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　　古畑任三郎如今早已是人们耳熟能详的名侦探，他独特的中山装，永远骑着自行车的个人风格为人所津津乐道。这次SP就带我们回到他的青少年时光，看看他与一生中最重要的人相遇的故事，那是他侦探人生的起点。　　15岁的任三郎（山田凉介 饰）因为父母关系转学到小山区，喜爱读推理小说的他并未太主动与同学接触。一日学校的小花圃的花被人恶意践踏，任三郎找出了“元凶”，从此他小侦探的声名不胫而走。任三郎索性在后山一间空置的房屋内办起了侦探事务所。可惜前来上门的客人拜托的都是鸡毛蒜皮的小事。直到一日，有人上门拜托寻找失落的宝藏，事情才有了变化。　　但是随着侦查的过程，任三郎意识到自己身边开始有危险，而一切似乎都是一个局。自己平日最不信任的人在关键时刻却救了自己。

　　杜天明（张学友 饰）是国际慈善机构香港分部的总干事，同时也是一位非常虔诚的基督教徒，凭借着出色的口才，杜天明经常在教堂里传教，深受信徒们的喜爱和信赖，其社会地位可以用德高望重来形容。　　某日，机构里来了一位名叫蜜雪儿（林嘉欣 饰）的女助理，蜜雪儿被杜天明所散发出的成熟气质深深的吸引了，两人之间的距离越来越近，但碍于身份和社会地位，杜天明并不敢对蜜雪儿有任何的非分之想。杜天明即将被调到英国，出任亚洲区的总干事一职，临行前，他决定和蜜雪儿来一场“最后的晚餐”，哪知道当晚气氛实在太好，在车里，杜天明终究是没有抵挡得了人性的诱惑，做出了之后改变了他一生的决定。

　　前作で福島に転校していったてつちんの「2年で帰ってくる」という約束が物語の軸となる。直ちゃんが約束は嘘であるとわかっていた一方で、信じて待っているきんべと山ちょ。ただ純粋だった2年前とは少し異なる5年生の夏休みが描かれる。

　　拉合尔市集的一间茶馆里，巴基斯坦男子跟美国陌生人叨叨述说自己的故事。当夜越来越深，男子的故事渐渐透露出，两人的相遇或许并非偶然……　　来自巴基斯坦没落家族的成吉思，曾经努力编织美国梦，而他也的确拥有了许多移民梦寐以求的生活：从普林斯顿大学毕业，被曼哈顿的顶尖财务顾问公司招揽，跟气质高雅的富家女谈恋爱，挤身纽约上流社会。没落贵族出身的他悄悄以为，命中注定他就是要过这样的生活。然而，九一一恐怖攻击之后，什么都变了。成吉思陷入剧烈的挣扎──周遭的世界、自己深爱的女人、内心的自我认同，所有的一切开始分崩离析，而一些过去从没注意过、潜藏在心底最深处的东西开始涌出。

　　也不知是过去还是未来的年代，“外星移民”早成了平凡的存在。贫穷考生真由子寄居在“荏之花”澡堂的阁楼，一天到晚三餐不继却还得养活个吃白食的外星懒虫。于是万丈波涛滚滚而来。外星小孩尼亚最大的爱好就是收集垃圾，从中回收剩余物资再造飞船。头上没有像其他外星人样生着天线，被蔑称为“低等外星人”却从未在意，在自己的曲调早活得悠哉游哉。真由子的认真清苦，真由子的胆小谨慎，在那外星小孩的心无城府面前，忽然变得意义不明。严肃刻板与大而化之的碰撞，带着轻捷的喜剧色彩，余音早又有些淡色水彩般的惆怅。　　挂在空中像朵云的母船，是尼亚头脑中遥远模糊的，关于“故乡”的呼唤。它化成流黄飞去的那一天，一种最温柔的意象笼罩了“荏之花”的风物与居民。世界如此广阔，而这刻，我们为彼此驻足，这一分钟是准也改变不了，因为那已是过去，将成为回忆，在未来的时光里与我们作着推手，走出个饱满的弧形。所谓生命，所谓怀念，就是这样平平淡淡，生生不息。　　-　　　　　　-　　　　　　-　　　　　　-　　#01 外星人与UFO　　公元20XX年，不知从什么时候开始，地球上到处充斥着来自宇宙的外星移民，这些外星人的外表几乎与地球人无异，只是头上多了一根天线。外星人很快地融入地球人的社会一起生活，久而久之，大家也就见怪不怪了。 真由子是一个贫穷的大学重考生，寄宿在荏之花澡堂，每天总是为了打工、补习而忙碌，日子过得非常清苦。只是很不幸的，与真由子同住一个房间的外星人——尼亚是个好吃懒做的女生，每天只会缠着真由子要饭吃，不然就是忙着捡破铜烂铁来制造飞碟，真由子简直就快要被她逼疯了……　　-　　　　　　-　　　　　　-　　　　　　-　　#02 外星人大闹宇宙澡堂　　真由子所居住的荏之花澡堂因为生意一直很清淡，所以连月来的业绩一直是赤字。为了要振兴澡堂的生意，负责经营的言美小姐急忙召开会议，希望能想出办法以解决这个当务之急，而吉冈先生的提议得到言美小姐的认同，最后决定由吉冈、尼亚、真由子等三人一起执行寻找免费燃油的任务。 吉冈等一行人来到陨石坑四处打听，希望能找出油源涌出的地点，途中除了尼亚的任性捣乱之外，还遭到巨大食人花的攻击，可说是历尽千辛万苦，最后虽然终于带回了这种传说中的外星油料，可是更大的灾难却还在后头……　　-　　　　　　-　　　　　　-　　　　　　-　　#03 外星人与收音机　　真由子一大早就被一个变态的印度人吓了一跳，原来这个乌漆抹黑的印度人—— 恰达也是外星人，是特地来邀请尼亚去参加荏之花外星人大会的，可是尼亚却是一 副事不关己的样子，直到听说有免费便当可试吃时，才勉强答应赴会。 没有天线的尼亚一直被其它的外星人当作怪胎，尤其向来以拥有优质天线为傲的 迦娜更是看她不顺眼。当迦娜看到参加大会的人寥寥无几，而且与会的成员都只顾 着吃便当、一副混吃等死的模样时，不由得火冒三丈，随即当场与尼亚对干了起来 ……　　-　　　　　　-　　　　　　-　　　　　　-　　#04 外星人、菜鸟女服务生　　真由子平时就在一家拟]打工送外卖，虽然因为店里的生意不好而常常迟领薪水 ，但是老板父女俩对她一直都很好，所以真由子还是很认真地工作。然而，因为虚荣心作祟，真由子对于自己的工作却羞于让同学千纪知道。 某日，真由子在送外卖途中被尼亚缠着要饭吃，于是死命骑着单车飞奔回家， 却依旧遭到尼亚的纠缠。此时，正巧儿时的同乡源造来店里找真由子，再加上向来看不起人的迦娜也在店里，一场吵闹与争执使得真由子重新面对自己的虚荣心 ……　　-　　　　　　-　　　　　　-　　　　　　-　　#05 外星人与超刺激娱乐　　为了让荏之花澡堂清淡的生意起死回生，言美小姐希望办一个盛大的活动，好让 澡堂恢复像古代般成为庶民交流的场所，刚巧尼亚在一家倒闭的游乐场回收电路板 ，于是言美决定也去那里捡一些电玩机台回来，打算办一场电玩大赛以招揽生意。 电玩大赛终于开始了，没想到来参加的全都是没有消费能力的小孩，而且个个都是电玩高手。为了不让奖品被这些小鬼赢走，言美只好派出吉冈、源造、真由子与 尼亚等人出场把关，想尽办法要阻止小鬼们赢得比赛……　　-　　　　　　-　　　　　　-　　　　　　-　　#06 外星人与竞争对手的澡堂　　在荏之花地区新猹了一家叫「宇宙大王」的澡堂，这个消息使得言美小姐十分紧张，为了怕原本已十分清淡的生意被抢光，于是言美派千纪与源造扮成客人进入对 方的澡堂勘查，而真由子与尼亚负责在澡堂外的周边进行调查。 