The Grand Tour [Amazon]

longshanks · 29-12-2016 6:25pm

It's fairly poor so far, the jokes are terrible, the fat yank doing the lap is terrible, Richard Hammond... terrible.
It's hard to see where all the money that was supposedly spent on each episode was actually spent.
Would agree with the poster above who mentioned May going through the archives, that was pretty good. Overall though the show needs to improve.

The Black Oil · 30-12-2016 7:33pm

Beach buggies seem like fun. Episode was OK, fairly innocuous and not their finest. Shipwrecks looked amazing, as did the desert. May and Hammond looked knackered at the bar.

irishchris · 31-12-2016 9:49am

The Christmas special part one was brill. Nice to see them going back to the idea of special episodes at Christmas. Really enjoyed it and looking forward to part two tonight

The Black Oil · 31-12-2016 2:03pm

The poor rhinos.

Part two was more on form as the roads shredded their cars. I bet the Namibian tourist board is pleased.

Mc Love · 03-01-2017 5:54pm

It was the worst special they've ever done, turned off halfway through part 2.

irishchris · 03-01-2017 6:02pm

Really enjoyed this special especially the second part. One of the best from recent years

HighLine · 03-01-2017 6:17pm

Funny the contrasting views. I thought the Christmas special was very good. Entertaining, funny and some spectacular shots.

Also the piece May did the previous week on the Le Mans battle between Ford and Ferrari was absolutely fantastic. He genuinely looked proud after it was shown and rightly so.

The Black Oil · 08-01-2017 1:22pm

May seemed to enjoy the Honda and the Germans seemed up for being mocked a bit.

LaVail · 09-01-2017 12:12am

I can't watch another minute of this sh1t

irishchris · 09-01-2017 8:17pm

LaVail wrote: »

I can't watch another minute of this sh1t

Don't worry top gear will be back soon for you lol

I will miss this when it's finished, only three more episodes left sadly

Richard Hillman · 12-01-2017 8:43pm

The James May piece on Ferrari and Ford was spectacular. I reckon they could have made it as a separate to GT documentary.

Something that is very underrated from Clarkson and May is that they are excellent Narrator's.

Enjoyed the Namibia trip more than I thought I would too. Countries Tourism boards must be Banging down the door for them to do a special in whichever country.

The Black Oil · 13-01-2017 9:36pm

Too much studio padding. The coral thing was mostly a load of ****, though I did laugh a few times.

OldMrBrennan83 · 13-01-2017 9:39pm

This post has been deleted.

bnt · 20-03-2017 12:47am

Just reading that Hammond has had another crash, this time coming off a motorbike while filming the next GT series in Mozambique. The report is from the Daily Mail, so it's a bit hyper, but apparently he was knocked unconscious but recovered OK without going to hospital. This is not a guy who needs any more blows to the head ... :eek:

The Black Oil · 16-07-2017 4:53pm

First look at s2.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jahD1bkVqNI

bnt · 06-08-2017 11:26am

And now Clarkson's laid up - in hospital with pneumonia (DM). This is while on holiday in Majorca, though, so no filming to be disrupted. Still, I would not be surprised if this is linked to overwork due to Hammond being laid up. Jeremy's still doing his Sunday Times column too, though not this week - his daughter sat in for him.

The Black Oil · 07-11-2017 6:53am

Season 2, from Dec 8th. Live and Let Die.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_NRSoVncJQ

Wanderer78 · 07-11-2017 7:50am

What's their viewing rates like, got bored of it after a couple of episodes?

OldMrBrennan83 · 07-11-2017 7:51am

This post has been deleted.

EPAndlee · 07-11-2017 8:11am

I only really still watch this is because you don't really have pay much attention to it cause it's just 3 lads having a bit of craic

Wanderer78 · 07-11-2017 8:36am

i must actually give it a go again, but i suspect i may have moved on. its a pity it went tits up on bbc, sounds like last seasons top gear wasnt too bad though?

OldMrBrennan83 · 07-11-2017 8:37am

This post has been deleted.

Wanderer78 · 07-11-2017 8:39am

Patww79 wrote: »

This post has been deleted.

he drove me nuts

dastardly00 · 07-11-2017 2:19pm

Wanderer78 wrote: »

i must actually give it a go again, but i suspect i may have moved on. its a pity it went tits up on bbc, sounds like last seasons top gear wasnt too bad though?

To say it was better than the previous series which had Chris Evans is the understatement of the century!

dastardly00 · 07-11-2017 2:26pm

The Black Oil wrote: »

Season 2, from Dec 8th. Live and Let Die.

That trailer looks absolutely spot on. If they can keep all the studio footage to a minimum then Season 2 will be great. Celebrity brain crash, conversation street and the rest of the forced banter was absolutely rubbish in Season 1.

Endaaaagh · 10-11-2017 8:24am

"The Americian" is no more.. Wonder who they'll get to replace him. Wasn't there a trailer back in season one where they went looking for a racing driver and found Ben Collins? Whatever happened to that?
http://www.thedrive.com/sheetmetal/15861/the-grand-tour-axing-the-american-for-season-2

dastardly00 · 10-11-2017 10:52am

Endaaaagh wrote: »

"The Americian" is no more.. Wonder who they'll get to replace him. Wasn't there a trailer back in season one where they went looking for a racing driver and found Ben Collins? Whatever happened to that?
http://www.thedrive.com/sheetmetal/15861/the-grand-tour-axing-the-american-for-season-2

I had blanked 'The American' from my memory. That was a seriously shíte segment of the show. I'm delighted he's gone.