The Grand Tour (2016)
- Genre
- entertainment television program, magazine format program, factual television program, automotive television show
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Length
- 6 seasons, 46 episodes
- Rated
- TV-14
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 866 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Three former Top Gear presenters travel the world doing car challenges, races, and reviews. The show starts with a studio in a tent that moves to different locations, then later shifts to just making special road trip films.
breezyplayfullightheartedfast-pacedamusingenergeticnostalgic
What happens
The Grand Tour is a British motoring television series, created by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May, and Andy Wilman, for Amazon Prime Video, and premiered on 18 November 2016. The programme was devised in the wake of the departure of Clarkson, Hammond, May, and Wilman from the BBC television series Top Gear with an initial order of 36 episodes that were released over three years. The show initially followed a format similar to Top Gear, including car reviews and timed laps, motoring challenges and races, studio segments, and celebrity guests, with the team using a studio within a large tent during this time; in its first series, the tent was located at different locations across the globe before taking a fixed site within the Cotswolds. Segments and road trip specials have been filmed in various locations worldwide, including across Europe, Africa, the Americas, and Asia. After the conclusion of the third series, the production team switched out of this format, and towards a focus on producing special motoring films for future series, with individual episodes released at select intervals. The final episode featuring Clarkson, Hammond, and May as presenters was released on 13 September 2024, ending the 22-year-long partnership between the trio. In February 2026, the new line-up of hosts was confirmed as James Engelsman, Thomas Holland, and Francis Bourgeois, who are set to present a seventh series scheduled for release in 2026. The Grand Tour has received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise for the chemistry of its original presenters and strong production values. It is one of Prime Video's most viewed original series, setting viewership records with several of its episodes. It is also one of its most expensive series by production budget. A video game based on the programme, The Grand Tour Game, was released on 15 January 2019. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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- More like this series, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.