真由子与尼亚在调查时发现，原来宇宙大王澡堂是外星人恰达所开的，而且恰达 对于自己澡堂所使用的秘方十分有自信，在经过尼亚与恰达一番胡闹式的搅和之后 ，真由子终于带回了宇宙澡堂所使用的可疑叶子，只是泡过澡的千纪与源造在回来后却性格大变……　　-　　　　　　-　　　　　　-　　　　　　-　　#07 母舰、联谊与阴天　　尼亚在屋顶上制造飞碟的时候，无意中听到一阵很奇怪的声音，而此时的幽浮母 舰看起来竟然特别清晰，尼亚认为这是母舰在对她传递讯息，似乎是想告诉她些什么，这件事使得向来不正经的尼亚突然变得严肃起来。千纪找真由子去参加联谊，真由子虽然不是很感兴趣，但是却不好意思拒绝，所 以就答应了。然而由于自卑的心理作祟，使得真由子在去与不去之间陷入挣扎，虽然最后还是决定不去；但是对于自己的优柔寡断却非常生气，并且还迁怒于尼亚， 真由子因此觉得十分内疚……　　-　　　　　　-　　　　　　-　　　　　　-　　#08 失魂落魄的澡堂　　尼亚一早醒来发现真由子没有为她准备早餐出去了，于是只好去参加外星人大会，准备大吃免费的便当充饥。尼亚最近常常听见奇怪的声音，不过当她在大会上问其它外星人有没有听见时，换来的却是关于她没有天线的讥笑。真由子对于迁怒尼亚一事觉得非常欠疚，为了与尼亚和好，所以真由子特地作了晚餐等尼亚回来，没想到尼亚因为参加外星人大会很晚才回家，真由子一气之下又开始和尼亚吵架，不自觉地说出过分的话……　　-　　　　　　-　　　　　　-　　　　　　-　　#09 接近遭遇与雨停　　对于与尼亚吵架的事，真由子一直不能释怀，因此整天都是无精打采的。真由子觉得自己骂尼亚时所说的话有点过份，可是却又无法忍受尼亚的生活态度，更令她无法了解的是，源造竟然说他很羡慕尼亚的开朗与自由。 个性单纯的尼亚觉得真由子是因为营养不良，所以才会心情不好骂她出气，因此尼亚决定努力捡拾废铁卖钱，好买些营养的东西给真由子补一补。为了寻找比较值钱的废铁，尼亚不顾危险来到了禁止进入的新生地，却在那里看到了奇怪的景象……　　-　　　　　　-　　　　　　-　　　　　　-　　#10 萤火虫梦想曲　　真由子与尼亚终于和好了，两人又恢复以往日常的样子；不过，尼亚因为经常听见那个奇怪的声音，再加上之前在新生地看到的奇异景象，所以最近变得老是魂不守舍的。 因为智绘屋被团体客人包下来，所以真由子也过去帮忙，在与智绘一起到超市买菜时，真由子从智绘的谈话中体会到梦想实现的那种快乐，可是却也为自己的未来感到迷惘。由于忙到很晚才结束，所以真由子忘了帮尼亚准备晚饭不过当真由子回到家时，尼亚却已经不在了……　　-　　　　　　-　　　　　　-　　　　　　-　　#11 尼亚，你是全部 (前篇)　　整整一个晚上尼亚都没有回来，这是以往从未出现过的状况，真由子原本以为尼亚只要肚子一饿就会自动出现，可是却一直不见她的踪影，不由得紧张地四处打听她的下落；然而奇怪的是，就连尼亚的外星人伙伴也不知道她在哪里。 另一方面外，长期经营不善的荏之花澡堂，也将面临可能被收购的厄运，言美小姐为了不让真由子担心，一直没有告诉她。真由子在知道此事后感到十分错愕，她实在无法想象这些一直习以为常而存在的人、事、物会消失。那晚，尼亚还是没有回来……　　-　　　　　　-　　　　　　-　　　　　　-　　#12 尼亚，你是全部 (后篇)　　尼亚失踪已经七天了，真由子觉得非常的失落，在向户政机关查询后才知道，属于Under7级的尼亚是低于标准值的外星人，根本被视为不存在而没有登记。看着母亲寄来的儿时旧照、想到失踪的尼亚以及即将消失的荏之花澡堂，真由子的眼泪不禁夺眶而出。 在真由子绝望之际，尼亚意外地在澡堂现身了，真由子虽然嘴巴上把她痛骂一顿，可是内心却是十分高兴，还特地为尼亚准备寿司。此时，正逢暴风雨来袭，为了抢救被尼亚弄破一个大洞的屋顶，两人冒险登上屋顶，却目睹了UFO母舰消失的情景……　　-　　　　　　-　　　　　　-　　　　　　-　　#13 在荏之花澡堂，时光飞逝　　炎热的夏天结束了，自从尼亚回来之后，荏之花澡堂似乎又恢复了往日的欢笑。 除了UFO母舰消失以及屋顶的破洞修好了之外，一切看起来好像都没什么改变，真 由子还是过着苦哈哈的日子，而尼亚依旧四处捡破铜烂铁忙着制造飞碟。 经历了这么多的事，真由子还是无法了解尼亚的心灵深处，究竟是用什么样的心情在活着。不过，真由子至少想通了一点，纵使尼亚不能永远陪伴在她的身边，纵使荏之花澡堂有一天也会消失，与其担心未来聚散离合的必然，倒不如把握当下，珍惜现在的每一分每一秒……

　　荒漠中的麻子面馆，风情万种的老板娘（闫妮 饰）向波斯商人订购了一把左轮手枪，后者还展示了大炮的威力。炮声引来了巡逻队，老板娘跟情人李四（小沈阳 饰）将枪藏匿后，插科打诨，好饭招待，这才稳住了精明的队长（赵本山 饰）。队长的得力助手张三（孙红雷 饰）知悉老板娘与李四的暧昧关系，但未说破。原来，他跟老板（倪大红 饰）之间还有勾当。店员六暗恋店员七，二人被老板克扣工钱，同命相连，六曾试图向老板讨薪，惨遭痛骂。老板怀疑老板娘偷人，并对她动用死刑。密室中，张三告知老板真相，老板听后，怒不可遏，前去痛扁二人，被老板娘用手枪喝退。事后，老板与张三密谋买凶杀人，由此引发一场令人啼笑皆非的血案……　　本片改编自科恩兄弟的电影《血迷宫》，为张艺谋继奥运会开幕式后首度执导贺岁喜剧。

　　这部影片摄于35mm胶片，是一张来自真实世界的邀请函，准备为沉浸于电子设备的现代观众解毒。一位特立独行的科学家，就在史蒂夫·乔布斯推出第一台iPhone的时候，拯救了世界上最后一家宝丽来工厂，重新发现了拍立得的配方。这也是一个有趣的失败者故事，像极了现代版的堂吉诃德。

　　148Series 19, Episode 127 January 2013Damian Lewis　　Review: Richard reviews the Pagani Huayra, the latest supercar from the Italian manufacturer. The car is capable of savage acceleration, with a lot of attention placed into the bodywork, interior and utilizing cutting edge technology. Despite the massive twin-turbo engine and horsepower, thanks to its sophisticated aerodynamic package, the car can easily be driven hard without the risk of spinning. The Huayra also set the fastest time on the Top Gear Test Track in the hands of The Stig, 1:13.8, beating the previous record, set by the Ariel Atom V8.　　