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Season 1 – The Grand Tour

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Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May travel the globe as the hosts of this Amazon original series. At each location -- including Johannesburg, Lapland, Rotterdam, Stuttgart Whitby, Scotland, California, Nashville and Dubai -- the team films inside their giant traveling tent instead of a studio. In amazing places around the world, the hosts attempt extraordinary things, like becoming special forces soldiers at a secret training base, taking a powerful car on a test track, and going on the traditional gentleman's tour of Italy.
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The Top Gear trio reunite to embark upon The Grand Tour and get a great deal of mileage out of their rakish chemistry and gear head exploits that they've honed like a fine-tuned engine.

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Carol Midgley The Times (UK) 12/08/2017
4/5
Some parts of the show are flat but mostly it works... Go to Full Review Luke Holland Guardian 12/09/2016
It doesn't feel like an exciting new start. It feels stale. Forced. Baggy. Tired. And this is because, as well as transplanting the presenting team across from Top Gear, it has also carried across the baggage that made latter-day Top Gear fall flat. Go to Full Review Sonia Saraiya Variety 11/22/2016
When it comes to the cars, The Grand Tour delivers gearhead porn in spades... Clarkson, Hammond, and May's love for machinery... is still present, pure, and appealing, even with the shift in networks and formats. Go to Full Review Akhil Arora Gadgets360 07/03/2020
Clarkson, Hammond, and May *made* Top Gear, and The Grand Tour ... is basically the same show, which is to say it's essentially those three. Go to Full Review Bobby Palmer GQ Magazine [UK] 02/13/2019
The Grand Tour is the Mrs Brown's Boys of shows about cars, something silly and old-fashioned that really shouldn't have found such an enormous modern audience, but somehow really has. Go to Full Review Meghan O'Keefe Decider 08/23/2018
Between the gear head banter and intoxicating visuals, The Grand Tour makes for a sweet escape from the real world we all live in. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Matthew J D @RT85887920 Mar 23 Amazon, one of the top tech and media companies in the world, that literally OWNS a music streaming service, can’t afford to put a real soundtrack in the show? You have enough money to host the show but not enough to pay some musicians some royalties and kill the boring quiet parts of this tired re hash? Get it together Amazon. Plus no one believes that 1: what they host the show in is a real tent in the first place, and 2: that they would actually tour it around on location. Worse than Top Gear. See more Harry W @RT70960656 04/27/2025 Not a car person, but it's hilarious anyways. See more Frans B @FransB 04/22/2025 Epic! The unique humor and all things gearhead, what's not to like? Even if you are not into cars, this is entertainment, it's been proven 😜 See more 12/25/2021 Absolutely love these guys. What a great blokes show away from the w@ke ag@nda. See more 10/30/2021 The show is great, but NEVER EVER SAY THAT FINLAND IS PART OF SCANDINAVIA, you bloody ignorants See more 10/17/2021 Love this show, great chemistry between them ! See more Read all reviews
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Jeremy Clarkson

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Richard Hammond

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James May

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Jimmy Carr

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Chris Hoy

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Tim Burton

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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Nov 18, 2016 The Holy Trinity Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May kick off their new car show with 100s of cars, 1,000s of people, a fire-spitting metal scorpion and a squadron of jets in the California desert, plus three hybrid hypercars and a brilliant BMW. Details Episode 2 Aired Nov 25, 2016 Operation Desert Stumble The hosts go to the Cradle of Humankind in South Africa, and tackle an all-action challenge as special forces soldiers; Jeremy takes an 800 horsepower Aston Martin Vulcan on the test track; James investigates a form of motor sport -- spinning. Details Episode 3 Aired Dec 2, 2016 Opera, Arts and Donuts The Grand Tour traveling tent is set up in Whitby, an English coastal town; a modern take on a gentleman's tour of Italy. Details Episode 4 Aired Dec 9, 2016 Enviro-mental Jeremy Clarkson introduces an almost impartial test of the Porsche 911 GT3 RS against the BMW M4 GTS; the three hosts attempt to make cars from sustainable materials. Comedian Jimmy Carr is the celebrity guest. Details Episode 5 Aired Dec 16, 2016 Moroccan Roll A lightweight sport car test in the stunning landscapes of Morocco; using cars as part of a traditional board game; Dutch rock band Golden Earring. Details Episode 6 Aired Dec 23, 2016 Happy Finnish Christmas The Grand Tour tent is in Kakslauttanen, Finland, comparing the the Ford Mustang V8 and the Ford Focus RS; James May recounts the bitter 1960s battle for endurance racing supremacy between Ferrari and Ford; ideal Christmas gifts for car fans. Details Episode 7 Aired Dec 29, 2016 The Beach (Buggy) Boys The guys go on an epic journey across Namibia in beach buggies, each designed to their personal specifications. Details Episode 8 Aired Dec 31, 2016 The Beach (Buggy) Boys The guys continue their journey through Namibia in beach buggies; hardships include rough roads, camping, and an unusual river crossing. Details Episode 9 Aired Jan 6, 2017 Berks to the Future James May introduces a test of an advanced Honda NSX in Stuttgart, Germany; Jeremy Clarkson wants to create a new kind of SUV; Richard Hammond builds a machine to protect him from an apocalypse. Details Episode 10 Aired Jan 13, 2017 Dumb Fight at the O.K. Coral The guys introduce their attempt to save the world's coral reefs using only a selection of car body shells; Jeremy tests the new, 500 horsepower Giulia Quadrifoglio; AC/DC singer Brian Johnson tries his hand at Celebrity Brain Crash. Details Episode 11 Aired Jan 20, 2017 Italian Lessons The guys take a tour of Northern France in the very cheap Maseratis they purchased; Richard heads to the Eboladrome in the Abarth 124 Spider; Jeremy thinks of a new way to install modern features in a vintage car. Details Episode 12 Aired Jan 27, 2017 (censored) to (censored) The hosts tour Central Europe in a Jaguar F-Pace, a Bentley Bentayga and a Range Rover Autobiography; Jeremy laps the Eboladrome in a Lexus GS F; the guys examine the point of launch control; Tim Burton is invited to play Celebrity Brain Crash. Details Episode 13 Aired Feb 3, 2017 Past vs. Future In Dubai, Jeremy pits his old-fashioned Volkswagen Golf GTI against James' electrically powered BMW i3; Richard Hammond learns how to drift; James takes part in a sport called winching; the Bugatti Veyron drag races against the Porsche 918 Spyder. Details

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The Grand Tour — Season 1

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Season Info

Director
Phil Churchward, Brian Klein, Kit Lynch Robinson, Gavin Whitehead
Executive Producer
Andy Wilman
Network
Prime Video
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Special Interest, Entertainment, Travel
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Nov 18, 2016