Top Gear - 'The Botswana Special'
British iTunes Chart Performance

"The Botswana Special": Chart Statistics

  • Release date: 22 Jun 2009
  • Chart debut: #93 (28 Nov 2009)
  • Highest Position: #4 (29 Dec 2011)
  • Most recent chart position: #98 (23 May 2012)
  • Days on UK TV Episodes Chart: 490

'The Botswana Special' has charted in the following countries:
United Kingdom, Germany and Australia.

The Botswana Special: Chart Progress Graph

Chart performance: 09 Sep 2011 to 28 Jan 2012.

Chart progress graph for The Botswana Special

Detailed Chart Progress for "The Botswana Special" (Top Gear)

UK TV Episodes chart performance history for The Botswana Special

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2009 Nov 28 Sat 93 new Doctor Who
The Waters of Mars
29 Sun 82 up
2009 Dec 9 Wed 83 re-entry Stargate Universe
Justice
11 Fri 89 re-entry Bones
The Gamer In the Grease
12 Sat 71 up The Vampire Diaries
Pilot
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Mr. Right Now
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The Boys of Summer
18 Fri 64 re-entry Curb Your Enthusiasm
Seinfeld
20 Sun 98 re-entry The Vampire Diaries
Night of the Comet
21 Mon 77 up Glee
Pilot
22 Tue 66 up
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Stew-Roids
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Family Guy: Something, Something, Something Dark S
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2010 Jan 1 Fri 31 down Blackadder
Blackadder Back and Forth
2 Sat 34 down Outnumbered
The Special Bowl
3 Sun 25 up
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6 Wed 27 down Outnumbered
The Christmas Special
7 Thu 19 up
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The Bolivia Special
13 Wed 42 down
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15 Fri 35 up
16 Sat 28 up
17 Sun 27 up Glee
Pilot
18 Mon 39 down Glee
Showmance
19 Tue 35 up
20 Wed 30 up
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23 Sat 25 up The Vampire Diaries
Bloodlines
24 Sun 34 down Glee
Showmance
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Acafellas
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29 Fri 48 down Skins
Episode 1
30 Sat 31 up The Vampire Diaries
Unpleasantville
31 Sun 33 down Glee
Acafellas
2010 Feb 1 Mon 35 down Glee
Preggers
2 Tue 38 down
3 Wed 47 down The Cleveland Show
Pilot
4 Thu 53 down
5 Fri 63 down
6 Sat 69 down LOST
LAX, Pt. 1
7 Sun 59 up
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11 Thu 69 up
17 Wed 67 re-entry LOST
What Kate Does
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Vitamin D
19 Fri 70 down LOST
What Kate Does
20 Sat 73 down LOST
The Substitute
21 Sun 60 up
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Lighthouse
28 Sun 68 up
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Sundown
7 Sun 48 down
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Dr. Linus
14 Sun 41 up
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18 Thu 91 down Sport Relief
Smithy Sketch 2009
19 Fri 68 up
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Smithy Sketch 2010
21 Sun 41 down
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25 Thu 92 down
26 Fri 97 down
27 Sat 61 up LOST
Ab Aeterno
28 Sun 79 down
29 Mon 77 up Sport Relief
Smithy Sketch 2010
30 Tue 57 up
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2010 Apr 1 Thu 100 down
2 Fri 97 up
3 Sat 85 up LOST
The Package
4 Sun 81 up
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6 Tue 96 down
