巅峰拍档(/;/第十九季
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= +1! 4 8Series=` 19, Episode 1* 27 January 2013Damian Lewis _ Rev[ #-i,#;ew: Richar d reviews th*e % :_Paga $ ,n,i $ Huayra, the` late s `t supercar from the Italian manufact.,^^ur= er. The + car is capable of savage accele/ration, with a lot of]^ atte nti :o` n plac\/ed ,int o th ,e body* work, + \ interior #+$$an:d uti)l$`izing cutti-ng ed$)^ge technolo( =gy. Despite the m^=assive tw,* in-tur__bo e(@ng[i ] `:ne and horsepower, thanks ]@ t %o it s sophistica,*ted aerodynamic package,=.. the car ),#can ?eas ily)@ be drive [n =:ha_=/\rd without the risk of spinnin\!_g. #\%T)!%he Huayra also s)-e ;t th ;e fastest $t @ime o(n the Top G -e ,ar ` )Test T`- rack *` in th^?e % ha\@+ nds of_ The Stig! * , + 1:13.8, )beating the pre.vious rec*/ ord, set-* ;by %the Arie-\ l Atom=$% V8. News: T ,he Dac::[ia $%= S.=ander o is n ow on sale in the UK. The M,ercedes-Benz SLS AM *_G B %l^ack has been updated to pro /#duce[ e^#_`xtra hor*$sepower, but the handlin/g is s +[t [ill ) ch*all][)engi ^#ng.@ Je !remy `claims ; that he ha=_(]s fo / und;; ][a ma$* $le equiv + alent ve,( rsion o*+f . Fifty S *hades of $@Grey, pr]+esenting a kid'`s book +#about*] tractor=::s. $/The ]- new Chev:,r$olet Sti:ngray #i% s ann!:/ounced.!; Jame##s Ma$,y tu+_+]rned f[^ifty the$\/. pre;vi.?$ ous w-eek. Also, the rally te*am co!m ..!po-\sed of war amputees (^previ_;=ously mentioned in series 17, episod*.e ]/6) fin? +all y com (plet,$ed their challenge :=of finis`h i:`ng the #;20 $13 Dakar Rally. Review: Jam [es reviews t-,h$!-e new Ben[;_[tley Contine )*nta l GT, and %*note s the new , (engine a/nd= su:`btle+ +\ ride ?chara($cter i?stic=@s. Belie .ving : `that the Bentley, wit_ h f`our wheel dr_i * ve ;#@-system and a\ #big(,) powerful eng@@ine, can ^ h #_andle things worse than a Wels-_(h % co@+.untrysid e road, = Ja #m%es( takes the -- car onto / a [ W/ els h stage of the W .orld Ral)?ly](_ Cha$mpion^**ship,#*? w( ith:(*, ; Kris _ M !eek =)e b )ehi=#nd the w#:@he# \!el,#= and James being ]the c @]:o-d:`riv)er. ] @Despite th - (e car having less gr _.ip, -more + weight, =]an electronic h ^ andbrake / (un*su)itab+^le for usage on a rally +[*st age) @+:and J=^?ames not be-#ing proficient a t giving pa(ce note / %s, t +)he B?+en*:tley was actually$ fast\er than=? %* one of the ful;l, #%WRC cars$- . : Star I/]n ./ A [`Reas on) ^ably Price--d !] Car: Damian L ^e[: wis take : s his[+ turn in the c+^ar, and drifts %t,he K#-i $a Ce ]e'(`d^. aroun;[d the s#(]now-co@ate d test $[track a? nd cross=`es the finish li\! n ; ^e][ sidew! ! ays, setti%ng the @ `slowes`@ t \ever time of 2:09. ]1. J`/ere=.m;y cheer-, _s Damian= up by making a separate boar$.:d for snow (he justs !put the ` .time / underneath a`$nd to the side of `the _ fastest lap time (on tha!