Top Gear: Middle East Special
| "Top Gear: Middle East Special" | |
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| Top Gear episode | |
| Episode no. | Series 15 Episode 8 |
| Directed by | Phil Churchward |
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| Original air date | 26 December 2010 |
| Running time | 76 minutes |
"Top Gear: Middle East Special" is a 76-minute-long extended episode of Top Gear series 16. 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 in Israel.