The Grand Tour

[S1KRR]

Raygun said:

Now this show is coming to an end will anybody come clean and admit that for all the hype before it started it turned out to be a big let down?

I agree. Out of what? 35ish episodes? Probably 6-7 Id re-watch if it was on Dave.

As above, huge budget, visuals from 4K. But like TG towards the end, the scripting was cack. And made 3 mates, look at times like they'd never met before.

[Fermit and Sexy Sarah]

A nice little Abbie Eaton vid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tds15kxGGo

[ATV]

Sorry if this has been asked before but can anyone who’s seen all the episodes give me a list of the best ones to watch? I just got Prime today.

I preferred the specials (Polar, Botswana) from the old Top Gear so would like to go that way but I’m happy to watch whatever is a consensus of the best episodes without wading through the whole lot.

Thanks

[AJB88]

Just watch them all

[Driver101]

Some episodes were good. Some were awful.

Go on to IMDB and use their ratings. I'd imagine they'd give a reasonable reflection of best to worst. The poor episodes still scored good though, but they'll be the bottom of the scoring.

[E65Ross]

If you want to watch them all, start from S1. If you want to watch the good ones, start with S3, then S2, then S1. S3 was every bit as good as "old" Top Gear IMO.

[LuS1fer]

Series 1 and 2 were hours I will never get back. Enjoyed Series 3.

[Ron240]

ATV said:

Sorry if this has been asked before but can anyone who’s seen all the episodes give me a list of the best ones to watch? I just got Prime today.

I preferred the specials (Polar, Botswana) from the old Top Gear so would like to go that way but I’m happy to watch whatever is a consensus of the best episodes without wading through the whole lot.

Well you cant be much of a fan with that attitude.
3 series and 38 episodes....it must be such a chore to have to watch them all.

[Driver101]

Ron240 said:

ATV said:

Sorry if this has been asked before but can anyone who’s seen all the episodes give me a list of the best ones to watch? I just got Prime today.

I preferred the specials (Polar, Botswana) from the old Top Gear so would like to go that way but I’m happy to watch whatever is a consensus of the best episodes without wading through the whole lot.

Well you cant be much of a fan with that attitude.
3 series and 38 episodes....it must be such a chore to have to watch them all.

Since the guy has taken 3 years to get Prime I assume he isn't one of the diehard fans.

There is nothing wrong with the guy's question to filter out the crap episodes for the good one. Some of the episodes were a chore to watch.

40 hours of TV is hardly a quick catch up.

[RobDickinson]

The only one I would say def skip out o the last 2 seasons is the last episode of s2 whee they try and carry fish some place hot. its stupid and terribly weak .

The rest have some merit for one thing or another

[C70R]

RobDickinson said:

The only one I would say def skip out o the last 2 seasons is the last episode of s2 whee they try and carry fish some place hot. its stupid and terribly weak .

The rest have some merit for one thing or another

Inclined to agree with that. That episode in particular felt like a bunch of jokes they had written, which they then needed to find a task/setting for.

There were some funny moments (the tank in James's car, for example), but it's one that I wouldn't rush to watch again.

[S11Steve]

ATV said:

Sorry if this has been asked before but can anyone who’s seen all the episodes give me a list of the best ones to watch? I just got Prime today.

I preferred the specials (Polar, Botswana) from the old Top Gear so would like to go that way but I’m happy to watch whatever is a consensus of the best episodes without wading through the whole lot.

Thanks

Brief synopsis of each episode on Wikipedia to gauge what may interest you more - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Grand_To...

Season 1 - episodes 6, (Finland) 7 & 8 (Beach Buggies) & 13 (Dubai) were the highlights for me.
Season 2 - Episode 1 (Switzerland - with that Rimac crash) 4 (Croatia) 6 (Jaguars in Colorado) 11 (Mozambique fish transporters)

Season 3 though - pretty much all of them are worth watching a few times.

Edited by S11Steve on Tuesday 10th September 11:25

[Ron240]

Driver101 said:

Since the guy has taken 3 years to get Prime I assume he isn't one of the diehard fans.

I subscribed to Prime in advance specifically to watch The Grand Tour so that I could see every episode when it was released, just like I watched every episode of Top Gear previous to this.
So I must be a die hard fan.

[PixelpeepS3]

any idea when it's back ?

[thegreenhell]

PixelpeepS3 said:

any idea when it's back ?

It's only been five months since the last run finished, so on their usual schedule it would be some time in the new year or early spring. Clarkson mentioned in a recent interview that they'd been filming new stuff, but gave no indication of broadcast dates.

[suffolk009]

thegreenhell said:

It's only been five months since the last run finished, so on their usual schedule it would be some time in the new year or early spring. Clarkson mentioned in a recent interview that they'd been filming new stuff, but gave no indication of broadcast dates.

They seem to run on a 13 month gap. I assume this is because Prime is a 12 month contract.

[ctdctd]

suffolk009 said:

They seem to run on a 13 month gap. I assume this is because Prime is a 12 month contract.

Prime isn't a 12 month contract - you can pay monthly or if you do pay for a year, you can cancel and get a refund.

[Doofus]

I thought they made it pretty clear they weren't doing any more series; just 'occasional specials'.

[S11Steve]

Doofus said:

I thought they made it pretty clear they weren't doing any more series; just 'occasional specials'.

The studio format is being done away with - the next series will all be "specials" and the road trip type of events.

[Shakermaker]

ctdctd said:

Prime isn't a 12 month contract - you can pay monthly or if you do pay for a year, you can cancel and get a refund.

Yes, but a lot of us do pay it annually and I too noted the 13 month gap previously and speculated it may be part of the reason why.

Still, I've kept it for all the other Prime stuff too