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Top Gear special simulcast with UK

For the first time ever, Top Gear will be "simulcast within minutes of the UK broadcast."

2014-12-12_1803For the first time ever in Australia, Top Gear will be “simulcast within minutes of the UK broadcast.”

This is the expedition that involved the trio having to flee angry locals in Argentina.

The two-part Patagonia Special will premiere on BBC Knowledge in Australia on Sunday, December 28 at 7.30am with an evening broadcast at 7.30pm.

Part two will air Monday, December 29 at 7.00am with an evening broadcast at 7.30pm.

The Top Gear Christmas Specials are famous for two things: putting cars through immensely tough challenges, and not being ready in time for Christmas.

This year though, not only will it be transmitting at roughly the right time, it also features the most gruelling car exploits yet, as the boys take three V8 sports cars on a 1600 mile trek through Patagonia.

The usual habitat for a Porsche 928, a Lotus Esprit and a Ford Mustang is the civilised world of tarmac, but in the hands of Jeremy, Richard and James, these three sports bred machines face swamps, deserts, forests, beaches and ski slopes as they try to get to the southernmost city in the world, in order to stage an epic game of car football against Argentina.

Along the way there are broken bones, epic backdrops, mechanical calamities and cows, plus a climax that wasn’t exactly the one that was expected.

Part 1
Sunday December 28 at 7.30am AEDT

Part 2
Monday December 29 at 7.00am AEDT

7 Responses

  1. I guess the simulcast may Start on time but if they add 10 mins of ads then after the first 15 mins it will 5 mins out of sync, so maybe thats why its worded funny

  2. I don’t think the ‘within minutes’ part is going to effect most viewers, maybe it’s a time delay thing so BBC Knowledge can edit in the ad breaks?

    Yes hope we get S22 in January and it’s fast tracked or simulcast also.

  3. It looks as though it’s on at the exact same time as the U.K.
    Part 1 airs on saturday the 27th at 8.30pm,which if I’m correct is sunday 7.30am AEST and part 2 airs sunday at 8pm in the U.K,which would be 7am here.

    Great move by BBC Knowledge.Hope they do the same when series 22 starts.

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