This Is How The “Top Gear” Crew Came Under Attack In Argentina

#1 We then see the damage to the cars caused by the mob, which consists of this.

#2 The crew then go off-road “fearing for their lives” after being warned that another mob is ahead.

#3 And this.

#4 The episode starts with an explanation.

Presenters Richard Hammond, James May, and Jeremy Clarkson explain that they are driving to Ushuaia in Argentina, where the battleship Belgrano sailed from at the start of the Falklands War. They says they are travelling there to build relations, build a stadium, and then play a friendly game of car football with some Argentinians.

#5 Clarkson says this:

The team say they knew about this before they arrived in Argentina but argue that there was little they could do, as licence plates cannot easily be changed. They say they had a plan to get around the issue but "we were never given the chance".

#6 The real action happens when they arrive at…

in the last 10 minutes of the programme.

#7 The crew are attacked after they depart from the hotel that night on their way to the border.

#8 However, they’ve been tipped off that there is to be a protest ahead, so they check into a nearby hotel.

The image above is of some people they believe to be acting suspiciously outside their hotel.

#9 They say the football game has been planned and that the stadium is being put together by locals.

They show the shipping containers that are to be used as the framework and the cars the Argentinians are planning to use for the car football.

#10 The crew are then ordered to leave.

May says they received a warm welcome in the rest of the country.

#11 The Top Gear team are told it wouldn’t be safe to leave.

Clarkson says the people outside are a "gang" of war veterans and associates who have told the crew there will be trouble if they continued filming. Then the police arrive, confirming the seriousness of the situation

#12 The crew then manage to escape the mob

#13 Bikes start to get in the way of the convoy.

The crew are told by police that an angry mob is ahead in a nearby town.

#14 We see the head of the group, who argues that the number plate was a reference to the Falklands.

Viewers are told that producers told the veterans the number plate was going to be replaced before the game of car football, but negotiations stalled.

#15

#16 We then see the damage to the cars caused by the mob, which consists of this.