News: The Dacia Sandero is now on sale in the UK. The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black has been updated to produce extra horsepower, but the handling is still challenging. Jeremy claims that he has found a male equivalent version of Fifty Shades of Grey, presenting a kid's book about tractors. The new Chevrolet Stingray is announced. James May turned fifty the previous week. Also, the rally team composed of war amputees (previously mentioned in series 17, episode 6) finally completed their challenge of finishing the 2013 Dakar Rally.　　Review: James reviews the new Bentley Continental GT, and notes the new engine and subtle ride characteristics. Believing that the Bentley, with four wheel drive system and a big, powerful engine, can handle things worse than a Welsh countryside road, James takes the car onto a Welsh stage of the World Rally Championship, with Kris Meeke behind the wheel, and James being the co-driver. Despite the car having less grip, more weight, an electronic handbrake (unsuitable for usage on a rally stage) and James not being proficient at giving pace notes, the Bentley was actually faster than one of the full WRC cars.　　Star In A Reasonably Priced Car: Damian Lewis takes his turn in the car, and drifts the Kia Cee'd around the snow-coated test track and crosses the finish line sideways, setting the slowest ever time of 2:09.1. Jeremy cheers Damian up by making a separate board for snow (he justs put the time underneath and to the side of the fastest lap time on that board) and says that he is the fastest driver ever on their "snow board".　　Challenge: Jeremy attempts to build a car smaller than the Peel P50, naming his creation the P45. It was based on a quad bike, with bodywork fitted, designed to wrap around the driver. He then presented his idea to the 'Dragons' in a Dragons' Den style format. All of the dragons declare themselves "out" and back in the studio, Richard concludes that for the P45 to be put in production, Jeremy would have to be dead.　　149Series 19, Episode 23 February 2013Mick Fleetwood　　Challenge, Part 1: In another challenge, the presenters picked three super cars to take on an epic race. Since it was Hammond's turn to select the challenge location, the team went to the Western United States. Jeremy selected the Lexus LFA, James chose the new Aston Martin Vanquish, and Richard took the SRT Viper. After a brief drive in the Nevada desert, the trio headed to Las Vegas Motor Speedway, specifically the drag strip, to compete in drag races organized by the Las Vegas Police Department; whom organized it with the theory that allowing people to drag race, legally, at a closed circuit, would prevent street racing. Despite the high performance of their cars, the trio were beaten by modified production cars, and 4WD cars, in each of their drag races.　　News: Jeremy comes up with a solution on how to solve the crisis affecting Britain's town centres: sacking all traffic wardens and removing double yellow lines. The trio then review a Chinese product designed to stop drowsiness behind the wheel, before they took a first look at the 2013 Jaguar F-Type. They praised its styling, but criticized its high price tag of £60,000, as well as its target audience. James mentions Peugeot Citroen's car intended to run on compressed air; Jeremy attempted to use a fire extinguisher to demonstrate, but failed after only causing himself to turn slowly around.　　