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

"The Vietnam Special": Chart Statistics

  • Release date: 28 Dec 2008
  • Chart debut: #77 (24 Nov 2009)
  • Highest Position: #2 (11 Jul 2010)
  • Most recent chart position: #82 (05 May 2012)
  • Days on UK TV Episodes Chart: 311

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

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

UK TV Episodes chart performance history for The Vietnam Special

Year Month Day Position Movement Number 1
2009 Nov 24 Tue 77 new The Hills
I'm Done With You
29 Sun 73 re-entry Doctor Who
The Waters of Mars
2009 Dec 9 Wed 93 re-entry Stargate Universe
Justice
10 Thu 72 up
11 Fri 86 down Bones
The Gamer In the Grease
12 Sat 54 up The Vampire Diaries
Pilot
13 Sun 57 down
14 Mon 77 down The Hills
Mr. Right Now
18 Fri 82 re-entry Curb Your Enthusiasm
Seinfeld
19 Sat 76 up
21 Mon 74 re-entry Glee
Pilot
22 Tue 59 up
23 Wed 61 down
24 Thu 64 down
25 Fri 36 up Family Guy
Stew-Roids
26 Sat 39 down
27 Sun 43 down
28 Mon 23 up Family Guy
Family Guy: Something, Something, Something Dark S
29 Tue 30 down
30 Wed 55 down
31 Thu 45 up
2010 Jan 1 Fri 58 down Blackadder
Blackadder Back and Forth
2 Sat 65 down Outnumbered
The Special Bowl
3 Sun 70 down
4 Mon 78 down
5 Tue 65 up
6 Wed 80 down Outnumbered
The Christmas Special
7 Thu 60 up
8 Fri 62 down
9 Sat 62 no-move
10 Sun 45 up
11 Mon 36 up
12 Tue 33 up Top Gear
The Bolivia Special
13 Wed 41 down
14 Thu 44 down
15 Fri 30 up
16 Sat 37 down
17 Sun 52 down Glee
Pilot
18 Mon 70 down Glee
Showmance
19 Tue 73 down
20 Wed 56 up
21 Thu 59 down
22 Fri 60 down
23 Sat 33 up The Vampire Diaries
Bloodlines
24 Sun 44 down Glee
Showmance
25 Mon 36 up Glee
Acafellas
26 Tue 48 down
27 Wed 45 up
28 Thu 56 down
29 Fri 79 down Skins
Episode 1
30 Sat 42 up The Vampire Diaries
Unpleasantville
31 Sun 37 up Glee
Acafellas
2010 Feb 1 Mon 50 down Glee
Preggers
2 Tue 50 no-move
3 Wed 64 down The Cleveland Show
Pilot
5 Fri 89 re-entry
6 Sat 78 up LOST
LAX, Pt. 1
7 Sun 75 up
8 Mon 98 down
11 Thu 88 re-entry
12 Fri 95 down
18 Thu 92 re-entry Glee
Vitamin D
21 Sun 82 re-entry LOST
The Substitute
23 Tue 90 re-entry
27 Sat 95 re-entry LOST
Lighthouse
28 Sun 77 up
2010 Mar 1 Mon 99 down
7 Sun 88 re-entry LOST
Sundown
10 Wed 72 re-entry
12 Fri 89 re-entry
13 Sat 70 up LOST
Dr. Linus
14 Sun 77 down
15 Mon 72 up
16 Tue 65 up
17 Wed 72 down
21 Sun 97 re-entry Sport Relief
Smithy Sketch 2010
22 Mon 95 up
23 Tue 83 up
24 Wed 91 down
25 Thu 76 up
26 Fri 84 down
27 Sat 68 up LOST
Ab Aeterno
28 Sun 75 down
30 Tue 86 re-entry Sport Relief
Smithy Sketch 2010
31 Wed 93 down
2010 Apr 1 Thu 90 up
4 Sun 100 re-entry LOST
The Package
10 Sat 90 re-entry LOST
Happily Ever After
11 Sun 89 up
27 Tue 76 re-entry LOST
The Last Recruit
2010 May 1 Sat 65 re-entry The Vampire Diaries
Blood Brothers
2 Sun 88 down Glee
The Power of Madonna
3 Mon 63 up 24
Day 8: 9:00 A.M. - 10:00 A.M.
4 Tue 76 down
2010 Jun 8 Tue 79 re-entry The Hills
Rumor Has It
11 Fri 94 re-entry
14 Mon 92 re-entry Glee
Funk
15 Tue 89 up The Hills
The Elephant In The Room
19 Sat 93 re-entry Glee
Journey
20 Sun 90 up
21 Mon 94 down The Hills
This is Goodbye
22 Tue 63 up
23 Wed 78 down
24 Thu 74 up V
Red Sky