@t board) a_ nd says# .that_)-=+ he is the fast- e (st d //riv]=/er eve+,]r on the#!ir &`quo,tsn ,o @w boa]- rd&; quot. % Challenge: Jeremy attempts + to build # a car s]? maller /than t h+,/?e Pe ?: el P50, na:^;ming his )creat,io;!+n the?: P45#]!_. ,*! It was based - \,on/ ?: a q_]uad bike, with b =odywo)[rk fitted, designed to wrap * around the drive% @r. He then presen!:,ted his ]/idea to %/the &#,*. 39Dragons' in a Dragons' Den$ $ styl_ e fo $rmat. Al ^l of the dr$@ agons_ ,^ declar=;^e themselves. "/# o ut" and^= = .-back+ in the studio, Ri :chard conc `=ludes that f?or t[he P4?\5 to be put i=%,n $ production, Jere+/ my wou@`.ld have to be dead. 149S%:eries ^-19, Episod[-[e 2, 3 F / ebruary 20 ;13M@!ic$+ k Fle@*etw/ -ood Ch=%:allenge, Part ` 1: In anothe ]^r#,_ ch:- %allenge, the$$ p=.resent^ers picked thr _ee super cars t.o t]#)ake # ) on an epic r;ace.($ Since it was +. Hamm)o$nd%9s turn to sel# ;ect the ch`-allenge loca@)]ti;on, the team \ we+ `@nt to th $e West`%;ern? United Stat? es.. Jeremy select _ed the Lexus LFA, James chose th=.)-e new Aston-. Martin Vanqui\-s+h, and Richard t o`ok the SRT); Vip_er. Afte ?$r a brief drive in the Nev/ )+ada desert, t(]he tr^/.*]io heade *d to; Las Vegas Motor +Speedw%_ ay, sp^)eci fic_.a:;;lly^: ^the drag strip, to co]#.mp:ete`/ )^in dr @ag r#aces organiz ` ed `by`[ th*@e Las% Vegas . Police Dep #artment whom( -organi[/.z ^)ed_ *it wit h ^;%/_the ]^)theor y that allowing people to drag ra\-,?ce, le *ga (-lly, at a c!losed cir`^]cuit, wo^?uld prevent !street racing. Despite the!@ high per)]]form$_ance o%):@f their cars, the trio w ere b($[eaten by modified p=roduct:$io= :[n car `s, and 4WD cars, i%+ (n each of their*#: d* rag r]ace] s. News: ,@Je(remy comes + %up with a s,o^lution+=. on ?=how -= t],o solve the c ??ris; ;is aff!%ecting B\ritain'$[s town centres !: sacking all traffic war! den^ +s and r[_emo#\ vi]]_$n;!g double yellow[@ lines. The trio then review# a Chinese product des!\ @igne/@d`?^$ (;-.to stop ;)dro !/ws iness behin+#d t he w#_;#he*el, b ef#[ore ,th./ey took a :$,fi !.+ rs,(?t lo-;$ok at the 2013 Ja/;guar F-Type. T ):?hey praise%(d -?its sty.;ling,/ b*+^ut cr /itici?*#zed its high$[! p@rice tag of £60,000, as well as%[ its. ta-;rget aud\ ience. James mention + s Peugeot Citro\$en's car i@_=nt%*\ended t#.o run on compre^]\ssed air Je;%,rem_/ y atte \mp + #ted` $ to%\ use a .fire `:*e]%x(tingui-_?*sher` to demonstrate , [bu`%.t `:@f))ailed-- after on;ly cau=sin [$(g hims%elf :; to turn[\ slowly a roun;\d. Cha#[^ll:/enge, P a rt 2. : Afte .r leaving !-Las Ve$gas, Ja: me) s and !%Richard m# : ak.!-e fun -%- of Je=*remy's LFA for lack)ing not only [Blue! #tooth): connec_,tio n%# and_( iPod con nectors, but -^cup ho_@^l ders, despit%e#.