Challenge, Part 2.: After leaving Las Vegas, James and Richard make fun of Jeremy's LFA for lacking not only Bluetooth connection and iPod connectors, but cup holders, despite being the most expensive car. They are then tasked to head to Willow Springs International Motorsports Park, but they instead stop on a grooved road, where each car drives over the grooves and produces notes. When they reach Willow Springs, they are forced to play an aerial version of Laser Quest, where they would drive 5 laps around the track, whilst being chased by two Aermacchi SF.260 armed with laser guns. In the end, James won the challenge by being hit only 17 times.　　Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Fleetwood Mac's Mick Fleetwood drove the Kia Cee'd around the Test Track with a lap of 1:45.4.　　Challenge, Part 3: Departing Willow Springs, the group headed for Los Angeles, California. In order to do "real world" testing, Richard devised a challenge to see who could burn the best elevens. The three instead ended up drawing a phallus and left LA. The team then stayed for a night in Palm Springs. However, the producers gave them a final challenge. The three would drive from Palm Springs to the Mexican border at Calexico the following morning, and the last to make it to the Mexican border would have to travel into the country itself to drive the Mastretta MXT, a Mexican sports car made fun of by the presenters in an earlier series, for a later segment on the show. In revenge for taking them to America, Jeremy and James sabotaged Hammond's Viper, causing him to lose 10 minutes in the race. Despite making a stop for fuel, Jeremy made it to the finish line first, with James in second. Richard then walked to the border being the last person to arrive. At the studio, James and Jeremy end by saying that the Viper was awful and that the Vanquish and LFA were amazing.　　150Series 19, Episode 310 February 2013Amy Macdonald　　Review: Jeremy reviews the Toyota GT86 and the Subaru BRZ. The cars are almost identical, but Jeremy prefers the Toyota GT86. The Stig then completed a lap of the Test Track in 1:31:3.　　News: They discuss the new Subaru Impreza, which is not coming to UK, and they then talk about the new Maserati Quattroporte.　　Challenge, Part 1: The producers have reserved a single ticket to a football match at the San Siro in Milan, Northern Italy. The trio have a race from Wembley Stadium to the San Siro. Jeremy drives the Shelby Mustang GT500 and Richard and James travel on public transport. Similar to the previous race to Monte Carlo, Richard and James are not allowed to use any cars, and Jeremy is not allowed to use any trains. According to Jeremy, since the last epic race, the trains have become faster