26 Sat 70 re-entry Glee
Journey
27 Sun 83 down Doctor Who
The Pandorica Opens
29 Tue 50 re-entry The Hills
A New Bird
30 Wed 38 up
2010 Jul 1 Thu 66 down
2 Fri 74 down
3 Sat 57 up The IT Crowd
The Final Countdown
4 Sun 28 up Doctor Who
The Big Bang
5 Mon 39 down The Hills
Ghost From The Past
6 Tue 92 down
7 Wed 36 up
8 Thu 35 up
9 Fri 41 down
10 Sat 7 up Top Gear
The Bolivia Special
11 Sun 2 up
12 Mon 4 down The Hills
The Company You Keep
13 Tue 3 up
14 Wed 15 down
15 Thu 31 down
16 Fri 39 down
17 Sat 58 down The IT Crowd
Italian for Beginners
18 Sun 59 down
19 Mon 86 down The Hills
Between A Rocker And A Hard Place
20 Tue 55 up
21 Wed 45 up
22 Thu 59 down
23 Fri 82 down
24 Sat 98 down The IT Crowd
Bad Boys
25 Sun 65 up
26 Mon 93 down The Hills
Break-Up To Make-Up
27 Tue 56 up
28 Wed 75 down
29 Thu 82 down
2010 Aug 1 Sun 64 re-entry The IT Crowd
Reynholm vs Reynholm
2 Mon 76 down The Hills
Welcome To The Jungle
3 Tue 54 up
4 Wed 48 up Premier League
Goals of the Season 2009-2010
5 Thu 50 down
6 Fri 35 up
7 Sat 37 down
8 Sun 38 down
9 Mon 79 down The Hills
Loves Me Not
10 Tue 78 up
11 Wed 64 up
12 Thu 68 down Sherlock
The Blind Banker
13 Fri 46 up
14 Sat 72 down
15 Sun 60 up
16 Mon 34 up The Hills
All Good Things...
17 Tue 61 down
18 Wed 85 down
19 Thu 96 down Sherlock
The Great Game
20 Fri 44 up
21 Sat 42 up
22 Sun 47 down
23 Mon 43 up
24 Tue 39 up
25 Wed 36 up
26 Thu 52 down
27 Fri 55 down
28 Sat 52 up
29 Sun 74 down
30 Mon 47 up
31 Tue 81 down
2010 Sep 2 Thu 67 re-entry
3 Fri 79 down Mistresses
Episode 4
4 Sat 51 up
5 Sun 71 down
6 Mon 51 up
9 Thu 94 re-entry Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Issue 1: The Long Way Home, Pt. 1
12 Sun 81 re-entry The Vampire Diaries
The Return
27 Mon 98 re-entry The Vampire Diaries
Bad Moon Rising
2010 Oct 3 Sun 77 re-entry The Vampire Diaries
Memory Lane
4 Mon 90 down
8 Fri 96 re-entry The Vampire Diaries
Kill or Be Killed
9 Sat 62 up
10 Sun 98 down
11 Mon 92 up The Inbetweeners
A Trip to Warwick
12 Tue 86 up The Inbetweeners
Will Is Home Alone
13 Wed 92 down
2010 Dec 12 Sun 74 re-entry The Vampire Diaries
By the Light of the Moon
19 Sun 88 re-entry Misfits
Episode 6
25 Sat 96 re-entry The Big Bang Theory
The 21 Second Excitation
26 Sun 35 up Misfits
Christmas Special
27 Mon 29 up South Park
Make Love, Not Warcraft
28 Tue 19 up
29 Wed 27 down
30 Thu 22 up
31 Fri 17 up
2011 Jan 1 Sat 16 up
2 Sun 27 down Doctor Who
A Christmas Carol
3 Mon 26 up
4 Tue 31 down Doctor Who
The End of Time, Pt. 2
5 Wed 54 down
6 Thu 82 down
8 Sat 45 re-entry Come Fly With Me
Episode 1
9 Sun 44 up
10 Mon 63 down Come Fly With Me
Episode 2
11 Tue 95 down
12 Wed 90 up
13 Thu 81 up
14 Fri 68 up Grey's Anatomy
Start Me Up
15 Sat 64 up Come Fly With Me
Episode 3
16 Sun 40 up
17 Mon 47 down
18 Tue 55 down
19 Wed 88 down Come Fly With Me
Episode 1
29 Sat 87 re-entry True Blood
It Hurts Me Too
30 Sun 92 down
2011 Feb 6 Sun 100 re-entry Comic Relief
The Inbetweeners Rude Road Trip
8 Tue 78 re-entry
9 Wed 80 down
24 Thu 97 re-entry
2011 Mar 3 Thu 73 re-entry
2011 Apr 15 Fri 95 re-entry The Vampire Diaries
The Last Dance
2011 May 8 Sun 84 re-entry The Vampire Diaries
The Sun Also Rises
2011 Jun 9 Thu 64 re-entry Geordie Shore
103
