Noble M600, McLaren MP4-12C and a Lamborghini Aventador.[5] Hammond announced during the Top Gear Live shows in Birmingham, that additional recordings for the new series had been done in the USA.　　The January 2012 edition of Top Gear Magazine featured a preview of what to expect in series 18.[6] It included a piece where Richard Hammond drives a NASCAR safety car for a real race, later going on to drive an actual NASCAR race car. The magazine also featured a part of some of the power tests to expect, including Jeremy Clarkson driving a Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Black Edition, a Mercedes SLS AMG Roadster and a Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale. Hammond meanwhile will drive a 2012 BMW M5 F10, and May will have a Vauxhall Corsa Nürburgring Edition. Another feature is going to China to test drive Chinese cars, Italy in 3 super-cars, Lamborghini Aventador, Noble M600 and a McLaren MP4-12C. Also James May is taking a trip to USA to test sports hybrid supercar Fisker Karma, meet ACDC frontman Brian Johnson and drive his 1928 Bentley Vanden Plas LeMans Tourer. According to Top Gear Executive Producer Andy Wilman, Clarkson, Hammond and May are going to northern Sweden as well, where they will race the new Ferrari FF across a Silverstone Circuit-shaped ice track. Also Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond will attempt to film a car chase sequence for The Sweeney.

为了切断所有相冲突的科学观点，也为了即将到来的为人之父做准备，Damon Gameau决定找出糖对人体健康的真正作用。Damon Gameau是一名澳大利亚演员兼导演，他几年来坚持食用无糖食品，亲自试验一项关于糖的实验。曾经有一段时间，60天内Damon Gameau每天吃40匙的糖，这是正常人平均每天的糖摄入量。食品中自身含有的糖份通常被认为是健康的。因此，甜品、巧克力、冰淇淋和苏打水是不健康的，而果汁、格兰诺拉麦片酸奶以及大量的“光”产品却是无害的。随着实验的进行，Damon Gameau和演员、动画师和特效师共同检验了那些“垃圾”食品，并和医疗专家小组一起讨论实验并且得出了一个临时的显著结果。例如，Stephen Fry带来了一场关于葡萄糖、蔗糖和果糖区别的精彩演示，而Gameau（或者是他的“纳米版”）则展示了一场在自己大脑中精确地找出糖所在之处的奇妙旅程。除了实验内容，本片也包括大量轻松的访谈，其中有对原住民社区的一名嗜糖者的采访以及一位受到可口可乐公司赞助的科学家的采访。

2013年票房大卖的流浪动物电影续篇。

Jeremy, Richard and James talk about everything car-related. From new cars to how they're fueled, this show has it all.

是由国家广电总局、北京市广播电视局指导，优酷全网独播的大型系列纪录片《这十年幸福中国》定档10月12日。节目邀请24位实力演员穿越历史时空，以24位历史人物，展开20段历史故事，铸就中华五千年文明丰碑。

像父亲。其子。独一无二。《老》是对特立一格的电影制作人老罗伯特·唐尼(Robert Downey老)的生活和职业的一幅充满爱和不敬的肖像，它很快就转变为对艺术、死亡和治愈代谢性功能障碍的思考。

《空中浩劫》（Air Crash Investigation）是一个由加拿大的Cineflix公司所制作的纪录片节目。此节目主要介绍1970年代黑盒子发明之后所发生的近代重大航空事故。在第三季时，有三集穿插铁道事故及航海事故。此节目在不同频道播出有不同的英文名称，于加拿大的Discovery频道播出时称为“Mayday”，在美国播出时称为“Air Emergency”，而在英国、法国和其他国家播出时称为“Air Crash Investigation”。《空中浩劫》会以模拟演出的方式，分别以乘客、机师等不同人的视角，从一开始旅客登机、起飞，一直到事故发生、后续善后及调查为止，重现整个过程。在片中会穿插对于乘客及机师的访谈（若有生还者且其愿意受访时），另外也会访问空难调查人员、目击者等。取材以事故调查报告及相关新闻报道为主；若因调查单位不公开报告以致无法取得事故调查报告时，则会征询相关专家的说法以拼凑出全貌。此节目对于飞机外观、空服员制服、机场等制作考究，但也并非100%做到与当时完全一样，偶有不相符之处，如波音737驾驶室变成空中客车A320驾驶室。模拟演出时，会找与当事人相貌近似的的演员参与。