and boats have become slower. Richard and James opened up a big lead whilst travelling on the Eurostar, and arrive in Paris while Jeremy was still crossing the English Channel on a ferry. After reaching France, Jeremy discovers that the Mustang only holds 50 litres in its fuel tank. After leaving Paris, Richard and James discuss what to do upon arriving in Milan — as there are two of them but only one ticket. Hundreds of miles behind, Jeremy ends part 1 of the challenge stating out loud, "I'm gonna lose!"　　Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Amy Macdonald drove the Kia Cee'd around the Test Track in 1:44.4. During one of her practice runs, Amy accidentally destroyed one of the runway lights, which Jeremy gives to her after revealing the lap time.　　Challenge, Part 2: The high speed TGV slowed down as it approached the mountains that surround Northern Italy. Jeremy began to catch up and was nearly neck and neck with the train, until road works at the Mont Blanc Tunnel slow him down. The train starts to accelerate again and reaches Northern Italy ahead of Jeremy. Richard and James use a tube network to get to the streets near the finish line. James maintains his opposition to run on television and Richard runs off alone to find the finish line, which is at a bar in the IM Villa Veuve Cliequot. James then assembled a bike which he had hidden in one of his bags and rides to the bar, only to find that Richard is already there and has won the race and the ticket to the football match. Moments later, Jeremy arrived and accepted defeat for the first time ever in an epic race of all the series.　　151Series 19, Episode 417 February 2013Lewis Hamilton　　Review: Jeremy reviews the Vauxhall Astra VXR, Ford Focus ST and Renault Megane Renault Sport Cup. The Stig did laps of each car, the Focus being the slowest at 1:29.6, the Astra VXR at 1:28.3, and the Megane in 1:27.7. Despite this, Jeremy chose the Astra VXR as the best overall car of the three.　　News: They discuss the newest cars, such as the Alfa Romeo 4C, the next generation Ford Mustang would be sold in Great Britain, but the UK version would come with a 2.0 EcoBoost engine, and the importance of the handbrake turn in "male development".　　Review: Jeremy tests the all new Kia Cee'd, putting it through a myriad of strange road tests. Including Matt LeBlanc doing a lap with both the old and new Cee'd, Bruce Willis (in character as John McClane) testing the horn of the Cee'd, Eric Clapton testing its auxiliary input jack, and Jeremy testing the Cee'd's self parallel parking feature.　　Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Lewis Hamilton opens up about his move from McLaren to Mercedes AMG and takes the old Suzuki Liana around the Test Track, setting the fastest F1 time, a 1:42.9.　　Review: As punishment for losing the previous race, Richard is forced to review the Mastretta MXT in Mexico. Minding his words, he states that the MXT was an ambitious undertaking for the first-time manufacturer, but that it had its share of flaws.　　