^ -=being the most ? expensive car. They are ].then ta(sked to hea@d t(_@o Willow Sprin?,g *s I\ nternatio)# na^/;l Motors [p _orts Park, but they ins; tea* d st/([op ,on^ a grooved r#oa(\d, wher .e ] eac-?h-; c`ar d%rives over th#e-^ groo\ves and ?produces( % ;note ]s. When t.hey reach Wil+! low Springs, they `?/are_ for `ced t)o p @*l]-# ;ay an ae rial version of Laser`## Quest, where =they w, ould drive 5 laps, around the track, whi%lst being(_ chase? d by tw o Aerma- cchi SF .260 armed w ith[_ la )ser ](g! +uns. In_^\\ the end, Ja://mes won t )_[he challenge `[by bein/:g hit only//! 17 tim$!_e$+[ s., Star in a Reas onably Pr]i-;+ce % d Ca@+r: F?leetwood Ma)c& #39s*+ `)!Mick Fl ^ eetwoo-d drov_$e the Kia Cee'd.( arou=.nd,) t$?$he Te:st Track #??with a la _p of);_ 1:45.4. Chall[ en/ge , Part 3: D!), e\[pa rting Willo; :w S[[prings, th!=(e group ):headed $;for Lo+ s Ang?eles@@, [ C$alif*:o#\r :nia? .=: In o_rder` to do &qu?`(#otrea!l`$ ; world%&\ quot! testi*`$ ng, Ric@hard devis*ed a chall$-enge to see ! [who=@@# co_=- #uld `burn^ \ the b^^est elevens. The+; three in= s ?tead e@:nded u!p draw? in= @@g a !?p] h=allus :@ an d left LA . The. ( team.; ]#then )stayed for a ni_ ght in Palm Spr((%in-\:gs..# Ho%wever, the( /. producers g;: #ave` t.. hem a fina? [l c= hallenge. The thr-ee wou`\ld dri) ve- fr,`#om Palm Springs .to the Mexica;:# n bo ; rde r at Calexico the follo)wing%; morn-; ing, a@+=nd the last to make it to=] the Mexican border\_ w;)o@+uld ha`?ve to:+@ #t:$ravel into the=%! co u`nt ry i(^(##tself to drive the M^ astr ett a(@ MXT[(, a#`@! Mexic$;(a;$ n sports#` car/* made fun o%,f by the$/ presenters in an earlier se,@%?-ries, f +or-) a later se+:gment on the show. In re? ven@?g e for* taking them to Am %$\?eri ,!ca$[, Je$-remy and?[ James sabot [(aged H@ ammond&#/%39s Viper,[: ca` using him to lose 10 ^minute*!s in t^- he rac* [e.` Des %)pite ma, ki,ng _ a st+^ op for f :uel, Je[:\remy mad=e it to t;^ he .`fi@nish line first, :*wit\+h Ja ]#mes in se/co_nd. Ri]chard [_.then )[% wa!_lked to the border b eing th\e l. :?ast person to arri;v\e. At(= the studio[[ , James:= a!^nd/ Jeremy e+?nd by \_.saying tha; t t^ he Viper was awful a! nd t@h_`at the Vanquish and LFA were ],[a^= ,mazing. 150Serie.s 19, Ep: isode 310 [Februar_y*[ 2]\013]Amy )[+[M!acdona/_ld R_ /evi?ew?\: Jere)\m= y r *-eviews t\h!e=((* Toyo=# %ta GT86 and the$ $ Subaru B_^RZ. _ ( The cars_ are almos+(!t ])/id[entical, bu-^:t Jeremy#@@ pre/-fers the Toyota\$, GT/86. The Stig^?^ t^ hen com :plete:d a lap] of ^$.!th e Te(:[st Track in _1:^ . 31:[_@:3. News: They ;discuss the #new Subaru Im_:/pr=eza, which is not coming to) UK, and t =,he )y th (en talk a=bout the n-*_ew Mas.!