30 Thu 89 re-entry Made In Chelsea
Episode 8
2011 Jul 4 Mon 81 re-entry Geordie Shore
106
5 Tue 96 down
13 Wed 89 re-entry Top Gear
Episode 2
14 Thu 95 down
21 Thu 69 re-entry Body of Proof
Pilot
22 Fri 86 down Supernatural
Family Matters
23 Sat 97 down Body of Proof
Pilot
2011 Aug 2 Tue 47 re-entry Beaver Falls
Episode 1
3 Wed 63 down
4 Thu 84 down
5 Fri 58 up
6 Sat 72 down
7 Sun 84 down
11 Thu 91 re-entry Premier League
Goals of the Season 2010-2011
13 Sat 91 re-entry The Big Bang Theory
The Zarnecki Incursion
14 Sun 78 up
16 Tue 49 re-entry Premier League
Goals of the Season 2010-2011
18 Thu 83 re-entry Beaver Falls
Episode 4
19 Fri 69 up The Big Bang Theory
The Herb Garden Germination
20 Sat 64 up
21 Sun 83 down
22 Mon 51 up
23 Tue 77 down The Inbetweeners
The Inbetweeners Top Ten Moments
24 Wed 47 up
25 Thu 37 up
26 Fri 81 down
2011 Sep 17 Sat 62 re-entry The Big Bang Theory
The Roomate Transmorgrification
18 Sun 81 down
25 Sun 84 re-entry The Vampire Diaries
The Hybrid
2011 Oct 24 Mon 95 re-entry Downton Abbey
Series 2, Episode 6
2011 Dec 15 Thu 96 re-entry Gossip Girl
Riding in Town Cars With Boys
25 Sun 86 re-entry The Only Way Is Essex
The Only Way Is EsseXmas
27 Tue 66 re-entry
28 Wed 43 up
29 Thu 18 up Top Gear
The Bolivia Special
30 Fri 17 up
31 Sat 16 up
2012 Jan 1 Sun 19 down
2 Mon 21 down Outnumbered
Christmas Special 2011
3 Tue 33 down
4 Wed 20 up
5 Thu 39 down
6 Fri 37 up The Vampire Diaries
The New Deal
7 Sat 33 up
8 Sun 24 up
9 Mon 46 down
10 Tue 42 up
11 Wed 43 down
12 Thu 34 up
13 Fri 48 down
14 Sat 42 up New Girl
Pilot
15 Sun 23 up New Girl
Kryptonite
16 Mon 30 down The Vampire Diaries
Our Town
17 Tue 37 down
18 Wed 52 down
19 Thu 52 no-move
20 Fri 41 up The Vampire Diaries
The Ties That Bind
21 Sat 36 up
22 Sun 43 down
23 Mon 29 up
24 Tue 32 down
25 Wed 44 down Gossip Girl
Father and the Bride
26 Thu 34 up
27 Fri 35 down
29 Sun 52 re-entry
30 Mon 57 down
31 Tue 84 down Gossip Girl
G.G.
2012 Feb 1 Wed 58 up
2 Thu 61 down Geordie Shore
201
3 Fri 77 down The Vampire Diaries
Bringing Out the Dead
5 Sun 73 re-entry
7 Tue 98 re-entry Gossip Girl
The Back Up Dan
8 Wed 54 up Geordie Shore
202
9 Thu 92 down
19 Sun 83 re-entry The Vampire Diaries
All My Children
20 Mon 73 up
2012 Mar 13 Tue 95 re-entry Homeland
Semper I
26 Mon 91 re-entry Sport Relief
Absolutely Fabulous 2012
2012 Apr 5 Thu 90 re-entry Gossip Girl
Con Heir
8 Sun 86 re-entry South Park
Jewpacabra
9 Mon 51 up Homeland
Achilles Heel
10 Tue 49 up
11 Wed 64 down
12 Thu 68 down
13 Fri 81 down House
Gut Check
14 Sat 97 down
2012 May 2 Wed 79 re-entry Gossip Girl
Raiders of the Lost Art
3 Thu 92 down
5 Sat 82 re-entry The Vampire Diaries
Before Sunset

Episode Synopsis: The Vietnam Special

in this top gear special jeremy richard and james travel to vietnam and are told to traverse the entire length of the country in just eight days thereby achieving what the american military failed to do in ten years but...

...they must each buy some suitable transport for the trip and despite having several million dong in their pockets this proves to be rather less money than they thought especially in one of the most expensive car markets in the world

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