Challenge: Jeremy and James play car rugby using Kia Cee'ds and Kia Sportages at Twickenham Stadium and Stig in Vauxhall Astra Police car as the referee. Jeremy's team wins.　　152Series 19, Episode 524 February 2013James McAvoy　　Challenge, Part 1: Jeremy and Richard attempt to design a car targeted at elderly people. Jeremy demonstrates the complexity of modern cars' dshboard. Richard brings a Fiat Multipla and both modify it. Jeremy breaks the dashboard and replaces it considering it to be too complicated for elders. Richard asks for the airbags saying that it is dangerous for the elderly who are as delicate as children, and that he needs it for a safety feature. Jeremy makes a speedometer which reads 20 mph at the top speed, he also uses an old design switch for rear fog light which does nothing. Jeremy installs a pet-cage and replaces the back seat with high seat chairs and the Fiat badge with a Rover one. They paint it in beige after observing the shade of a hearing aid. Richard uses water-resistant fabric as seat covers, and while stitching hurts his eye. They complete the car and end the part 1 with Richard wearing heavy bandages over his left eye.　　News: Volkswagen will launch GTI version of the new Golf and GT version of Up will be launched. Kia will launch the Pro Cee'd GT. The Mini Paceman is launched, and the trio mock the front end of the car, claiming that it looks depressing. The trio agree that the British are the best drivers. Alfa-Romeo releases photographs of the Gloria, in which the trio make fun of it's name. Richard had arrived late so James and Jeremy had attempted to play tennis with cars (which has a lot of editing).　　Review: James reviews the new Range Rover in London. The new car is completely redesigned, 400 kg lighter due to Aluminium body, has active suspension, new gearbox, minimalist dashboard and offers better comfort. James then races it against TerraMax at Nevada Automotive Test Centre, Nevada. The race was to a hill 10 mile across, passing through rocky terrain, hillock, mud, river and sand-tracks. TerraMax was switched to drone mode during the race to deflate the tyres and take a short-cut. The Range Rover's automatic Terrain Response System is demonstrated. James takes a longer route to ascend the hill but still wins the race. At the studio, the trio consider the driverless cars to be not very practical.　　Star In A Reasonably Priced Car: James McAvoy drove the Kia Cee'd around the Test Track with a lap of 1:43.6 despite having less experience of driving cars. He drove over grassy patch in the last corner but manages to keep the car under control.　　