December 26, 2014 By Fausta Argentina: Top Gear hot water The Top Gear Christmas special airs this weekend on on December 27 and 28. The lads covered a lot of ground, And they were run out of town: Top Gear Christmas Special: What really happened in Patagonia? Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond arrived in Argentina in September to film the Top Gear Christmas Special. The subsequent fortnight was even more dramatic than they could have imagined