《空中浩劫》是一个由Cineflix公司制作的灾难纪录片节目，分别在国家地理频道及Discovery频道播出。此节目主要介绍1970年代黑匣子发明之后所发生的重大航空事故。《空中浩劫》一共有76集，以模拟演出的方式，分别以乘客、机师等不同人的视角，从一开始旅客登机、起飞，一直到事故发生、后续善后及调查为止，重现整个过程。在片中穿插对于乘客及机师的访谈，另外也会访问空难调查人员、目击者等。取材以事故调查报告及相关新闻报道为主；若因调查单位不公开报告以致无法取得事故调查报告时，则会征询相关专家的说法以拼凑出全貌。 by66影视httpwww.66yc.cc

1Deadly Reputation巴西天馬航空3054號班機2011年8月12日在2007年7月17日，巴西天馬航空3054號班機在聖保羅孔戈尼亞斯機場衝出35L跑道後，高速撞入巴西天馬快運的倉庫及其附近的加油站並且爆炸，199人罹難，包含12名地上人員。右側引擎推力逆向器的損壞，造成在飛機降落時，機師錯誤執行單側推力逆向器損壞的降落程序，產生左側引擎正在反推、右側引擎卻在全力加速的結果，最後飛機失去控制，滑出因雨天造成濕滑的跑道。機種：空中巴士A320-233發動機：IAE V2527E-A52The Plane That Flew Too High西加勒比海航空708號班機2011年8月19日在2005年8月16日，西加勒比海航空708號班機為躲避一個颶風造成的亂流而提升高度，不久後突然發生緊急狀況，機長向塔台彙報兩側引擎熄火後，飛機在委內瑞拉的一個牧場墜毀。調查發現引擎本身沒有問題，是因為除冰器啟動造成引擎供電降低，推力不足以提供幾達臨界負重的飛機足夠升力，失速後機長誤判為引擎熄火，正副機長又溝通不良，以致無法搶救。全機160人皆罹難。機種：麥道MD-82發動機：普惠JT8D-217A3Split Decision飛箭航空1285號班機2011年8月26日在1985年12月12日，從埃及載運美軍第101空降師回國的包機飛箭航空1285號班機，在加拿大紐芬蘭島的甘德國際機場中轉加油後，起飛不久即失速墜毀。256人罹難。正式報告認為未去除機翼上的冰，以及對飛機負重的低估，造成起飛速度不足，無法提供飛機足夠的升力而失速；但同時有人懷疑美軍可能在機上偷偷載運武器或爆裂物，在空中爆炸後造成失事。機種：麥道DC-8-63CF發動機：普惠JT3D-74Break Up Over Texas美國大陸快運2574號班機2011年12月29日在1991年9月11日，美國大陸快運2574號班機即將完成由拉雷多前往德克薩斯州休斯頓的路程，在機師準備降落時，突然從空中俯衝，左機翼撕裂並爆炸起火，最後墜毀，機上14人全數罹難。成因是維修時交班疏失，固定左側水平尾翼前緣的螺絲未裝上，造成飛行時脫離之後，機組人員立刻完全失去對飛機的控制。機種：巴西航空工業EMB 120巴西利亞型發動機：普惠PW1185Munich Air Disaster慕尼黑空難2011年12月29日在1958年2月6日，英國歐洲航空609號班機載著曼聯球隊，在慕尼黑機場加油後，經過兩次重新起飛，在第三次起飛時仍然起飛失敗，衝出跑道後撞上300公尺外的的一間民房，23人罹難。德國方的正式報告認為空難的成因是機長未要求除冰，機翼上的積雪及積冰導致飛機無法達到起飛速度，但後來英國方重啟調查之後，認為是跑道上積雪產生的雪泥造成飛機起飛前突然減速，才導致起飛失敗，還給機長清白。機種：空速AS-57大使型發動機：布里斯托661型6Turning Point西北航空85號班機2011年12月29日在2002年10月9日， 從底特律起飛前往東京的西北航空85號班機，在白令海35,000英尺上空時，垂直尾翼上的方向舵下半部突然左傾並卡死，令4名機師必須掉頭在阿拉斯加州安克拉治作緊急迫降。無人受傷。雖然經檢視發現控制方向舵的液壓系統管路中，有一處因金屬疲勞而斷裂，但其斷裂的根本原因至今仍未找到。機種：波音747-451發動機：普惠PW40567Bad Attitude大韓航空貨運8509號班機2012年1月20日在1999年12月22日，由大韓航空貨運營運的貨運航班8509號班機離開倫敦斯坦斯特德機場前往義大利米蘭，但起飛約55秒後即墜毀。