Top Gear: India Special
"Top Gear: India Special" is a "Top Gear" Christmas special first broadcast on 28 December 2011 after which the next series began on 29 January 2012. Introduction. The special is an episode featuring a route across India, one of the many countries "Top Gear" plans to visit over the course of the new series, according to Jeremy Clarkson. Shooting in India began on 2 October, with the first leg of the shoot beginning in suburbs of Mumbai. Mission. This episode was a mission to promote Britain to the Indian public. The opening sequence of the show  shows the "Top Gear" team in Downing Street opening a letter by then Prime Minister David Cameron refusing their request to go to India on an official trade mission and told them to go to Mexico for a fence mending trip. Cameron appears for a separately filmed one-line cameo, telling them to – "Stay away from India!" Despite this, they decide to go anyway: Jeremy Clarkson in a 1995 Jaguar XJS, Richard Hammond in a 2000 , and James May in a 1975 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow. Episode. <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude>