It’s Official: Clarkson, Hammond And May’s New Show Will Be Called 'The Grand Tour'
Cue the drumroll, the much-anticipated new Amazon Prime show from Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May at last has a name: The Grand Tour. The trio each commented about the new name on Twitter, with Hammond and May linking to the show’s new Facebook page.
The news comes just over two weeks after Clarkson claimed thousands had been spent on lawyer fees trying to find a name for the show, and while Gear Knobs was a very real possibility at one point, it was thrown out due to potential issues caused by having a name even remotely similar to Top Gear; the BBC still holds the rights to that name, of course.
The BBC also holds the rights to The Stig, the Cool Wall and the term ‘Star in the Reasonably Priced Car’, which is perhaps why the old studio format has been ditched. Instead, the show will broadcast from a tent which will be set up in a different location every week - hence the ‘Tour’ bit of the name.
So, what do you think of the name, and the new travelling setup of the show?
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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Great News! The [Grand Tour] is almost here!
When!?
GREAT NEWS
It’s the Dacia Sandero!
And more great news! Our first car will be the Dacia Sandero!
tonight on the Grand tour…. James plays a piano. Richard buys some new shoes,, and I come up with a name
I don’t think it is a very good name…
I still like the suggestion Two and a Half Men.
Hammond is the half man xD
like how the show’s initials are still the same letters but flipped around….. it’s a lowkey 🖕 to BBC 😂
I don’t… really like the name, actually. But that’s like saying you won’t like a Supermodel because her name is “Bethany-Lynn”.
The Grand(pa) Tour will make sense since they look old enough to be call granpa
They are old enough
They are old enough
Lets be honest here, if you were behnd jeremy and richard you would not think they was grandpas, on the other hand, that name would definitely fit James May…
cant wait, the name is awesome and funny as hell
So it’ll basically be like a top gear special all the time?
Sounds good to me!
Not nessecarily. Only time will tell
Interesting!
I hope this means more international specials