The Grand Tour

This article is about the British motoring programme. For other definitions and respective articles on Grand Tour, see Grand Tour (disambiguation).

The Grand Tour
An image of the programme's logo, consisting of the letters GT inside of which is the text Amazon Original surmounting the words The Grand Tour. The letters GT are in the form of five horizontal red bars. Amazon Original is also red, and all uppercase letters. "The Grand Tour" is in black, title case lettering.
Genre
Created by
Written by
Directed by
  • Phil Churchward
  • Brian Klein
  • Kit Lynch-Robinson
  • Gavin Whitehead
Presented by
Starring
Theme music composerMatt Clifford
ComposerPaul Leonard-Morgan
Country of originUnited Kingdom[1][2]
Original languageEnglish
No. of series5[3]
No. of episodes45 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerAndy Wilman[4]
Producers
  • Chris Hale
  • Greg Vince
  • Richard Evans
  • Ronan Browne
CinematographyBen Joiner
Editors
  • James Hart
  • Dan James
  • Chris Denton
  • Joe Orr
Camera setupMulti-camera[5]
Running time44–135 minutes[6]
Production companies
  • W. Chump & Sons Ltd
  • Expectation Entertainment
    (2019–2023)
  • Grand Tour Productions Ltd
    (2019–2023)
  • Flat Four Films Ltd
    (2024–present)
Original release
Network
Release18 November 2016 (2016-11-18) –
present
Related
Top Gear (2002 series)
(indirectly prior to 2016)
Infobox instructions (only shown in preview)
YouTube information
Channel
Subscribers2.47 million[7]
Total views945.097 million[7]
100,000 subscribers
1,000,000 subscribers
Last updated: 1 May 2024

The Grand Tour is a British motoring television series,[1][2] created by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May and Andy Wilman, made for Amazon exclusively for its online streaming service Amazon Prime Video,[1][2][4] and premiered on 18 November 2016. The programme was conceived in the wake of the departure of Clarkson, Hammond, May and Wilman from the BBC series Top Gear and was originally contracted with 36 episodes over three years.[8][9]

When the programme was launched, it followed a similar format to that of Top Gear between 2016 and 2019, 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. Episodes were released weekly to Amazon Prime Video accounts, and repeats of the first series were made available on traditional broadcasters in late 2017.[10] At 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 episodes released at select intervals. In November 2023, it was reported that Clarkson, Hammond and May had finished filming their final episode, with the series set to end upon the conclusion of the fifth series in 2024.[11][12][13]

The Grand Tour is released to viewers across more than 195 countries and territories,[14] attracting favourable viewing figures since its premiere episode,[15] and receiving positive reviews from critics.[16][17][18] A video game based on the programme, entitled The Grand Tour Game, was released 15 January 2019.[19]

  1. ^ a b c Barraclough, Leo (31 July 2015). "Why Jeremy Clarkson's 'Top Gear' Team Went to Amazon". Variety. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2016. The programme will be U.K. based
  2. ^ a b c @thegrandtour (16 November 2016). "GMT, it's a British show" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ "The Grand Tour Presents: A Scandi Flick". Archived from the original on 23 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  4. ^ a b Juss, Mindy. "'The Grand Tour' with executive producer Andy Wilman". Edinburgh International Television Festival. Archived from the original on 20 November 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  5. ^ Sharples, Sarah (29 November 2016). "Lawo gears up for The Grand Tour with former Top Gear presenters". Pro Sound News Europe. NewBay. Archived from the original on 18 February 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  6. ^ Wilman, Andy (25 August 2016). "The Grand Tour Masterclass" (Interview). Interviewed by Elaine Bedell. Edinburgh: Edinburgh International Television Festival. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2016 – via YouTube. (2:01) ...they want everything in 4k, they want a specific framerate, they want it in HDR ... (17:35) ...built a new server to deal with the 4k framerate, the 23.98... (22:18) first show ...comes out at 70-odd minutes. ... we're trying to discipline ourselves to 60 minutes
  7. ^ a b "About The Grand Tour". YouTube.
  8. ^ "Clarkson delighted with terms of new Amazon show". 2 August 2015. Archived from the original on 24 December 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015. The new motoring show, which will be available to Amazon Prime customers next year, will feature at least 36 episodes over three years.
  9. ^ Barraclough, Leo (31 July 2015). "Why Jeremy Clarkson's 'Top Gear' Team Went to Amazon". Variety. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2015. will be 12 episodes in each of the three series, and each episode will run for around an hour. ... the deal was brokered by Amazon U.K. film and TV strategy director Chris Bird and Conrad Riggs, the U.S. company's head of TV production.
  10. ^ "Repeats of The Grand Tour is coming to your TV – MotoringBox". www.motoringbox.com. Archived from the original on 1 October 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  11. ^ Mackintosh, Thomas (29 November 2023). "Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May film final Grand Tour". BBC News. Archived from the original on 29 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  12. ^ Murray, Tom (29 November 2023). "The Grand Tour's Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May devastate fans as they leave show". The Independent. Archived from the original on 29 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  13. ^ Shafer, Ellise (1 December 2023). "'The Grand Tour' Not Moving Forward at Amazon Prime Video With Hosts Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond". Variety. Archived from the original on 13 December 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  14. ^ "The Grand Tour is going global". Amazon. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  15. ^ Shepherd, Jack (22 November 2016). "The Grand Tour breaks Amazon Prime streaming record with debut episode". The Independent. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2017. Despite the difficulty, the trio's debut was an undisputed success, becoming Amazon Prime's most-watched premiere in the streaming service's history. The previous record-holder was The Man in the High Castle.
  16. ^ Warner, Sam (18 November 2016). "The Grand Tour gets rave reviews from critics as Jeremy Clarkson and co make triumphant Amazon Prime debut". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 10 January 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  17. ^ "The Grand Tour Series Premiere Review & Discussion". Screen Rant. 18 November 2016. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  18. ^ Wollaston, Sam (18 November 2016). "The Grand Tour review – Clarkson and co leave the BBC in their dust". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 10 January 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  19. ^ Cite error: The named reference TGTG video game was invoked but never defined (see the help page).