7 Wed 90 up
9 Fri 77 re-entry The Vampire Diaries
Let the Right One In
11 Sun 99 re-entry LOST
Happily Ever After
12 Mon 81 up
13 Tue 91 down
14 Wed 93 down
15 Thu 75 up V
Pilot
16 Fri 96 down The Vampire Diaries
Under Control
17 Sat 98 down LOST
Everybody Loves Hugo
18 Sun 84 up
24 Sat 98 re-entry LOST
The Last Recruit
25 Sun 78 up
26 Mon 78 no-move
27 Tue 94 down
28 Wed 64 up
29 Thu 97 down
30 Fri 71 up The Vampire Diaries
Blood Brothers
2010 May 2 Sun 66 re-entry Glee
The Power of Madonna
3 Mon 54 up 24
Day 8: 9:00 A.M. - 10:00 A.M.
4 Tue 77 down
5 Wed 100 down Glee
The Power of Madonna
6 Thu 84 up
7 Fri 88 down The Vampire Diaries
Isobel
8 Sat 93 down LOST
The Candidate
9 Sun 83 up
10 Mon 71 up
11 Tue 76 down
12 Wed 91 down
13 Thu 75 up
15 Sat 100 re-entry LOST
Across the Sea
16 Sun 76 up
17 Mon 90 down
25 Tue 86 re-entry LOST
The End
26 Wed 95 down
2010 Jun 3 Thu 99 re-entry V
Heretics Fork
6 Sun 66 re-entry Glee
Theatricality
7 Mon 65 up 24
Day 8: 2:00 P.M. - 3:00 P.M.
8 Tue 80 down The Hills
Rumor Has It
9 Wed 92 down
13 Sun 43 re-entry Glee
Funk
14 Mon 61 down
15 Tue 90 down The Hills
The Elephant In The Room
17 Thu 76 re-entry
18 Fri 73 up
20 Sun 57 re-entry Glee
Journey
21 Mon 70 down The Hills
This is Goodbye
23 Wed 65 re-entry
24 Thu 91 down V
Red Sky
25 Fri 75 up Glee
Journey
26 Sat 87 down
28 Mon 69 re-entry The City
The Belle Of Elle
29 Tue 82 down The Hills
A New Bird
30 Wed 36 up
2010 Jul 1 Thu 55 down
2 Fri 25 up
3 Sat 37 down The IT Crowd
The Final Countdown
4 Sun 32 up Doctor Who
The Big Bang
5 Mon 32 no-move The Hills
Ghost From The Past
6 Tue 64 down
7 Wed 25 up
8 Thu 18 up
9 Fri 26 down
10 Sat 14 up Top Gear
The Bolivia Special
11 Sun 17 down
12 Mon 17 no-move The Hills
The Company You Keep
13 Tue 46 down
14 Wed 91 down
15 Thu 61 up
16 Fri 40 up
17 Sat 39 up The IT Crowd
Italian for Beginners
18 Sun 57 down
19 Mon 68 down The Hills
Between A Rocker And A Hard Place
20 Tue 51 up
21 Wed 52 down
23 Fri 51 re-entry
24 Sat 34 up The IT Crowd
Bad Boys
25 Sun 35 down
26 Mon 54 down The Hills
Break-Up To Make-Up
27 Tue 50 up
28 Wed 57 down
29 Thu 33 up
30 Fri 43 down
31 Sat 41 up The IT Crowd
Reynholm vs Reynholm
2010 Aug 1 Sun 32 up
2 Mon 40 down The Hills
Welcome To The Jungle
3 Tue 41 down
4 Wed 36 up Premier League
Goals of the Season 2009-2010
5 Thu 37 down
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8 Sun 29 up
9 Mon 37 down The Hills
Loves Me Not
10 Tue 44 down
11 Wed 43 up
12 Thu 50 down Sherlock
The Blind Banker
13 Fri 32 up
14 Sat 31 up
15 Sun 28 up
16 Mon 31 down The Hills
All Good Things...
17 Tue 36 down
18 Wed 36 no-move
19 Thu 42 down Sherlock
The Great Game
20 Fri 29 up
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2010 Sep 1 Wed 48 down
2 Thu 48 no-move
3 Fri 55 down Mistresses
Episode 4
4 Sat 73 down
5 Sun 36 up
6 Mon 25 up
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8 Wed 82 down Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Issue 1: The Long Way Home, Pt. 1
11 Sat 65 re-entry The Vampire Diaries
The Return
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The Fashion Show
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20 Mon 61 re-entry The Vampire Diaries
Brave New World
24 Fri 92 re-entry The Vampire Diaries
Bad Moon Rising
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30 Thu 70 re-entry The Inbetweeners
Will's Dilemma
2010 Oct 4 Mon 63 re-entry The Vampire Diaries
Memory Lane
5 Tue 72 down The Inbetweeners
