The Grand Tour
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | The Grand Tour |
| Original title | The Grand Tour |
 | |
| Country of production | United Kingdom |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | since 2016 |
| Production company |
W. Chump & Sons |
| length | approx. 44-71 minutes |
| Episodes | 39+ in 4+ seasons ( list ) |
| genre | magazine |
| production | Andy Wilman |
| Moderation |
Jeremy Clarkson , Richard Hammond , James May |
| Initial release | November 18, 2016 on Amazon Video |
First publication in German |
November 18, 2016 on Amazon Video |
The Grand Tour is a British television magazine on the subject of automobile that of Jeremy Clarkson , Richard Hammond and James May will be presented. The show, produced by Andy Wilman , has been published exclusively on the Amazon Video streaming service since November 18, 2016 .
format
Almost every episode of the show was recorded in the first season in a different country with the studio recordings in front of different audiences. Since the second season, the tent has remained on the Great Tew Estate, which is located in the Cotswold Hills in West Oxfordshire .
background
After the consisting of the presenters Clarkson, Hammond and May and producer Wilman quartet of BBC telecast Top Gear in 2015 after a dispute between Clarkson and the BBC ended its cooperation with the station, shortly afterwards with Amazon is negotiating conditions on its streaming service To broadcast a sequel to Amazon Video .
The production company W. Chump & Sons , which is owned by Clarkson, Hammond, May and Wilman, finally agreed in July 2015 on a sum of 160 million pounds for the broadcasting rights over three years, according to media reports. It would be Amazon's largest investment to date in an original broadcast that is also one of the most expensive in the UK. The plan was initially to produce three seasons with twelve episodes each. As the streaming service Prime Video announced, there will also be a fourth season. At the end of November 2019 it was announced that the fourth season will start with a special on December 13, 2019.
Test track
One aspect of the show is getting the fastest lap possible with the cars discussed in the show. The test track for this is located near the English city of Swindon . Since the 2 km long track from the top to the shape of the Ebola virus reminded the track "Eboladrome" was called. Parts of the course have names such as “Isn't Straight”, “Old Lady's House”, “Field of Sheep” or “Your Name Here”.
In order to obtain comparable values as possible, the laps are always driven by the same driver. In the first season it was the American racing driver Mike Skinner . From the second season he was replaced by the British racing driver Abbie Eaton . In order to get some reference values, 10 cars were tested at the Eboladrome when the first show appeared. The list is currently headed by a McLaren Senna with 1: 12.9 min .
synchronization
The synchronization into German is carried out by Studio Hamburg . The dialogue book is by Bernd Lang, directed by Georg Prilop .
As with the Top Gear series, synchronization is carried out using the voice-over method . Jeremy Clarkson will be dubbed by Erik Schäffler as before and James May will also receive his German translation from Volker Hanisch as before . Richard Hammond, on the other hand, has a new speaker in the form of Christian Stark from Hamburg .
Recurring elements
Intro
The intro was always adapted to the host country in the first season and describes the arrival of the moderators. In the scene in which locals greet the moderators, the name of one of the moderators is misspelled or another celebrity is mentioned. At the beginning it is also mentioned what will happen in the respective episode - however, this usually has nothing to do with cars. The intro in the first season ends with the collision of the camera drone, which is flying towards the studio tent, with something specific to the region (e.g. a seagull) and the resulting crash of the drone.
Celebrity Brain Crash
At least one celebrity was announced in every standard episode of the first season. From the studio tent you could already see it. However, an accident always happened in front of the tent or on the way there. The celebrities apparently died in the process, commented on by Clarkson and Hammond. May asked each time whether the celebrity could still come on the show. Hammond then explained the cause of death of the celebrity and denied it.
The complete waiver of celebrity guests was owed to the statements of the three presenters of the BBC , which threatened with legal action, should the program show too strong a similarity to the previous format Top Gear .