機上4名機組人員全部罹難。空難的成因是慣性導航系統故障導致機長側的水平儀顯示錯誤，和文化上傳統尊卑觀念導致的機組人員溝通不良。機種：波音747-2B5F發動機：普惠JT9D-7Q8Blind Spot太平洋西南航空182號班機2012年1月27日在1978年9月25日，太平洋西南航空182號班機與一架正在進場前往林德伯格機場的塞斯納C-172 N7711G私人飛機在聖地牙哥的住宅區上空相撞並墜毀，它是當時美國史上最嚴重的空難。客機上載有135人，以及小飛機上的2人，全數罹難，地上也有7人死亡，墜機同時摧毀了22棟房屋。空難的主要成因是客機機師與航管員溝通上的失誤。機種：太平洋西南航空182號班機：波音727-214；N7711G：塞斯納C-172發動機：太平洋西南航空182號班機：普惠JT8D-7B；N7711G：萊康明IO-360-L2A9Under Pressure奈及利亞航空2120號班機2012年2月3日在1991年7月11日，奈及利亞航空2120號班機在吉達的阿卜杜勒-阿齊茲國王國際機場起飛後不久在飛行時起火。機組人員企圖回到機場未果，在跑道前墜毀。247名奈及利亞乘客和14名機組人員全部罹難。兩個機輪沒有充飽氣，在高溫的跑道上爆胎起火，隨著機輪收起，火勢在機內迅速蔓延，切斷液壓系統及電線，並燒穿機艙地板，最後在抵達機場前爆炸性燃燒造成墜機。機種：道格拉斯DC-8-61發動機：普惠JT3D-3B10I'm The Problem太平洋西南航空1771號班機2012年2月10日在1987年12月7日，一名叫大衛．柏克的前全美航空的員工因為被革職而心懷不滿，攜帶槍械乘上前主管從洛杉磯前往舊金山的太平洋西南航空1771號班機。起飛後，柏克射殺了前主管、空服員及兩名機師，並將引擎推力全開，造成飛機垂直俯衝並在加利福尼亞州聖路易斯-奧比斯保的一個牧場上墜毀。機上43人包括大衛．柏克全部罹難。當時機場對機組員及航空公司職員有免安檢通關的禮遇，駕駛艙門鎖容易開啟，造成凶手攜械上機的漏洞，並輕而易舉的進入駕駛艙射殺機師。機種：BAe 146-200A發動機：萊康明ALF502R-311Nowhere to Land中美洲航空110號班機2012年3月9日在1988年5月24日，從貝里斯市飛往紐奧良的中美洲航空110號班機，在墨西哥灣上空飛入一片風暴令引擎熄火。引擎重新啟動後起火，機師決定關閉引擎並迫降在美國紐奧良東部米角區美國國家航空暨太空總署米角裝配基地一條溪旁的寬草堤上。所有人生還。引擎設計時僅考慮高轉速時避免進水引起引擎故障，卻未考慮在準備降落引擎轉速較低時進水產生的影響。此設計失誤在此意外之後迅速得到修正。機種：波音737-3T0發動機：CFM56-3B112The Invisible Plane連尼治機場空難2012年3月23日在2001年10月8日，北歐航空686號班機，為一架麥道MD-87並載著110名乘客從米蘭飛往丹麥哥本哈根，但在米蘭連尼治機場的大霧中起飛時，在跑道上與一架載著4名乘客前往前往法國巴黎的Evex航空塞斯納引證二型私人飛機相撞。該MD-87受到嚴重的損毀並在附近的倉庫墜毀。客機110人、私人飛機4人與倉庫內的4名地勤人員，共118人罹難，另有4人受傷。事故主因是機場跑道及引道的標示不清，且沒有地面雷達指示飛機的位置，導致在濃霧中，航管員根本不知道私人飛機闖入跑道，造成飛機相撞。機種：北歐航空686號班機：麥道MD-87；Evex航空：塞斯納引證二型發動機：北歐航空686號班機：普惠JT8D-217C；Evex航空：威廉士FJ44-2C13Impossible Landing聯合航空232號班機2012年4月13日在1989年7月19日，聯合航空232號班機因位於機尾的2號引擎爆炸，殘片擊中並切斷了所有液壓系統的管路，令飛機失去控制。飛機決定迫降在蘇城，但因為飛機落地速度太快，機體在地面解體並起火燃燒。全機296名機組人員及乘客中，111人罹難。製造該引擎前葉片的鈦金屬，在純化過程中未能完全將氧、氮等雜質提出，造成葉片容易因金屬疲勞而斷裂。在此之後，DC-10的液壓系統管路經過重新設計，加上多處閥門，以防止液壓系統因漏液而失效。機種：麥道DC-10-10發動機：通用電力CF6-6D

