The Grand Tour

Fluke? · 1 Nov 2017 at 19:08

antijoke said:
They are doing the tent sections, but instead of going all round the world it is now fully based in the Cotswolds.

I've applied for tickets for this. I live in the Cotswolds so thought why not. Not heard owt so doubt I'll get anywhere

NigeP · 2 Nov 2017 at 01:06

Fluke? said:
I live in the Cotswolds so thought why not. Not heard owt so doubt I'll get anywhere

That`s the spirit !

Vita · 2 Nov 2017 at 01:38

I’m going to watch it for the w123.

jaffveyda · 2 Nov 2017 at 08:05

Love no matter what they are saying about him, I love the show. Cannot wait to watch it again.

Rotty · 2 Nov 2017 at 09:18

not even sure I watched all of last series as it was that bad

Vita · 2 Nov 2017 at 11:34

Rotty said:
not even sure I watched all of last series as it was that bad

I watched one episode and that was it. This looks to be good from the trailer though.

chroniclard · 2 Nov 2017 at 11:40

I was enjoying, mostly, the last series but for some reason I just stopped watching it. TG was a must on Sunday but with the on demand nature of this I just cant be bothered for some reason, rather watch something else......

Finglonga · 2 Nov 2017 at 16:01

Rotty said:
not even sure I watched all of last series as it was that bad

The first series was aimed for the US sense of humour and it takes them a while to get the joke hence everything was way over the top. Hopefully this one is going to be toned down for the ROTW audience.

Glaucus · 2 Nov 2017 at 21:28

im expecting this series to be way better. they acknowledged before the first season aired, that they were going to try different things and that some might fail, but they would listen to viewers for the second season.

MassiveJim · 7 Nov 2017 at 00:02

it wasn't bad, very much got the feeling that they were nervous though, this started to fade as the series went on.
its just not quite top gear is it ?

Puzzled · 7 Nov 2017 at 11:40

Will give the second series a try. Been watching top gear for way too many years and watch most of the shows they do individually (James may reassembler is epic

) but I just couldn't get in to grand tour. The repetitive unfunny sections and the way it was just a bit over the top put me off, think I got to ep5 and then just never went back to it.

I reckon they knew the formula wasn't quite right, may in particular was pretty quiet in the tent sections so hopefully they'll be back on form this time round.

Thankfully top gear is pretty good now that they've sorted out the hosts so we're not short on car shows.

Nikumba · 7 Nov 2017 at 12:55

I think some of the issues they had in the first season was the BBC lawyers saying they could and couldn't do this or say this. So I guess they could not talk as naturally as they normally do on the trips they do and had to stick to a script.

Maybe that has been dealt with now and they can get back to being 3 blokes and some cars again.

byeo · 7 Nov 2017 at 14:04

I wonder if the annoying American "Stig" returns ? Didn't watch every ep of TGT season 1 but he just annoyed me.

Glanza · 7 Nov 2017 at 14:15

No one knows yet, hopefully they will have reworked the format now as it was so far away from what they used to do at the BBC.

Ryan-3 · 7 Nov 2017 at 19:28

If they stop pandering to american humour as much, and don't try to make Mike Skinner do deep south-esque 'communist' jokes, it should be good.

Entai · 8 Nov 2017 at 09:02

Ryan-3 said:
If they stop pandering to american humour as much, and don't try to make Mike Skinner do deep south-esque 'communist' jokes, it should be good.

Mike Skinner "The American" is not in it anymore.

http://www.grandtournation.com/5809/american-will-not-return-season-2-grand-tour/

Entai · 8 Nov 2017 at 09:05

Nikumba said:
I think some of the issues they had in the first season was the BBC lawyers saying they could and couldn't do this or say this. So I guess they could not talk as naturally as they normally do on the trips they do and had to stick to a script.

Maybe that has been dealt with now and they can get back to being 3 blokes and some cars again.

Nope not dealt with, all the restrictions are still in place.

The BBC lawyers made sure that all restrictions stay in place for the entirety of The grand Tours production, however many series that might end up being.

MooMoo444 · 8 Nov 2017 at 12:59

Entai said:
Mike Skinner "The American" is not in it anymore.

http://www.grandtournation.com/5809/american-will-not-return-season-2-grand-tour/

Makes sense. I don't know anyone who enjoyed his input. He was obviously told to talk rubbish because maybe they're not allowed a 'silent' test driver, but it was just cringe. They had probably filmed the entire season already so had to stick with him.

Would have been daft to keep him for S2.

Combat Fighter · 8 Nov 2017 at 15:06

Entai said:
Mike Skinner "The American" is not in it anymore.

http://www.grandtournation.com/5809/american-will-not-return-season-2-grand-tour/

Excellent!

Entai · 8 Nov 2017 at 15:22

MooMoo444 said:
Makes sense. I don't know anyone who enjoyed his input. He was obviously told to talk rubbish because maybe they're not allowed a 'silent' test driver, but it was just cringe. They had probably filmed the entire season already so had to stick with him.

Would have been daft to keep him for S2.

Exactly that the "professional" driver for Grand Tour MUST have his face visible at all times, MUST NOT be silent, and MUST NOT wear a plain white race suit and/or helmet.

Whoever they replace Mike Skinner with, will have exactly the same rules to abide by, and probably exactly the same scripts to read, as they were all scripts and Mike was not allowed to vary from the script at all, one of the things he refused to agree with for the new series.