- Top Gear Burma Special Part 1 of 2.
- The team is crossing Burma to build a bridge over the River Kwai.
- The boys each purchase a second-hand lorries off the internet for a few hundred pounds.
Episode Guide
The three presenters are challenged with building a bridge over the River Kwai. The journey starts off with a drive through Burma towards Thailand, where they head off on the wrong road and end up having to go through a mountain pass. Jeremy constantly moans about his Isuzu and saying how rubbish the gear box and the comfort level is. Hammond and James also have problems with their vehicles. In a near by town Jeremy puts bricks into his truck to make it heavier thus improving the ride. James gets stuck in a creek where a local man helps him get out. Jeremy’s weight addition ends up slowing his truck eventually causing it to not move at all, he then dumps all the bricks onto the road leaving May and Hammond behind. The three then make modifications to their cars; Jeremy adds blue and white Shelby paint, Mercedes AMG badges on the side, a sleeping compartment, and removes the roof in the cab to make it a convertible “sports lorry”. Hammond adds a viewing platform, two tall truck exhausts, a hammock, cooking facilities and a shower. May adds a brake cooling system, lucky animal figures, and a tent which he hangs on his truck’s crane. The three presenters have a drag race in the vast, empty streets of Naypyidaw, the capital of Burma, after which they proceed into the Shan State.
Music
01:08 – 01:31 – Shigeru Umebayashi – No Way Out
02:01 – 02:08 – Shigeru Umebayashi – Beauty Song
02:24 – 02:37 – Malachai – I Deserve To No (Instrumental)
03:52 – 04:09 – Jefferson Airplane – White Rabbit
04:52 – 05:03 – ? MP3 Sample
06:08 – 06:23 – Mitch Miller – March from the River Kwai
06:23 – 08:22 – Kings of Leon – Crawl
08:26 – 08:38 – Roy Budd – IP TB2
08:51 – 09:16 – Roy Budd – IP 1M1
09:17 – 10:00 – Queens of the Stone Age – Spiders and Vinegaroons
10:10 – 10:16 – Roy Budd – Too Late
10:16 – 12:02 – Steve Isles – Finale (RockNRolla)
12:02 – 12:10 – Roy Budd – IP TB3
12:07 – 12:38 – Steve Isles – Finale (RockNRolla)
12:49 – 13:23 – DJ Shadow – Lost and Found (S.F.L.)
13:55 – 14:19 – Primal Scream – Zombie Man (Instrumental)
14:29 – 14:49 – Shigeru Umebayashi – Lovers (Flower Garden)
15:44 – 16:51 – Susumu Yokota – Future Tiger
16:53 – 17:25 – Tan Dan – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
17:27 – 18:09 – John Powell – Tangiers
18:10 – 18:32 – John Powell – Man Versus Man
18:53 – 19:06 – Tan Dun – Desert Capriccio
19:39 – 19:51 – Shigeru Umebayashi – Ambush in Ten Directions
20:39 – 20:50 – Shigeru Umebayashi – Ambush in Ten Directions
21:33 – 21:47 – Roy Budd – IP 1M1
21:47 – 22:57 – Alabama 3 – Sister Rosetta
24:36 – 25:03 – Rachid Taha – Barra Barra
25:37 – 25:49 – Roy Budd – IP TB2
25:49 – 26:02 – Shigeru Umebayashi – Battle in the Forest
26:08 – 26:14 – Tan Dun – The Eternal Vow
26:34 – 27:07 – Roland Vincent – L.S.D. Partie
28:45 – 29:12 – Queens of the Stone Age – Spiders and Vinegaroons
29:12 – 29:51 – Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard – Tadarida
29:54 – 30:27 – Lalo Schifrin – Broken Mirrors
30:28 – 31:16 – Roy Budd – IP TB3
31:36 – 32:03 – David Byrne – The Last Emperor (Main Title Theme)
32:19 – 33:01 – Manic Street Preachers – I Miss the Tokyo Skyline (Instrumental)
33:26 – 33:30 – Roy Budd – Rescue of Limbani
33:30 – 33:53 – Roy Budd – IP 1M1
34:03 – 34:10 – Shigeru Umebayashi – Battle in the Forest
34:11 – 34:55 – Creedence Clearwater Revival – Fortunate Son
34:55 – 35:15 – The Velvet Underground – Jesus
36:09 – 36:22 – Hans Zimmer – Bakara
36:23 – 36:40 – ? MP3 Sample
37:20 – 37:25 – Roy Budd – IP CP4
38:00 – 38:12 – Roy Budd – IP 1M1
39:04 – 39:10 – Roy Budd – IP 1M1
39:33 – 39:39 – Roy Budd – IP 1M1
39:48 – 39:54 – Roy Budd – IP 1M1
40:11 – 40:50 – The Velvet Underground – I’m Waiting For The Man
40:53 – 42:14 – Manic Street Preachers – Builder of Routines (Instrumental)
42:24 – 42:43 – Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard – Tadarida
42:43 – 43:52 – Ananda Shankar – Jumpin’ Jack Flash
44:01 – 44:53 – The Heavy – What Makes A Good Man (Instrumental)
44:56 – 45:09 – Kings of Leon – I Want You
45:16 – 45:26 – Roy Budd – Mr. Easy
45:28 – 46:32 – Primal Scream – Zombie Man (Instrumental)
46:33 – 46:43 – ? MP3 Sample
46:46 – 47:09 – Pink Floyd – The Great Gig in the Sky
47:19 – 47:38 – The Rolling Stones – Monkey Man
47:53 – 48:07 – Kings of Leon – I Want You
48:16 – 48:31 – Pink Floyd – Welcome to the Machine
48:31 – 48:50 – Roy Budd – On His Way
48:50 – 49:08 – ? MP3 Sample
49:15 – 49:38 – Primal Scream – Tenement Kid
50:14 – 50:32 – Roy Budd – IP TB2
50:52 – 51:06 – Roy Budd – Mr. Easy
51:39 – 52:10 – The Maccabees – Given to the Wild (Intro)
52:21 – 52:38 – Shigeru Umebayashi – Battle in the Forest
52:47 – 53:04 – ? MP3 Sample
53:05 – 53:16 – Cong Su – Lunch
54:03 – 54:17 – Cong Su – Lunch
55:14 – 55:42 – Ennio Morricone – For A Few Dollars More
55:56 – 56:11 – Ennio Morricone – Titoli (A Fistful of Dollars)
57:35 – 57:52 – Ennio Morricone – Watch Chimes
57:52 – 58:14 – The Maccabees – Given to the Wild (Intro)
58:23 – 58:27 – Zheng Yue Wen – The Inner Temple
58:52 – 59:07 – City of Prague Philharmonic – The Last Samurai
59:55 – 60:27 – Alabama 3 – Sister Rosetta
60:59 – 61:01 – Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard – Vespertilio
60:59 – 61:42 – Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard – Barbastella
61:45 – 62:33 – Brian Tyler – Into the Barrio
4 comments
i love top gear!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for the upload. I’m from the S.E.A. region and it’s exciting to see them visit the area. Maybe one day they’ll visit my country!
Keep your fingers crossed 🙂
it dosent play