《天梯：蔡国强的艺术》是当今世界最重要艺术家之一蔡国强的首部电影纪录片。既是一个从中国出发、成为具国际影响力艺术家的励志故事，也体现着新时代中国人的追求和精神。　　本片由奥斯卡金奖导演凯文·麦克唐纳（Kevin Macdonald）耗时两年，从纽约、布宜诺斯艾利斯、上海、北京、浏阳到家乡泉州，遍访艺术家的工作现场及其亲友、工作伙伴和专家，无限度深入蔡国强的工作和生活，并从数千小时的珍贵历史影像素材撷取精华，讲述蔡国强 80 年代从泉州出发，30 年来在五大洲不同文化间成长，并走向国际舞台成为享誉全球的爆破艺术家。纪录片中也揭露他壮观艺术背后的另一个真实—内心的脆弱、挣扎、妥协，和对家人、故乡、祖国土地深厚内敛的家国情怀。　　影片主线《天梯》—— 一座500米高的金色焰火梯子嘶吼着拔地而起，与无垠宇宙对话。这是蔡国强少年时代仰望天空、摸云摘星的梦想，二十多年来在世界不同地方屡试屡败，却从未放弃。2015年6月黎明，泉州小渔村惠屿岛海边，在国内技术专家和当地数百村民的帮助和见证下，他再次一搏，把《天梯》作为献给百岁奶奶和家乡的礼物……

The documentary follows the main stages of Janis Joplin’s life, from her performance at Monterey Pop in 1967 to Woodstock in 1969 and Festival Express in 1970, including interviews with relatives, friends and rock stars of her time. The soundtrack features Janis Joplin’s hits, among which Cry Baby, Mercedes Benz and Piece of My Heart. Amy Berg shows the woman behind the myth, other than the rock roll icon, unveils a gentle, innocent yet strong woman. Well known as rock icon, the personal story of Janis Joplin is very complex. Janis serves as a narrator, telling us her life through the letters she wrote to her friends, relatives and lovers, leading us in a journey that starts from her childhood.

Excerpts from the diary of a woman and beautiful images made in the post-war decades by a man combine to weave an enchanting narrative.

