The Grand Tour...

terada

It finally has a name!

Looking forward to this a lot.

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not_the_dj

Hurrah, love those guys....can't wait. 

I'll now hand over to a load of anti Clarkson and co posts.....go!

~O)

Sarge

Damn, my money was on "Two Talentless Wankers & James May"

octatonic

Very much looking forward to it.

And to Stewart Lee's whiney deconstruction of it.

hungrymark

Ill-advised goatee, Hammond.

stickyfiddle

Can't wait. Neither this or New Top Gear will be as good as Old Top Gear at its best but they'll both be much better than nothing.

richardhomer

Underwhelmed by the name, if I'm honest - but looking forward to it nonetheless.

Emp_Fab

Chris Evans has been handed a poison chalice really hasn't he ?  He would have to have naked women driving supercars over cobblestones every episode and be giving away free beer for anyone to not put the boot in when it airs in three weeks.

richardhomer

Emp_Fab;1069254" said:

Chris Evans has been handed a poison chalice really hasn't he ?  He would have to have naked women driving supercars over cobblestones every episode and be giving away free beer for anyone to not put the boot in when it airs in three weeks.

He's said words to the effect of 'Clarkson may well have left at the right time' in a recent interview.

Odd that his arrogance should appear to be diminishing as 'D' day nears....

RandallFlagg

I hope James May wears a 'man bun', I would love to see the look on Clarkson's face

Strat_a_tat_tat

Emp_Fab said:

Chris Evans has been handed a poison chalice really hasn't he ? 

Great to see there's some good coming out of it.

fields5069

It'll be interesting to see whether this has any redeeming features.

HAL9000

Sarge;1068947" said:

Damn, my money was on "Two Talentless Wankers & James May"

They'd probably dispute being talentless...

xSkarloey

Emp_Fab;1069254" said:

Chris Evans has been handed a poison chalice really hasn't he ?  He would have to have naked women driving supercars over cobblestones every episode and be giving away free beer for anyone to not put the boot in when it airs in three weeks.

It could be the world's most beautiful women with the finest Bristols ever, driving beautiful Bristol cars and the world's most heavenly ale...


and the Sun and Mail would still moan they were flat chested, driving shoddy cars and that the beer is flat.

Evans'll be fine. I reckon he'll keep enough people happy enough of the time. Probably pull in a wider audience demographic.

chillidoggy

Skarloey said:

Emp_Fab;1069254" said:

Chris Evans has been handed a poison chalice really hasn't he ?  He would have to have naked women driving supercars over cobblestones every episode and be giving away free beer for anyone to not put the boot in when it airs in three weeks.

It could be the world's most beautiful women with the finest Bristols ever, driving beautiful Bristol cars and the world's most heavenly ale...


and the Sun and Mail would still moan they were flat chested, driving shoddy cars and that the beer is flat.

Evans'll be fine. I reckon he'll keep enough people happy enough of the time. Probably pull in a wider audience demographic of like-minded bell-ends.

FTFY.

duotone

Just a heads up that it's gonna be on this Friday evening.

Snap

I saw Clarkson on Ross on Saturday. He really is a cock. Difficult to isolate the larger cock though as they are both tits. Clarkson just seems to be everything I don't like about people. A proper berk. I bet being in his company is unbelievably aggravating.

Which is a real shame (for me at least) because the Grand Tour looks very good. I like the idea and scale of it.

It would be perfect if they replaced Clarkson with Oz Clarke, and we could have him getting bevvied in various locations around the world, and bazzing around in vehicles in many states of hangover.

BigBearKris

I will watch that, quite interested if they will follow the same concept, or will they go different route.
I've read they have spent some ridiculous budget on the show.
I was a bit more excited about the whole thing last year though. With the massive fail that the latest TG series was - it'll be difficult for Clarkson to do worse.

Guitar_Slinger

∆∆∆ this.  The new fastest lap thing could be "hungover celebrities in a reasonably priced car, which has the windows rolled up and an open can of Red Bull on the dash."

Whoever pukes last wins.

richardhomer

Snap said:

It would be perfect if they replaced Clarkson with Oz Clarke, and we could have him getting bevvied in various locations around the world, and bazzing around in vehicles in many states of hangover.

Possibly a gig for Sambostar?

ennspek

I've historically always been a fan of Clarkson but the recent incidents made me wonder what he is really like. Then I met two people recently who have spent time with him a confirmed he is a massive arse.
It's a shame because now whenever I see him I'm second guessing what he's really like.
I also saw him on Ross and found it all surprisingly uncomfortable.