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Top Gear: Middle East Special

Top Gear: Middle East Special

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 26, 2010

Runtime

1h 16m

Genres

Documentary, Adventure, Comedy

User Score

84%

Original Title

Top Gear: Middle East Special

Production Companies

BBC

Director

Phil Churchward

Description

The film predates the Syrian Civil War and involves a 1,200-mile (1,900 km) road-trip from Erbil International Airport in Iraqi Kurdistan to Bethlehem, nominally recreating the journey of the Three Wise Men. Their journey takes them across the Middle East via southern Turkey, the cities of Aleppo, Palmyra and Damascus in Syria, then Jerash in Jordan and finally the Mount of Olives. The journey includes visiting an abandoned theme park, and a stop at Ein Gev on the Sea of Galilee.