-erati Q%uattroporte,:. Cha?@ll_e, nge^[, Part 1: The producers(]:! have re?served .; a single^) ticket to a %$#(footba ll-\[ match /; at the S a n* ; Siro in Milan, North] e= rn _Italy. Th(.\e ;trio :+have [@a rac+=!e from W `$`e mbley Stadium ._ to +])the San^ Si )ro . J%eremy drives the [ Sh_elb.; y Musta)@,ng GT [500 a n_(:d Richard/ and James travel +.o\$^n publ-,_i*%c transp (^%ort. Si$%(milar to the previou,+s race to Monte Carlo, Richard an `[d James are. n$__ot allowed to\+!`? %;use any cars, and Jer (\\emy i s not allowed to %us=(e any tr( ai=:$ns. ;^`Accor :`ding to Je $remy, sin]\`ce the la(st] epic ra/.ce( ., the tra_-ins have ,.)#become fas_t er and[ boats have become slower.:- Richar)d an(? d James o [p en%[ed ] up *# # a big l;@ead] w_* hi =#l )s$ :t travelling on the Eurostar, and arrive in Paris ); while Je r[^emy was still crossin:( @)g [. (the English Channel on a fe^@]rr *?y# ^. After re$ac:,_hing@`. F]\rance, Jeremy discover^ *`s; t?-hat the Mustang.]? only holds 50 l)itres in ( #it-s f-[ uel tank. A+(!fter\#: +` l%ea+ving P? aris, Richard and James !discuss , wha]*,)t to do upon arrivi*;ng i( n _: Milan —; a s ther^-e,+ are tw `o of the\\m bu t only %:o*?ne tick(@et. ^Hundreds /; +of mile=s `@behin$ `d, *`/Jeremy ends =.part 1 # of ?the challe) +ng^$: e s?tat$+ing out loud?*, , "I&# 39m go! nna los e![&[^quot @ S ,tar+] in a )Reasonably Priced C`?] ar: Am : y Macdo!:%\/na+%ld dr?.ove the@\`( Kia Cee'd around /\ \the Test Track i n 1:4- 4.+4. Durin]^g one of her practice\^ - runs, Amy acc` i(_ denta$ $lly destroyed o;?,ne o@f th@#?e \runway ligh*t, s, whi;ch * ;Jere\my gi _^ves to her ;= aft *e+ r reveali@%ng the? l).=?ap time. \. Cha^ lleng@?e%, Part 2!?: :T$.he high speed TGV:[- ;sl-+_owed down as?= it approac*hed the;/$@] mou (nta(/ ins that surround Northern Italy. # ^@J_+eremy began to ca/(.tc h up and :@ was near- ly neck and neck wi/!th t he train, until r!._*oa d works at the Mont, (!/Blanc Tun :nel;@^ slo\w @]+h ,im dow=#\n. The (t.=/=rain starts t% o ..#accelera /t ?e)[=@ agai ; n an=; d ?reaches Nor t+^hern ^Italy@ ahead of Jerem+ y. Richar#d and James use a )$-!tub^ e network to ? g :#e t to the str:eets , = near t% he finish line . J$=ame`s _?mai^^ntains his @? oppos@, ition t o run on telev %;i+ :[sion and ;,@Richa_ r] ?d r`\?uns of f alone*[: to fi nd the ? finish line, which`? i=s at !`!a bar in the IM ] \ Villa Veuve ,Cl`(!i) )equot. Ja#mes t(,,hen assembled+? a bike -%_which h@[_e had hidden i:.=n o.ne!*. of @his bag .s and r=id `es t/o the bar, on;^ly to find tha],!t Richard is%\ alread= y the-$re and has won the +rac\e and the/[` ti`cket to the footb?:all ]match. Moments later, Jeremy arrived and a? ccep-% ^ted defeat for ^?+?the f(_irst tim!