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[Ootohere]

So they were up by Loch Ness having something to eat and drink the other day.

When that filming is aired please someone give a shout out.

[Wet Kipper]

The tent bits are being filmed today and tomorrow - I got to the initial stages of the ballot for tickets to attend but no further.

[Chan110]

Episode 3 in Whitby, Yorkshire!

[Aspman]

Ep 3 out already. Tonight's viewing sorted.

[expostmanpat]

Pretty much complete rubbish. Glad I don't pay for it, You can see were the money as been spent though, lets buy a £500k house and demolish it because it as a lot to do with cars?

[Aspman]

Horses for courses

 

I thought last night was an improvement on ep2.

 

But the house demolition bit was pointless.

[newbie69]

Agreed, definite improvement over E02 but still not a proper car show even by old TG standards. I enjoyed it as a show in general.

 

The house was indeed Clarkson's which had been demolished earlier this year, they didn't buy a house to blow it up as someone suggested earlier. They just used the opportunity to add the blowing up in the script.

[Aspman]

 

Doing the rounds on FB with the Caption "This is what happens when you hire a Scottish cameramen".

[Lady Elanore]

Well that was a nice surprise. If you find the 4K bit of Amazon, it turns out, not only is TGT in 4K, but it's also in HDR too! Very nice and the cars look stunning :)

[RobClubley]

The third show was much better, because it was mostly one big feature with them driving some nice cars around Italy, doing the "Grand Tour".

The cocking about was fairly toned down for them, and even the scripted "humour" wasn't too annoying.

 

There was no "The American" or test track this week - yay. But they did persist with the stupid "accidental celebrity guest death" "joke"

 

I'm wondering what the point of the tent and audience are. It's mostly about the films. The backdrop could be a green screen as far as anyone can tell. Seems like they're spending a lot of money on it for no good reason.

 

Oh and Clarkson't house went with an impressive kaboom.

[Lady Elanore]

I thought it was a return to form too Please TGT, stop the stupid 'killing off' of the celebs part. It's not funny :( and James May trying to produce a catch-phrase is pathetic. 

 

On the subject of JM, I wonder how much his heart is in this enterprise, he says very little in the tent part of the show and looks faintly bored by the whole thing. 

[Lady Elanore]

Next weeks show looks to be a good one too. There is a challenge (the one with JM's car sinking a bit) and a GT3 vs M4GTS track battle (money on the GT3 by a country mile )

[Lady Elanore]

Not quite TGT, but the lovely James May is back as 'The Christmas Reassembler' on BBC4...sometime.

 

The Christmas Reassembler

[Wardy]

Not quite TGT, but the lovely James May is back as 'The Christmas Reassembler' on BBC4...sometime.

 

The Christmas Reassembler

 

28 December, 9pm to 9.30pm.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2016/52/christmas-reassembler 

[Lady Elanore]

28 December, 9pm to 9.30pm.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2016/52/christmas-reassembler 

 

 

Whoot whoot Although you link goes to a page not found :( 

[Wardy]

Hmmm - was live when I posted that link :S

[Lady Elanore]

Found the page anyway from the search on your page

 

'In episode one, James will be reassembling the Christmas present we all dreamed of being left under the tree by Santa on Christmas morning: the Hornby toy train and track. (The remaining) three episodes feature a 1960's Kenwood Chef food mixer; a Dansette (a portable record player with integrated speakers from the 1950s/60s) and a 1976 Honda Z50a mini trail motorbike, known affectionately as the Monkey Bike'

[dan4291]

Episode 4 is also in Whitby (wondered why they were filming for 2 days) and is out now. Not watched it yet.

[Adenuf]

Loved it.  :sun:

 

Simple easy nonsense

[Laurie61]

Another decent episode, possibly the best one yet.  

[mikey vrs]

Great episode,love it when the 3 of them buy a vehicle & "modify" it & then just be themselves & have a laugh....still dont like the American driver...

[Fab Estate]

Great episode,love it when the 3 of them buy a vehicle & "modify" it & then just be themselves & have a laugh....still dont like the American driver...

Like you I love Grand Tour but can't stand that useless Yank.

[fabiamk2SE]

Still finding it all very scripted n set up.

Cancelled my Prime. I might watch future epidodes as theyre free on Kodi but its no Top Gear imo

[countryboy]

It is just old Top Gear but with a bigger budget. Is is good but I didn't like the second episode with the "Groundhog Day" sequence in the military base. Got bored with it after the third time they went through it.

Ian

[Ryeman]

Like you I love Grand Tour but can't stand that useless Yank.

The U.S. market requires it for GT to sell there.

Edited 10 December, 2016 by Ryeman