A Trip to Warwick
7 Thu 95 re-entry
9 Sat 84 re-entry The Vampire Diaries
Kill or Be Killed
12 Tue 87 re-entry The Inbetweeners
Will Is Home Alone
16 Sat 75 re-entry
17 Sun 78 down
18 Mon 91 down
28 Thu 99 re-entry Gossip Girl
Easy J
31 Sun 71 re-entry Nikita
The Recruit
2010 Dec 9 Thu 98 re-entry Gossip Girl
The Townie
12 Sun 56 re-entry The Vampire Diaries
By the Light of the Moon
16 Thu 95 re-entry
17 Fri 80 up Misfits
Episode 6
18 Sat 94 down
20 Mon 37 re-entry Misfits
Christmas Special
21 Tue 90 down
23 Thu 90 re-entry
24 Fri 76 up
25 Sat 74 up The Big Bang Theory
The 21 Second Excitation
26 Sun 30 up Misfits
Christmas Special
27 Mon 20 up South Park
Make Love, Not Warcraft
28 Tue 25 down
29 Wed 16 up
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31 Fri 16 up
2011 Jan 1 Sat 15 up
2 Sun 21 down Doctor Who
A Christmas Carol
3 Mon 17 up
4 Tue 38 down Doctor Who
The End of Time, Pt. 2
5 Wed 23 up
6 Thu 36 down
7 Fri 46 down Come Fly With Me
Episode 1
8 Sat 70 down
9 Sun 50 up
10 Mon 52 down Come Fly With Me
Episode 2
11 Tue 39 up
12 Wed 41 down
13 Thu 48 down
14 Fri 53 down Grey's Anatomy
Start Me Up
15 Sat 57 down Come Fly With Me
Episode 3
16 Sun 50 up
17 Mon 32 up
18 Tue 37 down
19 Wed 52 down Come Fly With Me
Episode 1
20 Thu 55 down Glee
Britney / Brittany
22 Sat 63 re-entry True Blood
Beautifully Broken
23 Sun 71 down Come Fly With Me
Episode 4
24 Mon 61 up True Blood
Beautifully Broken
25 Tue 53 up Gossip Girl
The Kids Are Not Alright
27 Thu 84 re-entry
28 Fri 76 up Come Fly With Me
Episode 5
29 Sat 80 down True Blood
It Hurts Me Too
30 Sun 65 up
31 Mon 67 down
2011 Feb 1 Tue 88 down The Vampire Diaries
The Descent
2 Wed 74 up
4 Fri 64 re-entry Comic Relief
The Inbetweeners Rude Road Trip
6 Sun 69 re-entry
11 Fri 85 re-entry
16 Wed 99 re-entry
24 Thu 86 re-entry
27 Sun 86 re-entry
28 Mon 93 down
2011 Mar 1 Tue 77 up
2 Wed 77 no-move
3 Thu 80 down
5 Sat 82 re-entry True Blood
Night On the Sun
6 Sun 90 down
14 Mon 87 re-entry Comic Relief
The Inbetweeners Rude Road Trip
15 Tue 75 up
21 Mon 96 re-entry Red Nose Day 2011
Smithy 2011
28 Mon 83 re-entry
2011 Apr 6 Wed 82 re-entry Glee
Comeback
7 Thu 54 up
12 Tue 72 re-entry Glee
Blame It On the Alcohol
25 Mon 81 re-entry The Vampire Diaries
Klaus
2011 May 3 Tue 92 re-entry The Vampire Diaries
The Last Day
22 Sun 65 re-entry Family Guy
And Then There Were Fewer
25 Wed 87 re-entry Glee
Prom Queen
26 Thu 71 up Family Guy
And Then There Were Fewer
2011 Jun 2 Thu 90 re-entry Geordie Shore
102
15 Wed 92 re-entry Geordie Shore
104
16 Thu 91 up
17 Fri 80 up
18 Sat 55 up
23 Thu 64 re-entry
26 Sun 79 re-entry Geordie Shore
105
2011 Jul 5 Tue 84 re-entry Geordie Shore
106
11 Mon 69 re-entry The Killing
Pilot
15 Fri 74 re-entry
18 Mon 91 re-entry
20 Wed 81 re-entry Top Gear
Episode 3
23 Sat 98 re-entry Body of Proof
Pilot
31 Sun 88 re-entry Beaver Falls
Episode 1
2011 Aug 2 Tue 92 re-entry
6 Sat 83 re-entry
7 Sun 60 up
8 Mon 51 up
9 Tue 78 down
10 Wed 78 no-move Premier League
Goals of the Season 2010-2011
11 Thu 81 down
14 Sun 93 re-entry The Big Bang Theory
The Zarnecki Incursion
16 Tue 100 re-entry Premier League
Goals of the Season 2010-2011
18 Thu 92 re-entry Beaver Falls
Episode 4
19 Fri 48 up The Big Bang Theory
The Herb Garden Germination
20 Sat 86 down
21 Sun 91 down
24 Wed 85 re-entry The Inbetweeners
The Inbetweeners Top Ten Moments
25 Thu 52 up
2011 Sep 7 Wed 78 re-entry Jersey Shore
Going to Italia
8 Thu 69 up
10 Sat 71 re-entry The Big Bang Theory
