Burma's long distance lorries | Top Gear - Burma Special - BBC Two

[Music] the meeting point was a giant parade ground in the middle of the old capital city rangoon and I was the first to arrive [Music] I've bought a stereo I have a speaker system here in the roof the passenger seat has been replaced with a subwoofer and there are two amps with a combined power of two thousand three hundred watts and the best thing is included in the price was this comb and an entire lorry it was built in 1959 or 1976 people are a bit hazy on that what we do know for sure is that a Zhu Zhu made the mud flaps which is odd because it says Mitsubishi on the axles Oh Jake it is James the medic over for Laurie monix van mate what we had to bring lorries that is a lorry the van technically is a crane actually I've bought a crane oh is that what that is look at that a crane two winches hydraulic rams legs and it had the latest in high-tech dashboards that's a mess now isn't this going to drive your OCD mad I put labels on things too you know corresponding to what I think they do hazards what's that I've got one of those you might say I've had to put a question mark on it mine is a sports lorry straight-6 rear-wheel drive twin exhausts BMW 325i and this almost identical banging stereo really seriously you want to hear it not really [Music] I don't know I'm sure that won't become annoying at all I need to ask you a question what why are you wearing a tie because I'm the modern lorry driver and modern lorry drivers are crisp and sharp the days are over when he simply turned up with a glove box full of strong pornography and a gong you best at this point Hammond arrived with a glove box full of strong pornography and egg on his vest rig what is it a lorry or a Hindu tent this has been extensively modelled had it not just the visual improvement so they are significant aligns them study things but note oh all of that favour arrangement right it's a farm truck yeah and that's so it can accommodate those low-density big loads are big loads of what well gulps what crop here in Burma home of the Golden Triangle no or turnips no kale no heroin that's all they really grow here you bought a heroin lorries heroin coming this seat yeah is well let's be honest it's a church pew yeah it looks like the sort of railway carriage that Agatha Christie went about it was bought a van as he parked in a long way away or is it that small as we were admiring the paintwork on Jeremy's lorry our challenge arrived - they do it because I mean we're with these in 1943 British Australian and Dutch prisoners of war were forced by their Japanese captors to build the Burma railway across Southeast Asia their efforts and their suffering were immortalized in the film bridge on the river kwai that's what you're going to do you're going to build a river bridge which is strong enough to support the weight of your lorries I don't know anything about Oh bridge I'll make a bridge we're gonna have to build your havoc how much does your sway how bad a thousand tons I'm afraid it gets worse you know they said long-distance lorry driving the only trouble is that you have to drive to the river in question which is in Thailand the river kwai is not in Thailand this it is never quite is in Thailand is it yeah but it seemed no no I promise you it the River Kwai and everyone thinks it's Barbara isn't it's Thailand so we're gonna go and build a bridge over the river kwai why not at guinness in high spirits the journey began

Channel: BBC

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Keywords: Top Gear (TV Program), series 21, Richard Hammond, Jeremy Clarkson, cars, James May, Section Tag Ent13, BBC Two, BBC2, BBC 2, bbc top gear, Top Gear, Burma, truck, River Kwai, Thailand, Burma Special, The Grand Tour, Comedy, Funny, Laughs, Challenge, Asia, Mr Slow, Isuzu, Hino, Rust, Rusty, Old, lorries

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Length: 5min 19sec (319 seconds)

Published: Wed Mar 19 2014