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Top Gear: Series 21, Episode 7 – Burma Special (2/2)

• The boys continue to battle their way across Burma.
• They head towards Thailand for their final challenge – to build a bridge over the River Kwai.

Episode Guide

After attending a party in the Shan State, the presenters reach what they believe is the River Kwai, where they are challenged with building a bridge over the river, and are not allowed to go home until all three lorries have driven over it. The next morning, they realize the river is wider than they had imagined. James plots a bridge meanwhile Hammond goes into town looking for supplies and Jeremy goes into town looking for food and other workers. Jeremy gets workers and brings back a large crane which eventually fails and tips over destroying a part of the bridge, nearly killing James in the process. Halfway through construction, Jeremy discovers that the river is actually River Kok. In the end the bridge is completed and each of the vehicles are driven over it, completing the challenge. During the end credits, each member of the cast and crew’s first name was credited as “Sir Alec”, in homage to Sir Alec Guinness, who starred in the movie, The Bridge on the River Kwai .

00:02 – 01:39 – Primal Scream – Dolls (Sweet Rock and Roll) (Instrumental) 02:00 – 02:17 – ? MP3 Sample 02:17 – 02:26 – Shigeru Umebayashi – Battle in the Forest 02:23 – 03:05 – Alexandre Desplat – The Commute 03:19 – 03:39 – Philip Glass – Norbulinka 03:38 – 04:54 – U.N.K.L.E – Hold My Hand (Instrumental) 05:07 – 06:20 – Ryuichi Sakamoto – First Coronation 07:18 – 07:51 – The Byrds – Eight Miles High 07:54 – 08:17 – Bloc Party – Coliseum 08:24 – 08:51 – Steppenwolf – The Pusher 09:07 – 09:18 – Roy Budd – M5 (SK 2) 09:21 – 09:44 – Elton John – Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word 09:44 – 10:28 – Kenji Eno – The Fear Theme (The Cinematic Orchestra’s Re-interpretation) 10:30 – 11:05 – Tan Dun – Warriors 11:09 – 11:21 – Cong Su – Lunch 11:44 – 11:56 – ? MP3 Sample 12:07 – 12:19 – City of Prague Philharmonic – The Last Samurai 12:42 – 13:01 – Roy Budd – Sire Scouts Chinese 13:47 – 13:57 – Alexandre Desplat – Beirut Taxi 14:16 – 14:19 – ? MP3 Sample 14:19 – 14:31 – Roy Budd – IP 1M1 16:25 – 17:06 – ? MP3 Sample 17:53 – 18:23 – The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Train #2 18:25 – 18:38 – ? MP3 Sample 18:35 – 19:15 – City of Prague Philharmonic – The Last Samurai 19:38 – 19:45 – Roy Budd – IP 1M1 19:49 – 20:27 – Band of Skulls – Lies (Instrumental) 21:35 – 21:48 – Cong Su – Lunch 22:07 – 22:23 – Tan Dun – Desert Capriccio 22:37 – 22:42 – Tan Dun – Desert Capriccio 23:10 – 23:23 – Shigeru Umebayashi – The House of Flying Daggers 23:55 – 24:05 – Roy Budd – Sire Scouts Chinese 24:36 – 24:48 – Shigeru Umebayashi – Beauty Song 25:04 – 25:20 – Primal Scream – Tenement Kid 25:22 – 25:51 – Shigeru Umebayashi – Battle in the Forest 26:02 – 26:23 – Alan Silvestri – Doors Open from Both Sides 26:23 – 26:48 – Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard – Tadarida 26:54 – 27:20 – Philip Glass – Chinese Invade 27:28 – 27:39 – Cong Su – Lunch 27:44 – 28:28 – Tan Dun – Warriors 28:42 – 29:17 – City of Prague Philharmonic – The Last Samurai 30:21 – 31:03 – ? MP3 Sample 31:03 – 31:30 – City of Prague Philharmonic – The Last Samurai 31:34 – 32:16 – The Velvet Underground – Heroin 32:16 – 32:48 – David Holmes – Paper Underwear 32:48 – 33:51 – Doves – The Cedar Room 34:59 – 35:31 – Shigeru Umebayashi – No Way Out 35:34 – 35:54 – Roy Budd – M5 (SK 7) 36:13 – 36:31 – Ennio Morricone – Per Qualche Dollaro in Piú 37:09 – 37:36 – Malcolm Arnold – Working on the Bridge 37:48 – 38:01 – Barnaby J. Robson – Death or Glory (c) 38:48 – 39:02 – Malcolm Arnold – Working on the Bridge 39:10 – 39:31 – James Horner – Combat Drop (Percussion Only) 39:54 – 40:05 – Barnaby J. Robson – Death or Glory (c) 40:33 – 41:10 – City of Prague Philharmonic – King Rat March 41:38 – 41:51 – Shigeru Umebayashi – Ambush in Ten Directions 42:36 – 42:55 – City of Prague Philharmonic – Climbing Navarone 43:33 – 43:42 – Malcolm Arnold – Working on the Bridge 43:59 – 44:11 – James Horner – Combat Drop (Percussion Only) 44:11 – 44:27 – Ron Goodwin – Escape from the Cable Car 45:16 – 45:31 – Malcolm Arnold – Working on the Bridge 45:55 – 46:57 – City of Prague Philharmonic – Kelly’s Heroes 47:06 – 47:28 – City of Prague Philharmonic – The Guns of Navarone Suite 48:28 – 48:56 – City of Prague Philharmonic – King Rat March 49:48 – 49:56 – Alexandre Desplat – I’ll Walk Around 50:53 – 51:35 – City of Prague Philharmonic – The Guns of Navarone Suite 52:24 – 52:33 – City of Prague Philharmonic – The Cliff is Conquered 52:33 – 53:01 – City of Prague Philharmonic – Climbing Navarone 54:03 – 54:47 – Tan Dun – The Eternal Vow 54:56 – 55:10 – City of Prague Philharmonic – The Guns of Navarone Suite 55:25 – 55:41 – ? MP3 Sample 56:33 – 56:59 – ? MP3 Sample 57:13 – 58:13 – Ron Goodwin – The Chase to the Airfield 58:16 – 58:46 – Alexandre Desplat – I’ll Walk Around 58:50 – 59:57 – ? MP3 Sample 59:54 – 60:30 – Ron Goodwin – Battle of Britain Theme: End Title 61:09 – 61:57 – The Mike Curb Congregation – Burning Bridges

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What Ever Happened To Top Gear’s Bridge From The Burma Special?

