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

The licence plate on Jeremy Clarkson's car contained the letters FKL, which some have argued was chosen deliberately as a reference to the Falklands War.

Top Gear has said that the FKL licence plate was coincidental, adding: "We would not base a joke around soldiers in conflict." The episode featuring the attack has now aired in the UK, and shows viewers the producers' version of events.

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.

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".

...in the last 10 minutes of the programme.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

Two people are hurt, and the crew cars will later be repaired.

The crew then successfully cross into nearby Chile. However, the episode doesn't explain how the presenters manage to flee the hotel during the attack.