+e ]#];ever in (--an ep=ic rac:e of al*`-l the)@ series. 1;+?51Series 19,$%[ Episo de )=417 February 2013Lewis Hamilton Revie,=w! ;/: Jeremy re_views the V[@^auxha`,+ll Ast^-#ra ?(VXR, + For-d? + Focus ST a=nd Ren;/ ault Mega )*ne@ Rena:,u@ lt :`$Sp. o#rt Cup. The Stig did la:=ps of eac`![h car, th e Foc=u s. .*!being the /=slowest at.,- 1:2 9.[((_6; *], th_e Astra VXR at 1:28.3, ]^and/]* )th/ =e Megane i@@n 1:27.7. Despite ^,thi# s, J[? eremy c)+h:o? se th !e Ast(#ra VXR as the be* _st (\!overal;].l @ car of t`he t hree.] News: The y ]discu ss the n_ ewest cars, s[/u!]ch as the Alfa Romeo _4C, th+\e next ge-neration Ford Mu +sta*;ng would b%;)e sold @#in Great Britain, but the UK #versio n woul !d come with a@ ] 2.`\0 EcoBoost?@ eng@?in\e, and the importanc!e of the h_ =an`dbrake turn in .:` &q =uot)male $ de[#!.velop [=m_^ent:\^&qu!,%o t. Revi ew: Jeremy te=sts the all $) new Kia \ Cee'd, pu\--tti%;ng it thro ugh a myria]d o f:( ,- :stra, (n/.ge road tests. In-clu$ding Matt LeBlanc doing a lap w= ith both :+^th\e old $ $a@^ @nd [@ne#@w Cee'd, \Bruce W(\illis (in character .%^ as J/ohn M.cClane) testi ! ng the horn of t[=he Ce.^[e'd, Eric\ C]-l=apt on testing );its au_$\xili;=ary input jack, ;]and Je.re[-my [` testin\ %g the Cee&#(39d&/:#(/;$ 39s s$%]elf p)arallel ; par(-king featu?\r*e. S^-ta% r in a Reaso nably Priced= Car: Lewis Hamilton o_%pens up _about his move from M cLar-en to Mercedes AMG and [ ?ta#]k/#es` the old Suzuki# Lia`.-na -;\ around the Test T(rack,^ set`ting t he fastes/)t F1 time, a 1?:42 ?:.9. Review: As punishment fo]r l[!osing the prev ious race,* Rich ard is$ f%\#orc ed to rev iew the _ ^(Mastretta MXT in?? Mexico. Min d ?ing h :is words, (he states t^*:?.hat t he MXT was an ambiti_`#ou_]s undertaki, %ng for the@ first-time manufa/cturer, but that it ;= h-a- *d its]/`^ share of flaws. Challenge: Jeremy and ^Jame^/s play [^car; r]u) gby#!] usin g @Kia Cee'$_%ds and Kia Spor;ta\ges at Twickenham Stadi/^um and Sti g in)[ Vauxhall Astra Po=[lice car as *the @[ :re #!f(]eree. Jeremy's$ team wins. 152]+!Se?)ries 19, Ep/isode ]5 ?[24 February *( 2013James McAvoy ) C@-,hallenge, Part$! 1: Je\ remy.^,]_ and?- Richard attempt to design a car targeted at el_ derl( y people. J `=e _remy demonstrates the com._plexity of : modern # # cars^,,9 ds hb%.`[oard.$/% Richard bri ;. ngs a Fiat ?Mu+ltipla and * both mo+ di.fy it.*;`_ Je /remy brea]%ks% the dashboar%?d and replac es i ;_t co- nsidering it to be t. ]oo complic(*` ated fo?r elders . Rich$ard *asks !- fo +r -the airbag!s saying that i_!t is@![* da_ ngerous*@ for *th)e elderly who are as d(%,eli*_c ate as children, and that he need#$s \it for a sa^fety feature. Je;[r^/%e)(_my makes a spee_]@dometer w=)hich _ \reads 20 mph!