Celebrity Face Off
Celebrity Brain Crash was replaced by Celebrity Face Off in the second season . Two celebrities were guests in the tent who have something in common that is as absurd as possible. In the first episode, the American actor David Hasselhoff competed against the English singer Ricky Wilson because both jurors were on TV casting shows. The celebrities had to complete a lap in a Jaguar F-Type on a specially created circuit near the English village of Enstone , half of which consists of asphalt and half gravel. This part of the program was omitted in the third season.
Conversation Street
Which is introduced Conversation Street from a theatrical experience of the three presenters, on bar chair sitting in front of a screen wall. This is loosened up by slapstick elements. So Hammond gets z. B. supernaturally long fingers while he explains something. After this intro, the three of them talk, for example, about peculiarities relating to road traffic in the country in which they are currently visiting or about news from the automotive industry.
reception
The Neue Zürcher Zeitung wrote that the Grand Tour was the opposite of the educational trip that gave the series its name. She mentions a schoolboy humor that doesn't get any funnier even in the fifth repetition and calls the obviously rehearsed dialogues infinitely embarrassing.
In the English-speaking world, the criticism was consistently positive, the show was described there as "Top Gear on steroids".
Trivia
The name of the production company W. Chump and Sons Ltd. , which translated means fool and sons , is made up of the surnames of the moderators and producers ( Andy W ilman , Jeremy C larkson , Richard H ammond , James M ay ).
Tables
Episode list
season 1
| No. (total) |
No. (St.) |
German-language title | Original title | Initial release | Date of recording | Place of recording | vehicles | Performing celebrities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Holy Trinity | The Holy Trinity | Nov 18, 2016 | 25 Sep 2016 |
 Lucerne Valley, California , United States
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 Hothouse Flowers Jérôme D'Ambrosio Chris Goodwin Armie Hammer Jeremy Renner Carol Vorderman 
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| 2 | 2 | Operation desert cramp | Operation Desert Stumble | Nov 25, 2016 | 17 Jul 2016 |
 Johannesburg , South Africa
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Johan Ackermann
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| 3 | 3 | Trio infernale | Opera, Arts and Donuts | Dec 2, 2016 | Oct 13, 2016 |
Whitby , England , UK
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Simon Pegg
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| 4th | 4th | Three eco-warriors on the wrong track | Enviro-mental | Dec 9, 2016 | Oct 14, 2016 |
Whitby, England, UK
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Jimmy Carr
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| 5 | 5 | Threesome in Morocco | Moroccan roll | Dec 16, 2016 | Oct 22, 2016 |
 Rotterdam , Netherlands
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Golden earring
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| 6th | 6th | Finnish Christmas | Happy Finnish Christmas | 23 Dec 2016 | Nov 3, 2016 |
 Saariselkä , Lapland , Finland
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Bob Geldof Kimi Raikkonen
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| 7th | 7th | With three buggies through the desert - part 1 | The Beach (Buggy) Boys - Part 1 | Dec 30, 2016 | - |
 Namibia (without tent)
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| 8th | 8th | With three buggies through the desert - part 2 | The Beach (Buggy) Boys - Part 2 | December 31, 2016 | - |
Namibia (without tent)
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| 9 | 9 | Apocalypse on four wheels | Berks to the Future | Jan. 6, 2017 | Nov 14, 2016 |
 Ludwigsburg , Germany
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 Diego Costa Thibaut Courtois Gary Cahill Eden Hazard Oscar Willian 
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| 10 | 10 | Rusty dreams in the Caribbean | Dumb Fight at the OK Coral | Jan. 13, 2017 | Nov 21, 2016 |
Nashville , Tennessee , United States
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Brian Johnson
