Top Gear - 'Africa Special, Pt. 1'
British iTunes Chart Performance

"Africa Special, Pt. 1": Chart Statistics

  • Release date: 03 Mar 2013
  • Chart debut: #6 (11 Mar 2013)
  • Highest Position: #2 (12 Mar 2013)
  • Most recent chart position: #39 (16 Oct 2024)
  • Days on UK TV Episodes Chart: 411

'Africa Special, Pt. 1' has charted in the following countries:
United Kingdom, United States, Germany, France, Canada and Australia.

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Detailed Chart Progress for "Africa Special, Pt. 1" (Top Gear)

UK TV Episodes chart performance history for Africa Special, Pt. 1

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Bad News
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A Special Christmas
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Fights, Friendships and Fashion Week
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Episode Synopsis: Africa Special, Pt. 1

in the first of a two-part top gear special jeremy clarkson richard hammond and james may are in africa with a simple mission – to find the definitive source of the nile over the years many explorers claim to have...

...done just that but the top gear trio believe that they can do better by travelling further and faster than any exploration team in history using only grit ingenuity and three ageing estate cars

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