Top Gear (series 18)
| Top Gear (series 18) | |
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
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| Original network | BBC Two |
| Original release | 28 December 2011 – 11 March 2012 |
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The eighteenth series of Top Gear was aired during 2012 on BBC Two and BBC HD and consisted of 7 episodes, beginning on 29 January and concluding on 11 March. The series was preceded by a full-length, special edition episode that was aired on 28 December 2011 and entitled the "India Special", while later on 29 October 2012, Richard Hammond hosted a special-edition episode that coincided with the Bond film series' 50th Anniversary, entitled "50 Years of Bond Cars". In addition, the BBC Children in Need 2012 special featured its own version of the show's segment, "Star in a Reasonably Priced Car", between three of the BBC's newsreaders.
Seeking to help encourage trade with India, despite (the then) British Prime Minister David Cameron wishing they won't, the boys head out and see if they can promote British goods to the Indian public, each taking with them a British car that they hope will help with the job - Clarkson opts for the stylish Jaguar XJS, May chose the luxury of a Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow, and Hammond takes the classic Mini Cooper. On their "trade mission", the presenters attempt to speed up Dabbawala delivery in Mumbai with little success, bring motorsports to Jaipur with a hill-climbing event, host an ambitious but rubbish trade fair in Delhi, before modifying their cars for a trek up into the mountainous, Himalayan region of Himachal Pradesh and their final destination of Shipki La.
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