The Engagement Reaction
11 Sun 57 up
12 Mon 71 down
13 Tue 45 up The Inbetweeners
The Inbetweeners Top Ten Moments
25 Sun 94 re-entry The Vampire Diaries
The Hybrid
2011 Oct 9 Sun 100 re-entry The Vampire Diaries
Disturbing Behavior
10 Mon 62 up Downton Abbey
Series 2, Episode 4
11 Tue 86 down Gossip Girl
The Jewel of Denial
12 Wed 57 up
13 Thu 89 down
20 Thu 86 re-entry Gossip Girl
Memoirs of an Invisible Dan
21 Fri 56 up The Vampire Diaries
Smells Like Teen Spirit
22 Sat 80 down
23 Sun 63 up
24 Mon 77 down Downton Abbey
Series 2, Episode 6
25 Tue 84 re-entry Gossip Girl
The Fasting and the Furious
28 Fri 84 re-entry The Vampire Diaries
Ghost World
29 Sat 64 up
31 Mon 96 re-entry
2011 Nov 1 Tue 52 up Downton Abbey
Series 2, Episode 7
4 Fri 96 re-entry The Vampire Diaries
Ordinary People
6 Sun 93 re-entry
13 Sun 99 re-entry The Vampire Diaries
Homecoming
23 Wed 92 re-entry Gossip Girl
All the Pretty Sources
2011 Dec 3 Sat 91 re-entry House
Perils of Paranoia
9 Fri 71 re-entry Gossip Girl
Riding in Town Cars With Boys
10 Sat 94 down
11 Sun 64 up
12 Mon 78 down
14 Wed 76 re-entry
15 Thu 97 down
16 Fri 75 up The Big Bang Theory
The Good Guy Fluctuation
17 Sat 53 up
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19 Mon 62 down
20 Tue 58 up Two and a Half Men
One False Move, Zimbabwe!
21 Wed 78 down
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25 Sun 60 re-entry The Only Way Is Essex
The Only Way Is EsseXmas
26 Mon 27 up
27 Tue 16 up
28 Wed 6 up
29 Thu 4 up Top Gear
The Bolivia Special
30 Fri 6 down
31 Sat 5 up
2012 Jan 1 Sun 4 up
2 Mon 5 down Outnumbered
Christmas Special 2011
3 Tue 6 down
4 Wed 7 down
5 Thu 17 down
6 Fri 31 down The Vampire Diaries
The New Deal
7 Sat 21 up
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Pilot
15 Sun 20 up New Girl
Kryptonite
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Our Town
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The Ties That Bind
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G.G.
2012 Feb 1 Wed 64 down
2 Thu 48 up Geordie Shore
201
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Bringing Out the Dead
4 Sat 54 up
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7 Tue 43 up Gossip Girl
The Back Up Dan
8 Wed 52 down Geordie Shore
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Dangerous Liasons
14 Tue 67 up
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17 Fri 85 re-entry The Vampire Diaries
All My Children
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22 Wed 77 up Geordie Shore
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2012 Mar 6 Tue 100 re-entry Homeland
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9 Fri 88 re-entry Geordie Shore
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2012 Apr 1 Sun 77 re-entry The Vampire Diaries
The Murder of One
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21 Sat 95 re-entry House
We Need the Eggs
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Episode 8

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Episode Synopsis: In a Top Gear special, the team travel to Africa where they are challenged to buy a second hand car costing no more than £1, 500 and in no way designed to go off road and drive across the wilds of Botswana. Along the way they must negotiate salt pans, rivers and reserves full of animals while facing sweltering heat and suffocating dust.

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