The Grand Tour [Amazon]

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

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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

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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

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Wanderer78 · 07-11-2017 8:39am

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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.

The Black Oil · 17-11-2017 1:47pm

Celebrity brain crash is dead, hopefully.

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

Brief_Lives · 19-12-2017 12:26pm

I downloaded the first 2 Grand tour episodes... either of them worth watching?

dr.fuzzenstein · 19-12-2017 12:31pm

Brief_Lives wrote: »

I downloaded the first 2 Grand tour episodes... either of them worth watching?

Just one way to find out

dastardly00 · 19-12-2017 12:55pm

Brief_Lives wrote: »

I downloaded the first 2 Grand tour episodes... either of them worth watching?

I've only watched Episode 1.
The only segment that I thought was worth watching was the main feature... the trip in Switzerland with Clarkson in a Lamborghini Aventador S, May in a Honda NSX, and Hammond in a Rimac Concept One.

Anjobe · 19-12-2017 3:42pm

Brief_Lives wrote: »

I downloaded the first 2 Grand tour episodes... either of them worth watching?

First episode is OK, 3 nice cars in some spectacular scenery plus Hammond's accident. Some annoying clumsy scripted nonsense though, and a really quite dull celebrity bit.

Second episode is a bit better - a car (new Ford GT) vs public transport race plus a power test (new Mercedes-AMG GT R) and a new unnamed female test driver for the power laps (actually Abbie Eaton), just like an old TG episode - just FF through the celeb bit.

lertsnim · 21-12-2017 12:24pm

Much improved. The American gone and killing celebrities every week gone too. Shows they took the negative feedback on board. Good to see. Negative now is the celebrity section. Always was even on Top Gear.

fryup · 23-12-2017 10:59am

worst bit is the scripted chit chat, just a filler really

flazio · 25-12-2017 8:20am

Okay, so Top Gear dug up Dunsfold to make the track a half rally cross track and found that it didn't work and went back to the old track. What do The Grand Tour do?
Also if they aren't lugging the tent around the world anymore then why have it? Why not just rent a studio?

The Black Oil · 07-01-2018 8:21pm

Watching, albeit with mild enthusiasm.

sonofenoch · 08-01-2018 9:19pm

Tell me Clarkson didn't actually mow down all those dead sheep? what the fuk was that......there's no way they'd have got away with that on the bbc

OldMrBrennan83 · 08-01-2018 10:40pm

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Tzar Chasm · 14-01-2018 10:29pm

Its like the last few seasons of TG before teh fracas.

A bit **** and rather dull but we all keep watching in the hope that something interesting might happen to justify our perseverance with the 3 lads.

However i dont think its going to get any better, but i will continue out of morbid curiosity waiting for the day it finally disappears up its own hole

Quazzie · 14-01-2018 10:39pm

I'm really struggling to come to terms with how old looking they've gotten. It's no longer three men going around in cars having the craic, but more like an episode of Dad's Army. These guys are far disconnected from the audience they are getting on Amazon Prime

EDIT: I just checked, and Clarkson is only 57 :eek: He appears a LOT older than that in this series. May is 54, and Hammond is only 48. Wow. I thought they were all a fair bit older

OldMrBrennan83 · 11-03-2018 10:16am

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ScrubsfanChris · 11-03-2018 10:06pm

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Clarkson said on twitter that story is rubbish and rightly pointed out it's the daily mail after all.

Either way there will be other offers falling over themselves for the trio if Amazon want out.

OldMrBrennan83 · 11-03-2018 10:12pm

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The Black Oil · 28-11-2018 11:02pm

Returns Jan 18th.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7USlC956z8

The Black Oil · 16-12-2018 6:50pm

Clarkson said there'll be no more studio stuff in the series that follows this. Good. There was a thing on RTE Entertainment reportedly saying the presenters will also have their own individual stuff. Hope this means documentaries.

https://twitter.com/JeremyClarkson/status/1073576362500333568

OldMrBrennan83 · 16-12-2018 6:51pm

I wouldn't have changed it.

Venom · 17-01-2019 7:49pm

inforfun · 18-01-2019 9:57am

harr · 18-01-2019 11:01am

Just finished the first show, same old same old nothing new. Glad they are getting rid of the tent for the next series as it brings nothing to the show.
Heavily scripted as per usual but the on location segment is a slick production with plenty of money thrown into it.
A few class muscle cars on it but it’s a definitely a tired format at this stage.
A bit of brain dead telly for an hour .. watchable .

The Black Oil · 18-01-2019 11:26pm

I felt quite sorry for Detroit, really. The theatre was most impressive. Glad they went to the old factory, a few nice pics of old Cadillacs.

Nice pop about Millionaire.

"Back to the tent" just doesn't roll off the tongue and sounds rubbish.

monkeysnapper · 20-01-2019 10:36pm

I watched first episode of season 3 this morning ..

Was a bit dissapointed , I actually thought season 2 was a massive improvement over season 1 but 1st episode of season 3 wasnt great in my opinion.

I think they're trying to hard in conversation street , scripting it to hell.

inforfun · 21-01-2019 9:33am

13 episodes, they cant all be perfect.

I have seen quite a few shows\documentaries about Detroit recently so that took away a few of the "surprises".

Anjobe · 21-01-2019 10:38am

I thought it was OK - but it is just an undemanding, reasonably enjoyable hour of TV. Its been a few years now since TGT/TG was anything more.

The other thing, I got a new TV a couple of months ago, and I have to say that Ultra HD + HDR really doesn't do the 3 guys any favours.

Quazzie · 22-01-2019 10:25pm

Beautifully edited, but very poorly shot. You could see the cops and fire brigades in the background of their "impromptu" street drag race.

Nody · 24-01-2019 6:13pm

Colombia special; double episode field trip coming out tomorrow and Saturday; these tend to be the best part of every season so looking forward to it.

The Black Oil · 26-01-2019 6:19pm

First part was a bit on the dull side, tbh. Second part a lot better. Great ad for Colombia. The hummingbirds were a real treat, surpassed only by the hippos.

OldMrBrennan83 · 26-01-2019 6:21pm

I stopped when they were photographing the birds and dogs around town after sitting through the whole beach scene with the car. As poor as I've ever seen on this or when they were on the BBC. Was so disappointing as I was looking forward to it when I heard it was a special. Even worse than India.

jamo2oo9 · 27-01-2019 11:33am

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I stopped when they were photographing the birds and dogs around town after sitting through the whole beach scene with the car. As poor as I've ever seen on this or when they were on the BBC. Was so disappointing as I was looking forward to it when I heard it was a special. Even worse than India.

If you didn't finish watching the entire two episode specials, then you don't get to have an opinion.

I really enjoyed the special, definitely better than India or Middle East specials. It's on par with Ukraine special I reckon.

OldMrBrennan83 · 27-01-2019 12:04pm

jamo2oo9 wrote: »

If you didn't finish watching the entire two episode specials, then you don't get to have an opinion.

I really enjoyed the special, definitely better than India or Middle East specials. It's on par with Ukraine special I reckon.

Finish watching? Then nobody does as only the first has been on.

knucklehead6 · 27-01-2019 12:09pm

Patww79 wrote: »

Finish watching? Then nobody does as only the first has been on.

Both are available

The Grand Tour [Amazon]

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