Challenge, Part 2: Jeremy and Richard road-test their car at Christchurch, Dorset. The car has large front bumpers made up of foam, large rear-view mirrors, squeaking ball under the brake-pedal, large magnifying-glass on the dashboard, sat nav (voiced by Richard Briers) with only four destinatons. The car has an artificial cat on the roof which later fell over on the way of Bingo hall. Richard later shows his system to find the location of parked car (the car activates a flare and then releases a balloon). Jeremy shows that the radio only plays Horse of the Year Show theme on a loop, which both later find to be irresistible to clap along. The name of the car is revealed to be The James. They pick up three elderly ladies from a pensioners' home for road-testing and drive them to a bowling club where it is shown that Richard fitted the airbag at the rear for parking assist which inflates the airbag on close proximity. Jeremy and Richard buy food for picnic, choosing only British foods. They attach the shopping trolley to Tow hitch and head for picnic. The roof of the car leaks as it rains. Jeremy and Richard end up choosing a picnic spot on roadside where they find the trolley to be damaged during reversing and the food to be soaked, however they ate the food which was not ruined. The next day both leave Christchurch and Jeremy shows his system to prevent the car from being driven on the wrong side of the road, the car initially sounds alarm and later the tyres, doors and other parts of the car explode which stops the car and renders it immobile. At the studio, James considers the heater to be complicated, the trio thank Richard Briers and announce the Africa special.　　153Series 19, Episode 63 March 2013No Guest　　First of the two-episode Africa Special, taking place in Africa. The episode was shot in 2012.　　Challenge, Part 1: Buy used estate cars for up to £1,500 in Britain and report at a small village in rural Uganda. Jeremy arrives in a BMW 528i Touring, Richard in a Subaru Impreza WRX Estate and James in a Volvo 850R Wagon. The challenge is to find the true source of the river Nile.　　They set off an discover that exploring isn't as difficult as first thought when they go on a nice easy drive and find Lake Victoria, of whom the Victorian Explorers thought was the source of the Nile. However they are then told that it is not the actual source of the Nile and there were two other disputed locations for it, one in Rwanda and one in Burundi. However, Jeremy Clarkson insisted that both of these locations were wrong and decided to head west towards Lake Edward to see whether there was a link between that lake and Lake Kivu in Rwanda.　　In their journey west, where they visit the Entebbe Airport and from there see the Ford Scorpio Estate back-up car. They continue into Kampala, Uganda's Capital City where they get held up in a traffic jam overnight, the most hurrendous traffic they'd ever seen.　　They continue on well-maintained highways west finding their trip incredibly easy before reaching the town of Mbarara in the southwest of the country, via a stop in Jezza, a village in Mpigi District. Here they stay in a disgusting hotel, after driving through tea plantations in an attempt to discover a lovely teahouse hotel, which in the mind of Richard, was bound to found due to tea programmes he'd seen.　　