Movie: Top Gear: Botswana Special

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James May
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Jeremy Clarkson
Jeremy Clarkson

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Richard Hammond
Richard Hammond

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    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.

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    2007-11-04

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