2014 Top Gear was perfection. It featured the McLaren P1 , horny horses, and the Burma Special episode. But however much we liked this episode, there’s one aspect of it that we’ve never discussed. What happened to that bridge they built?

Driving three lorries, Clarkson, Hammond and May were following the structure of the book,  Bridge Over The River Kwai. And just like in the book, they eventually go to a river which they had to cross. It was no surprise that somewhere in their travels they’d gone wrong and were in fact not at the famous River Kwai, but instead the River Kok, which flows from Burma to the East towards Mueang Chiang Rai in Thailand. Yep, they were a few hundred miles out.

Despite this, they got to building the bridge.

After a few technical difficulties, including Jeremy tipping over a crane and nearly killing James, then tipping a just woken up James out of his tent and into the river, they eventually had something built that resembled a bridge.

It worked, but there were a couple of problems. One, a comment Clarkson made about the bridge became viral after he used a racial slur in a joke and caused quite a stir. Two, well, they had to dismantle it afterwards despite it being strong enough to cross.

Someone on Reddit emailed the campsite in which the trio were staying throughout that special episode, and they replied with all the information we needed. This was their reply:

Hi, Thanks for this. You are correct and they did stay with us. Indeed I found the location for them and we organized all the logistics. Unfortunately, the bridge was then taken down after the filming even though we asked for it to remain in place as it was an excellent facility for the local people. The bridge was not built over the Kok, but over the Fang River which flows into the Kok, for a number of reasons. Best wishes,

What a shame that this masterfully(ish) built bridge had to be taken down. At least we’ve still got the special to remember it. And the massive backlash that Clarkson received, of course.

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Top gear: the burma special.

Directed by Kit Lynch-Robinson

In this special Clarkson, Hammond and May don’t just buy three knackered old lorries and drive miles through the beautiful landscapes of Burma. Oh dear no. They actually have to use their lorries to do something useful. They have to build a real, use able bridge over the River Kwai. On their way to the river they almost bring down Burma’s power supply, encounter the world’s least relaxing truck stop, race around the streets of a deserted capital, saddle up a trio of unhelpful horses and attend a completely deranged party.

Jeremy Clarkson Richard Hammond James May

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Kit Lynch-Robinson

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Andy Wilman

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The episode saw the presenters travel across Vietnam and Cambodia in a trio of boats, heading across the Mekong River towards the Tonle Sap Lake.

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Synopsis [ ]

The trio switch from four wheels to zero as they attempt to take three powerboats across Mekong River.

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The episode was filmed in June/July 2019 in Vietnam and Cambodia. Filming for the conclusion of the episode was disrupted by a monsoon, with Jeremy Clarkson writing in a column that the production crew needed rescuing.

• This is the first special episode of Top Gear or The Grand Tour since the Burma Special to not feature cars as the primary mode of transport. The only other special episode not to feature cars is the Vietnam Special .
• Further, it is the first special episode of the show to not feature some form of on-road vehicles.
• This is the second time the trio returned to a country for a second Special. The only other occurrence of returning to a country previously visited, was during the Patagonia Special which briefly revisited Chile which had also been featured at the end of the Bolivia Special.

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Ep 7. Burma Special, Part 2

• March 24, 2014
• 9.2   (896)

As the second part of the Burma Special, the Top Gear team continues on their daring journey across Myanmar, or Burma, with the aim of reaching the river wherein their chosen means of transportation, three decrepit trucks, are to be taken by barge back to their starting point in Thailand. But with the country's troubled political climate, the trip proves to be more challenging than they initially thought.

As the journey continues, the three truck drivers face endless problems, from rough terrain to various mechanical failures. There are also cultural challenges to deal with as they make their way through remote tribal areas while dodging the country's military regime.

The trio's specially-prepared trucks are hardly up to the challenge, with one near-collapse requiring the replacement of its drive shaft, while another's electrical system barely avoids detonating in a spectacular ball of fire. While hitching a ride on dredging barges, the team faces danger from various boats and crafts that are forced to share the same, narrow waterways.

Despite the challenges, the hosts remain in high spirits, enjoying the unexpected experiences and encounters that come their way. Along the way, they have the chance to sample some of the local cuisine and view some of the stunning landscapes and vistas of Myanmar, including stunning pagodas, bustling markets, and remote villages.

As the special draws to a close, the trio is finally pitted in a race against themselves before bidding farewell to their trucks, the land they had crossed almost end-to-end and the locals they meet along the way.

Featuring the same great humor, daring challenges, and stunning visuals that Top Gear fans have come to know and love, this episode of the Burma Special is a riveting, action-packed adventure that delivers non-stop thrills and laughs.

• Genres Automotive
• Cast Jeremy Clarkson James May Richard Hammond
• Channel BBC Two
• First Aired March 24, 2014
• Content Rating TV-14
• Runtime 62 min
• Language English
• IMDB Rating 9.2   (896)

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