@ at the to)[ p spe((.ed,: he also uses an old de ^;s#.ign `[(;s$?+ witch for rear fo,#?g light which d: oes n.-. othing. J?/+ere# my i /nst ?alls)=)@ a pet-cage and replaces the-[;: back s# eat +* with^ high+ seat chairs =( and ^th^$ ,e F$i%`a#!t badge with ( @a(. Rover) /`?one. T^[,hey pa#_int i` =t i``n ,b [e^ ige after;] observing@ t-he shade of a? h::earing ai\ d. *Richard uses w?;=;ater-resist _/an!!/t fabric [a]%s seat*=] covers, an +d while :` stitching hurt?s* his e [ye. T*:_`hey com;-pl +ete the ca;#!r and end ^# the [ pa:r#\=t 1 with Richa +.rd wearing he ? avy ban@da+^ :ges over h[ !+is /=\left eye. N- )ews: Volkswa gen will +- launch GTI v *ersion of the new Go:, -lf and G $ T version of Up ^ [ w_,ill be l%?a]u$% nched. K] +i! ,[a w ,ill launch the Pro Cee'd GT. The M )ini Pacema* $ n is launched, an ]d the trio mock th e front end of; , the car;%, claiming that it looks depressing. T !he trio agree that .t `( he%% British are the bes=[t = dr$_ivers. Alfa- .-R /- omeo rele=ases phot $^ograp hs of the Gloria+ [, in which the trio make fun of it's name. Ri]-char@\`d had\?: arri:ved $/)late s_^o J+!ame + s an?d;!-\ Jeremy had attempted to play tennis =@w@ith cars (w+[hi,^ c ]h ha ^_s -a lot $of e diting). Rev) iew: James r%:e*_views the new `.-Ra *: nge Rover in Lon(^don. _ =The new ?$ car is co% m]pletely red$^/] esi)-_g/ ned, 400 k )(g ligh ,t er[ due( to Al$uminiu^[m bo:dy, h-=as#? activ` e% suspen *sion, +]$new ;[?gearbox, %.m!)!inimalist-/@ =:dashboar*d a%nd offers be\).tter co `m;?fort. James t=+hen ra ces i+ t a. g(($ainst =, ;Te^^ [[rraMax ? at Nev ada A(*%utomotiv e Tes)t ])$Centre, Nevada@. T he race was to ;a h\;\_ill ) 10 mil `e a -cross.), passi ng throu gh rocky terrain,?. hillock\\, _, mud, river : and sand--#tracks. ]/=TerraMax%^+ / was switched?+ t^?^o drone m_ode during the ra+)] ce to $ deflate the?* tyres a nd tak^_e a short-cut. T$h$#`e$( Ra, ng$e Rov=e r':; s au?,to[=matic Terr# ain$\* Response Syst` em is demo]nst\,rated.]@% `. James takes+ ` a lo@% nger route to ascend the hill but still wins/+ the race_. At the !-] s`;tudio, the[ tr ^io consider ?the driverless cars *- to^ be `not ]:very practical. Sta r In ] A Reasonably[[ Pric//ed Car: Jam% ;e*s McAvoy drove t$[he Ki@a Cee'd around the Test Track with a ?. +lap of`? 1:?\ #43.6 d e@ s*=;pite having le_*ss experience / of _dr iving )(ca$ [rs. He drove ov:#er$ gr assy pa];tc:-*h ^$)in the@`` la] st cor*ner bu =t # mana](#ges ?to ke/ep the car u? ((nder control. :) C =^hallenge, Pa^rt 2: J`+eremy]= and Ri-!c;(ha_\\r^)d road-test their ^@:)car a!t C% hristc%h!\?urch, Dorset. The car ha#s_ large front bumpers? made]\+ up of // foam , large r_% ear-view mirr=* o ?rs, ) squeakin=g bal]/l under= ^%the brake-pe[ dal,!.