本片由珍妮佛皮顿导演操刀，讲述着珠穆朗玛峰的夏尔巴人在2014年4月18日发生的致命雪崩夺走16位夏尔巴同胞性命后，如何团结走出伤悲，更誓言要夺回属于他们的圣山。　　这是一部非常撼动人心的电影，带领我们前往从来没有去过的地方，实际深入夏尔巴人的生活，真正认识这群让攀登珠穆朗玛峰成为一种文化的当地人。

Netflix原创纪录片，讨论美国利益导向，且价值高达数十亿美元的医疗器材产业，如何将风险天天加诸在病患身上。

这是Freddie Flintoff、Chris Harris 和 Paddy McGuinness 四度联袂主持 Top Gear。他们将再次上路迎接一系列严峻挑战在探索中刷新自己与座驾的极限。本季Top Gear的亮点不仅包括三位主持人将应对中年危机车的棘手问题，同时他们还将前往苏格兰高地开启紧张又刺激的越野大冒险、试驾 007 系列电影中标志性的邦德车。最后他们还会开着各自父亲的旧车拾起过往回忆踏上一段怀旧之旅。本季还将对许多新发布的车型进行试驾测评 包括丰田GR 雅力士 、兰博基尼 Sian混合动力超级跑车和法拉利罗马跑车等。Top Gear 重新回归一场彻头彻尾的激烈角逐！

叙利亚内战期间，大马士革的耶尔穆克地区——数千名巴勒斯坦难民聚居地，曾发生过激烈的冲突。后来，叙利亚政府军包围控制了难民营。本片是一部拍摄日记，讲述了在此期间遭受残酷统治的平民的命运。导演阿卜杜拉·哈提卜就出生于耶尔穆克地区，这是他献给这片坚贞不屈的土地的情歌。

