The Middle East Special was a special episode of the BBC motoring show Top Gear that aired as the second of two Christmas specials in 2010. The episode saw the presenters of the show, Jeremy, James, and Richard, retrace the steps of the three wise men on a journey across the Middle East to Bethlehem in Israel. The presenters were given a budget of 3500 pounds and told to each buy a second hand two-door convertible sports car (May spent 466 extra on his). Their cars, along with themselves, were shipped to the starting point in a Russian Cargo Plane with no knowledge of where this actually was.