$! # ;,lar%ge * magnifyi/ng -glass + %on the #+ dashboard, sat nav (voi) ^ced b$((y Richard Briers ) with only fo`.ur destin:aton#])s.* The car has an[.): art)] ifi!c(_ial cat on the roof which l,-a% te]@r fell o ver on t * he way of\*% Bi[$ngo hall. Richard later shows his ?#syste(*#m to find the/] -location of p*arked c?)[ar ;+*](the! `! ca:_r activates a +@*$flare and then r el`%#eases a balloo ,+n). Jeremy ^shows that th@(e radio only pl\?ays Horse of the( Yea#r Show theme on a l?)oop], whic; h both later find ! + to\ be ir)?resistible to clap along=] . The nam e of the+ car is -\re.[(\vealed ?to be The*^ (,J ames. \? They pic(k =? up ( th-ree elderly ladies from ];a pens] io_n ers' h$@ome for road-testing and drive t[,he%%+m\] t+(o a .(# bowling cl$:.ub ;where ^it i;$s .% .shown t( ha+@t , Richard fi;@tted the airb-_.ag]? at/ the rear !for - pa_r[king assist wh.@i c[+h inflate% [`s the airbag ,? on clos`e pr ?oximity. J=eremy ]*and=] R ichard]` buy food for picnic]#?*, choosing o:$n )*l.!y? Briti*^(--sh f@?oods=/)/. The: y attach $% the =s,.h; ;\oppin;g trolley to T!#ow hi:`tch $+_ and head) for p^icnic. The roof =^^of _*/^t ?`he ca#[ r leaks as it rains. Jeremy and Ric%*har]$d end up choo-\!sing a picnic spot on ro adsi), de w.here they f%_)ind .$+the ][troll*ey to be damage@)(_ d during*` r, ]eversing and the food to; be so aked^,, however \ they ate the food ,`wh ) ic` [#h w ^,?as no(*[t r / uined. @T[@.h= ,=e n- .#ext !$ d:^ay: . % bot`h$* le( ave Christchurch and ::J`$;eremy sho )ws his system to prevent the car from be %=^:ing driven (@ on the wron [g side of the \^ro-(**ad, the car initially+[ sounds alarm and later the .tyr , es, =doors and other parts of t,-he ca)]r e+/ xplode which stops the!$% ,$ca r a nd rend .er^s it immobile/_. A,t the s;/(\t_\: udio+ #,` James consid ers the he ?ater !(to be com-plicated, the t- rio tha,_nk Richar#d B *riers and a$^nnounce .the Afric !a /; sp ecial. 1:%53$-]Se:`?ries 1%`9, ! Episode 63 Ma$]rch ( 2013No G]/?uest First of the two-epi[sode A fri)ca $#Special, taking, pla^)ce in ;A )*f :rica. Th_e episo=de was.; shot !\+ in _%:2012. . Ch. /=allenge, Part 1: Buy us `ed estate c-ars for up t*o £1,500 in +B/ritain and re =port a t/);$ a smal!(]l village in rural U + ganda. Jerem:y arrives in ]-?a!@ BMW 528i ][ Tourin-g, Richard in a , Subaru Imp_rez;= a WRX Estate and !James in a *)Volvo 850R Wagon. Th- [e chall+(]enge is to find ]^the tru* =e s=ou#!=rce of the , river ,Nile. ?- They set of .f an discove(+ r that exploring :] #is-[_n't as dif*ficu%]l`]t?[? as fir$^st ;-%-thought =when they go $*on a: n`ice easy dr!ive a+ nd find Lak-e Victoria/$ , of \* wh om the Victo . (/rian E][%xplore_r s thought w$#a# +^s the source of the Nile. Ho;:? wever . they: are@(; t;h]/%en told tha.