148Series 19, Episode 127 January 2013Damian Lewis　　Review Richard reviews the Pagani Huayra, the latest supercar from the Italian manufacturer. The car is capable of savage acceleration, with a lot of attention placed into the bodywork, interior and utilizing cutting edge technology. Despite the massive twin-turbo engine and horsepower, thanks to its sophisticated aerodynamic package, the car can easily be driven hard without the risk of spinning. The Huayra also set the fastest time on the Top Gear Test Track in the hands of The Stig, 113.8, beating the previous record, set by the Ariel Atom V8.　　News The Dacia Sandero is now on sale in the UK. The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black has been updated to produce extra horsepower, but the handling is still challenging. Jeremy claims that he has found a male equivalent version of Fifty Shades of Grey, presenting a kid's book about tractors. The new Chevrolet Stingray is announced. James May turned fifty the previous week. Also, the rally team composed of war amputees (previously mentioned in series 17, episode 6) finally completed their challenge of finishing the 2013 Dakar Rally.　　Review James reviews the new Bentley Continental GT, and notes the new engine and subtle ride characteristics. Believing that the Bentley, with four wheel drive system and a big, powerful engine, can handle things worse than a Welsh countryside road, James takes the car onto a Welsh stage of the World Rally Championship, with Kris Meeke behind the wheel, and James being the co-driver. Despite the car having less grip, more weight, an electronic handbrake (unsuitable for usage on a rally stage) and James not being proficient at giving pace notes, the Bentley was actually faster than one of the full WRC cars.　　Star In A Reasonably Priced Car Damian Lewis takes his turn in the car, and drifts the Kia Cee'd around the snow-coated test track and crosses the finish line sideways, setting the slowest ever time of 209.1. Jeremy cheers Damian up by making a separate board for snow (he justs put the time underneath and to the side of the fastest lap time on that board) and says that he is the fastest driver ever on their snow board.　　Challenge Jeremy attempts to build a car smaller than the Peel P50, naming his creation the P45. It was based on a quad bike, with bodywork fitted, designed to wrap around the driver. He then presented his idea to the 'Dragons' in a Dragons' Den style format. All of the dragons declare themselves out and back in the studio, Richard concludes that for the P45 to be put in production, Jeremy would have to be dead.　　149Series 19, Episode 23 February 2013Mick Fleetwood　　Challenge, Part 1 In another challenge, the presenters picked three super cars to take on an epic race. Since it was Hammond's turn to select the challenge location, the team went to the Western United States. Jeremy selected the Lexus LFA, James chose the new Aston Martin Vanquish, and Richard took the SRT Viper. After a brief drive in the Nevada desert, the trio headed to Las Vegas Motor Speedway, specifically the drag strip, to compete in drag races organized by the Las Vegas Police Department; whom organized it with the theory that allowing people to drag race, legally, at a closed circuit, would prevent street racing. Despite the high performance of their cars, the trio were beaten by modified production cars, and 4WD cars, in each of their drag races.　　News Jeremy comes up with a solution on how to solve the crisis affecting Britain's town centres sacking all traffic wardens and removing double yellow lines. The trio then review a Chinese product designed to stop drowsiness behind the wheel, before they took a first look at the 2013 Jaguar F-Type. They praised its styling, but criticized its high price tag of £60,000, as well as its target audience. James mentions Peugeot Citroen's car intended to run on compressed air; Jeremy attempted to use a fire extinguisher to demonstrate, but failed after only causing himself to turn slowly around.　　Challenge, Part 2. After leaving Las Vegas, James and Richard make fun of Jeremy's LFA for lacking not only Bluetooth connection and iPod connectors, but cup holders, despite being the most expensive car. They are then tasked to head to Willow Springs International Motorsports Park, but they instead stop on a grooved road, where each car drives over the grooves and produces notes. When they reach Willow Springs, they are forced to play an aerial version of Laser Quest, where they would drive 5 laps around the track, whilst being chased by two Aermacchi SF.260 armed with laser guns. In the end, James won the challenge by being hit only 17 times.　　Star in a Reasonably Priced Car Fleetwood Mac's Mick Fleetwood drove the Kia Cee'd around the Test Track with a lap of 145.4.　　Challenge, Part 3 Departing Willow Springs, the group headed for Los Angeles, California. In order to do real world testing, Richard devised a challenge to see who could burn the best elevens. The three instead ended up drawing a phallus and left LA. The team then stayed for a night in Palm Springs. However, the producers gave them a final challenge. The three would drive from Palm Springs to the Mexican border at Calexico the following morning, and the last to make it to the Mexican border would have to travel into the country itself to drive the Mastretta MXT, a Mexican sports car made fun of by the presenters in an earlier series, for a later segment on the show. In revenge for taking them to America, Jeremy and James sabotaged Hammond's Viper, causing him to lose 10 minutes in the race. Despite making a stop for fuel, Jeremy made it to the finish line first, with James in second. Richard then walked to the border being the last person to arrive. At the studio, James and Jeremy end by saying that the Viper was awful and that the Vanquish and LFA were amazing.　　