Paul Hollywood's Big Continental Roadtrip

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Taita said:

Yep just watched - really enjoyed it!

Jealous! That Italian was lovely too!

She's a chef, Eleonora Galasso and was also on Saturday Kitchen this week.

[generationx]

Eleonora Galasso

[lucido grigio]

Heads up for this ,in Germany.

Can someone poke me if I fall asleep ,didn't manage the hour of Italy ,twice.....

[alfie2244]

lucido grigio said:

Heads up for this ,in Germany.

Can someone poke me if I fall asleep ,didn't manage the hour of Italy ,twice.....

Thanks...1st I heard of it

[Plate spinner]

It's alright actually, he comes across as a decent bloke.

[Plate spinner]

Haha, Dale Lomas is a PH regular is he not?

[MitchT]

Love Germany. Love cars. Really enjoyed that.

[TheRainMaker]

Really liking this so far

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Plate spinner said:

Haha, Dale Lomas is a PH regular is he not?

Not really a regular ,more of unofficial Nurburgring reporter I'd say

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Oh ,and I managed to stay awake for the whole hour ,yay me !

BTW peeps ,a Ring lap Friday to Sunday is 30E it's 25 the rest of the week.

[WilsonWilson]

This is what I thought the Grand Tour was going to be, rather than just Top Gear in a tent.

[justin220]

Really enjoyed it again, in fact I'd say I've enjoyed both episodes more than I did TGT

[alfie2244]

Enjoyed it also...did one of the cars that we saw a brief glimpse having a little "off" at the Ring have a PH sticker on it?

[ONtheROCS]

WilsonWilson said:

This is what I thought the Grand Tour was going to be, rather than just Top Gear in a tent.

+1. I think the new Top Gear missed a trick by not showing what each country had to offer with regards to cars, roads etc. Anyway.....

I really enjoyed the Italian episode but missed the latest one. I assume it's on iPlayer so will catch up with it at some point.

[S10GTA]

Been waiting for the French one personally

[Biker 1]

Didn't think I'd like a celeb-chef-does-a-car-show, but Hollywood has done good on this. I think there are only 3 episodes - shame he didn't do a longer series, maybe including all the car building countries in Europe.
I preferred this to TG, both the final, rather stale, Clarkson shows, definitely the ginger wker 'era', & also the most recent series.
A really good effort - the BBC should seriously consider this over TG in the future.

Roll on the France episode!

Oh, & thank fk we don't get a 50 Euro fine for hooting unnecessarily!

[RichB]

Biker 1 said:

Didn't think I'd like a celeb-chef-does-a-car-show, but Hollywood has done good on this. I think there are only 3 episodes - shame he didn't do a longer series...

Perhaps this was seen a pilot project to test the viewer reaction. From what I can gather it has been very well received, not just here on P'Heads, which although it's a car forum can be harsh, but in the wider media. I like the format, a few nice cars but some oddities too, so it's not all flash stuff, a guest like the Italian lady and Al Murray and a bit of jeopardy to make it real like getting a go in the very latest model after sweet talking the manufacturer's PR people. I am sure it's something that could be developed for a proper run.

http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a829420/paul-hol...

[V8covin]

We had a Wartburg when I was a kid back in the early 70's I think

[Guffy]

What a surprisingly good programme this is, really enjoyed that. again, i can see another series being made.

[HARTLEYHARE1]

Another cracking episode

Looking forward to the French one the most if only to see some glamour in the old Citroens