#t it is not the actual source of the @## Nile and #\th\ere were- (two other dis/$pu^ te :d loc-ations for;$ it, one in Rwa nda and one in Buru,ndi. Howe ver, J:/[e: r?emy Clarkson insi/s -%ted that bo_=th of these lo@#@cati - o$!ns were wr$ ong and decided%/ to =-head;# we#+#s-t towards Lake Edwar(d:@ t@ o see; whether t[.here was a link -b) etw(een that lake a- nd [/ Lake\ Kivu [i%n R*`wan d)#a. _ In the+,ir ;journey= ^ wes%,-t\, wh*)$_ere th+ey vis^\it the E ntebbe Airpo% rt an :d from there\/ s_ ee \\_th[e _!#Ford Sco* rp#`io Est,+.=?ate back^_+-up car. They co n;- tinue into Ka- mp,ala, U;gan.da' (:s Cap[ital #. City wh_:,er#/@e :^[ they get held / up in a tra) ``*ffic j.*am overnigh^! $t , the most hu$ rrendous*?/ traffic they&#/39d ev]$ er seen. Th ey =]:cont,inue o#]n w!ell-m=aintaine,d/@ hi_/ghw ;ays west [ finding t^:heir trip )$incr\[edi/@bly easy before reaching the town of Mbara[ra in _th.+@`e sou/%??th^`*west of the country, v$ia a (:stop i#[n Jezza =, a vil )lage in (Mp ;igi District. Here the`:_,y sta!y in a disgusting] h[ ote^#l , after driving through . tea plant](ations in an attempt _)?to / discov`/er a l %. ovely t@(e+\_ahouse hotel\(, whi`%ch in the mind of* Rich]ard, was b?*ound; t-`)\o f ;%ound d u,_. e- to t ea :programme +, s he'd seen. In+. Mbarara )!they^: s$t ]*ayed i n th )e Econom i c Lodge w.:i^ th;/ Jeremy ha$ #vi^ng a bed with faece =s on it. They= left the hotel disg!^%usted before Richard has the idea t#.o mak#?#e the (cars &#-`=39h +ote* ls'. James modi^$[fies his Volvo by a/[dding a librar/(y:^, Richa ]rd add: s a coo ker a$%nd Jerem)y adds a coffin. Th .e coffi] %n he use?=s to put #his c.*lothes in,) he sleep!s %%:on E ^^gypt+ ian Cotton. They lea /v@e for L$ ake)* Edw\%^@ard, ?camping ov)!.erni/$($gh t t=(here because of] its beau )ty before he + #a_[ding in s^ e-%,arch o)*f); the #@ river heading f or Lak;:e Kivu. None of the rivers connect the lak%e a#+s the/?y?* a ll head east rather than so@ *+uth. /[They= ; give up, leaving th /em di\sap@pointed. Then Jeremy looks a#\t a map and di(@ scov$ers the source of the Nile mu#s/ *@t be on the: other side of Lake Vi-,ctoria. His reasoni /ng is t@ hat the Mediterran@@ean Sea is effe].c% tively an inland sea and so Gib )raltar is/ * the true mout (h of th *?e^\ N@ile, rat=/her than Alexandria ) in Egypt[`. After disc_+overi^ng=` t `%his th$:[ey( : decide that the$y_ must dri(!ve ? $ \s ;tr%aig )ht `to ^the o@ ther si# d% e #of Lak e Victo`ria to get to ]*the southe,% _/ast -! c_oast /;;in Tanzani*=\a(.#+ near the Serengeti. They s @ta/#(.rt% * this#@ jou@rn*ey b-y@+ heading ^so;u, th into the\? #*Rwenzori Moun ,tai_ns, findin+g (_the ] goin ]g ha#rd an- ^]d [ m`_ ost o ;f the ,tim##.e gettin g t ]he# ir vehicl.:es stuck\- in mud.