150Series 19, Episode 310 February 2013Amy Macdonald　　Review Jeremy reviews the Toyota GT86 and the Subaru BRZ. The cars are almost identical, but Jeremy prefers the Toyota GT86. The Stig then completed a lap of the Test Track in 1313.　　News They discuss the new Subaru Impreza, which is not coming to UK, and they then talk about the new Maserati Quattroporte.　　Challenge, Part 1 The producers have reserved a single ticket to a football match at the San Siro in Milan, Northern Italy. The trio have a race from Wembley Stadium to the San Siro. Jeremy drives the Shelby Mustang GT500 and Richard and James travel on public transport. Similar to the previous race to Monte Carlo, Richard and James are not allowed to use any cars, and Jeremy is not allowed to use any trains. According to Jeremy, since the last epic race, the trains have become faster and boats have become slower. Richard and James opened up a big lead whilst travelling on the Eurostar, and arrive in Paris while Jeremy was still crossing the English Channel on a ferry. After reaching France, Jeremy discovers that the Mustang only holds 50 litres in its fuel tank. After leaving Paris, Richard and James discuss what to do upon arriving in Milan — as there are two of them but only one ticket. Hundreds of miles behind, Jeremy ends part 1 of the challenge stating out loud, I'm gonna lose!　　Star in a Reasonably Priced Car Amy Macdonald drove the Kia Cee'd around the Test Track in 144.4. During one of her practice runs, Amy accidentally destroyed one of the runway lights, which Jeremy gives to her after revealing the lap time.　　Challenge, Part 2 The high speed TGV slowed down as it approached the mountains that surround Northern Italy. Jeremy began to catch up and was nearly neck and neck with the train, until road works at the Mont Blanc Tunnel slow him down. The train starts to accelerate again and reaches Northern Italy ahead of Jeremy. Richard and James use a tube network to get to the streets near the finish line. James maintains his opposition to run on television and Richard runs off alone to find the finish line, which is at a bar in the IM Villa Veuve Cliequot. James then assembled a bike which he had hidden in one of his bags and rides to the bar, only to find that Richard is already there and has won the race and the ticket to the football match. Moments later, Jeremy arrived and accepted defeat for the first time ever in an epic race of all the series.　　151Series 19, Episode 417 February 2013Lewis Hamilton　　Review Jeremy reviews the Vauxhall Astra VXR, Ford Focus ST and Renault Megane Renault Sport Cup. The Stig did laps of each car, the Focus being the slowest at 129.6, the Astra VXR at 128.3, and the Megane in 127.7. Despite this, Jeremy chose the Astra VXR as the best overall car of the three.　　News They discuss the newest cars, such as the Alfa Romeo 4C, the next generation Ford Mustang would be sold in Great Britain, but the UK version would come with a 2.0 EcoBoost engine, and the importance of the handbrake turn in male development.　　Review Jeremy tests the all new Kia Cee'd, putting it through a myriad of strange road tests. Including Matt LeBlanc doing a lap with both the old and new Cee'd, Bruce Willis (in character as John McClane) testing the horn of the Cee'd, Eric Clapton testing its auxiliary input jack, and Jeremy testing the Cee'd's self parallel parking feature.　　Star in a Reasonably Priced Car Lewis Hamilton opens up about his move from McLaren to Mercedes AMG and takes the old Suzuki Liana around the Test Track, setting the fastest F1 time, a 142.9.　　Review As punishment for losing the previous race, Richard is forced to review the Mastretta MXT in Mexico. Minding his words, he states that the MXT was an ambitious undertaking for the first-time manufacturer, but that it had its share of flaws.　　Challenge Jeremy and James play car rugby using Kia Cee'ds and Kia Sportages at Twickenham Stadium and Stig in Vauxhall Astra Police car as the referee. Jeremy's team wins.　　152Series 19, Episode 524 February 2013James McAvoy　　Challenge, Part 1 Jeremy and Richard attempt to design a car targeted at elderly people. Jeremy demonstrates the complexity of modern cars' dshboard. Richard brings a Fiat Multipla and both modify it. Jeremy breaks the dashboard and replaces it considering it to be too complicated for elders. Richard asks for the airbags saying that it is dangerous for the elderly who are as delicate as children, and that he needs it for a safety feature. Jeremy makes a speedometer which reads 20 mph at the top speed, he also uses an old design switch for rear fog light which does nothing. Jeremy installs a pet-cage and replaces the back seat with high seat chairs and the Fiat badge with a Rover one. They paint it in beige after observing the shade of a hearing aid. Richard uses water-resistant fabric as seat covers, and while stitching hurts his eye. They complete the car and end the part 1 with Richard wearing heavy bandages over his left eye.　　News Volkswagen will launch GTI version of the new Golf and GT version of Up will be launched. Kia will launch the Pro Cee'd GT. The Mini Paceman is launched, and the trio mock the front end of the car, claiming that it looks depressing. The trio agree that the British are the best drivers. Alfa-Romeo releases photographs of the Gloria, in which the trio make fun of it's name. Richard had arrived late so James and Jeremy had attempted to play tennis with cars (which has a lot of editing).　　