Top Gear: Botswana Special
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The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Three Top Gear hosts travel across Botswana in cheap used cars they bought locally, to show that old saloons can handle rough terrain better than SUVs. Along the way, one host grows attached to his beat-up Opel Kadett and later takes it home.
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What happens
Top Gear: Botswana Special is a full-length, special edition episode for BBC motoring programme Top Gear, and was first broadcast on BBC Two on 4 November 2007, as part of the fourth episode of Series 10. The special sees hosts, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May, travelling across to Botswana with a car that each had bought in Africa for less than £1500, to prove that they can be better than SUVs for driving up "leafy country lanes". The Botswana Special was released as part of a 2-disc DVD boxset alongside the Top Gear: Vietnam Special on 23 March 2009. The special is best remembered for Richard Hammond developing a deep fondness for his chosen car, a 1963 Opel Kadett nicknamed "Oliver", which he brought back to the UK after filming concluded, and still owns. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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