In Mbarara they stayed in the Economic Lodge with Jeremy having a bed with faeces on it. They left the hotel disgusted before Richard has the idea to make the cars 'hotels'. James modifies his Volvo by adding a library, Richard adds a cooker and Jeremy adds a coffin. The coffin he uses to put his clothes in, he sleeps on Egyptian Cotton.　　They leave for Lake Edward, camping overnight there because of its beauty before heading in search of the river heading for Lake Kivu. None of the rivers connect the lake as they all head east rather than south. They give up, leaving them disappointed. Then Jeremy looks at a map and discovers the source of the Nile must be on the other side of Lake Victoria. His reasoning is that the Mediterranean Sea is effectively an inland sea and so Gibraltar is the true mouth of the Nile, rather than Alexandria in Egypt.　　After discovering this they decide that they must drive straight to the other side of Lake Victoria to get to the southeast coast in Tanzania near the Serengeti. They start this journey by heading south into the Rwenzori Mountains, finding the going hard and most of the time getting their vehicles stuck in mud.

　　Series Eighteen starts airing on 29 January 2012 with seven episodes (not including the India Special),[1] following on from the 2011 Christmas special which aired on 28 December 2011.[2] In the special they take a route across India, the first 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 shooting beginning in suburbs of Mumbai.[3][4] The show was also seen in Lecce, Italy with a Noble M600, McLaren MP4-12C and a Lamborghini Aventador.[5] Hammond announced during the Top Gear Live shows in Birmingham, that additional recordings for the new series had been done in the USA.　　The January 2012 edition of Top Gear Magazine featured a preview of what to expect in series 18.[6] It included a piece where Richard Hammond drives a NASCAR safety car for a real race, later going on to drive an actual NASCAR race car. The magazine also featured a part of some of the power tests to expect, including Jeremy Clarkson driving a Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Black Edition, a Mercedes SLS AMG Roadster and a Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale. Hammond meanwhile will drive a 2012 BMW M5 F10, and May will have a Vauxhall Corsa Nürburgring Edition. Another feature is going to China to test drive Chinese cars, Italy in 3 super-cars, Lamborghini Aventador, Noble M600 and a McLaren MP4-12C. Also James May is taking a trip to USA to test sports hybrid supercar Fisker Karma, meet AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson and drive his 1928 Bentley Vanden Plas LeMans Tourer. According to Top Gear Executive Producer Andy Wilman, Clarkson, Hammond and May are going to northern Sweden as well, where they will race the new Ferrari FF across a Silverstone Circuit-shaped ice track. Also Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond will attempt to film a car chase sequence for The Sweeney.