Review James reviews the new Range Rover in London. The new car is completely redesigned, 400 kg lighter due to Aluminium body, has active suspension, new gearbox, minimalist dashboard and offers better comfort. James then races it against TerraMax at Nevada Automotive Test Centre, Nevada. The race was to a hill 10 mile across, passing through rocky terrain, hillock, mud, river and sand-tracks. TerraMax was switched to drone mode during the race to deflate the tyres and take a short-cut. The Range Rover's automatic Terrain Response System is demonstrated. James takes a longer route to ascend the hill but still wins the race. At the studio, the trio consider the driverless cars to be not very practical.　　Star In A Reasonably Priced Car James McAvoy drove the Kia Cee'd around the Test Track with a lap of 143.6 despite having less experience of driving cars. He drove over grassy patch in the last corner but manages to keep the car under control.　　Challenge, Part 2 Jeremy and Richard road-test their car at Christchurch, Dorset. The car has large front bumpers made up of foam, large rear-view mirrors, squeaking ball under the brake-pedal, large magnifying-glass on the dashboard, sat nav (voiced by Richard Briers) with only four destinatons. The car has an artificial cat on the roof which later fell over on the way of Bingo hall. Richard later shows his system to find the location of parked car (the car activates a flare and then releases a balloon). Jeremy shows that the radio only plays Horse of the Year Show theme on a loop, which both later find to be irresistible to clap along. The name of the car is revealed to be The James. They pick up three elderly ladies from a pensioners' home for road-testing and drive them to a bowling club where it is shown that Richard fitted the airbag at the rear for parking assist which inflates the airbag on close proximity. Jeremy and Richard buy food for picnic, choosing only British foods. They attach the shopping trolley to Tow hitch and head for picnic. The roof of the car leaks as it rains. Jeremy and Richard end up choosing a picnic spot on roadside where they find the trolley to be damaged during reversing and the food to be soaked, however they ate the food which was not ruined. The next day both leave Christchurch and Jeremy shows his system to prevent the car from being driven on the wrong side of the road, the car initially sounds alarm and later the tyres, doors and other parts of the car explode which stops the car and renders it immobile. At the studio, James considers the heater to be complicated, the trio thank Richard Briers and announce the Africa special.　　153Series 19, Episode 63 March 2013No Guest　　First of the two-episode Africa Special, taking place in Africa. The episode was shot in 2012.　　Challenge, Part 1 Buy used estate cars for up to £1,500 in Britain and report at a small village in rural Uganda. Jeremy arrives in a BMW 528i Touring, Richard in a Subaru Impreza WRX Estate and James in a Volvo 850R Wagon. The challenge is to find the true source of the river Nile.　　They set off an discover that exploring isn't as difficult as first thought when they go on a nice easy drive and find Lake Victoria, of whom the Victorian Explorers thought was the source of the Nile. However they are then told that it is not the actual source of the Nile and there were two other disputed locations for it, one in Rwanda and one in Burundi. However, Jeremy Clarkson insisted that both of these locations were wrong and decided to head west towards Lake Edward to see whether there was a link between that lake and Lake Kivu in Rwanda.　　In their journey west, where they visit the Entebbe Airport and from there see the Ford Scorpio Estate back-up car. They continue into Kampala, Uganda's Capital City where they get held up in a traffic jam overnight, the most hurrendous traffic they'd ever seen.　　They continue on well-maintained highways west finding their trip incredibly easy before reaching the town of Mbarara in the southwest of the country, via a stop in Jezza, a village in Mpigi District. Here they stay in a disgusting hotel, after driving through tea plantations in an attempt to discover a lovely teahouse hotel, which in the mind of Richard, was bound to found due to tea programmes he'd seen.　　In Mbarara they stayed in the Economic Lodge with Jeremy having a bed with faeces on it. They left the hotel disgusted before Richard has the idea to make the cars 'hotels'. James modifies his Volvo by adding a library, Richard adds a cooker and Jeremy adds a coffin. The coffin he uses to put his clothes in, he sleeps on Egyptian Cotton.　　They leave for Lake Edward, camping overnight there because of its beauty before heading in search of the river heading for Lake Kivu. None of the rivers connect the lake as they all head east rather than south. They give up, leaving them disappointed. Then Jeremy looks at a map and discovers the source of the Nile must be on the other side of Lake Victoria. His reasoning is that the Mediterranean Sea is effectively an inland sea and so Gibraltar is the true mouth of the Nile, rather than Alexandria in Egypt.　　After discovering this they decide that they must drive straight to the other side of Lake Victoria to get to the southeast coast in Tanzania near the Serengeti. They start this journey by heading south into the Rwenzori Mountains, finding the going hard and most of the time getting their vehicles stuck in mud.