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| 11 | 11 | Maserati rally | Italian Lessons | Jan. 20, 2017 | Dec 2, 2016 |
Loch Ness , Scotland , United Kingdom
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Chris Hoy
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| 12 | 12 | Kissing and petting in a luxury SUV | [censored] to [censored] | Jan. 27, 2017 | 3rd Dec 2016 |
Loch Ness, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Tim Burton
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| 13 | 13 | Mud fight for James | Past v Future | 3rd Feb 2017 | Dec 10, 2016 |
 Dubai , United Arab Emirates
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Roger Daltrey Wilko Johnson Daniel Ricciardo Steve Biagioni Bartek Ostałowski Conor Shanahan  
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season 2
| No. (total) |
No. (St.) |
German-language title | Original title | Initial release | vehicles | Performing celebrities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14th | 1 | Past, present or future | Past, Present or Future | Dec 8, 2017 |
David Hasselhoff Ricky Wilson
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| 15th | 2 | A Ford for all cases | The Fall Guys | Dec 15, 2017 |
Kevin Pietersen Brian Wilson
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| 16 | 3 | Bah humbug-atti | Bah Humbug-atti | Dec 22, 2017 |
Hugh Bonneville Casey Anderson James Kelly Luca Coleman
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| 17th | 4th | Trip without a script | Unscripted | 29 Dec 2017 |
Michael Ball Alfie Boe Silvija Jurin 
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| 18th | 5 | Up and down and across the farm | Up, Down and Round the Farm | Jan. 5, 2018 |
Bill Bailey Dominic Cooper Mark Higgins
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| 19th | 6th | Jaaaaaaaags | Jaaaaaaaags | Jan. 12, 2018 |
Luke Evans Kiefer Sutherland
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| 20th | 7th | Life is a gas station | It's a gas, gas, gas | Jan. 19, 2018 |
Anthony Joshua Bill Goldberg
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| 21st | 8th | Oldies but goldies | Blasts from the past | Jan. 26, 2018 |
Nick Mason Stewart Copeland
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| 22nd | 9 | Amphibian bullet | Breaking, badly | Feb. 2, 2018 |
Dynamo Penn & Teller
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| 23 | 10 | Oh Canada | Oh Canada | 9 Feb 2018 |
 Rory McIlroy Paris Hilton
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| 24 | 11 | bread for the World | Feed The World | 16 Feb 2018 | - |
season 3
| No. (total) |
No. (St.) |
German-language title | Original title | Initial release | vehicles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25th | 1 | Motown funk | Motown funk | Jan. 18, 2019 | |
| 26th | 2 | "K" -los through Colombia part 1 | Colombia Special Part 1 | Jan. 25, 2019 | |
| 27 | 3 | "K" -los through Colombia part 2 | Colombia Special Part 2 | Jan. 26, 2019 |
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| 28 | 4th | Three pickups for a hallelujah | Pick Up Put Downs | Feb. 1, 2019 | |
| 29 | 5 | Formula 1 legend - Jim Clark | To Itchy Urus | Feb. 8, 2019 | |
| 30th | 6th | In used luxury limousines through China | Chinese Food for Thought | Feb 15, 2019 | |
| 31 | 7th | Alfa, Scotch & Bagpipes | Well Aged Scotch | Feb 22, 2019 | |
| 32 | 8th | The shrill three on the move | International Buffoons' Vacation | 1st Mar 2019 | |
| 33 | 9 | Aston, astronauts and Angelina's kids | Aston, Astronauts and Angelina's Children | March 8 2019 | |
| 34 | 10 | Hot compact athletes for millennials | The Youth Vote | 15th Mar 2019 | |
| 35 | 11 | From the salty to the slightly salty sea | Sea to Unsalty Sea | 22 Mar 2019 | |
| 36 | 12 | Fast classics, quick hand luggage | Legends and Luggage | 29 Mar 2019 | |
| 37 | 13 | Detox in the steppe | Survival of the Fattest | Apr 5, 2019 | - |
| 38 | 14th | Funeral for a Ford | Funeral for a Ford | April 12, 2019 |
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Season 4
| No. (total) |
No. (St.) |
German-language title | Original title | Initial release | vehicles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 1 | The Grand Tour presents… Seamen | The Grand Tour presents… Seamen | 13 Dec 2019 | Scarab, PBR , old wooden boat. |
Test track
| No. | vehicle | Time (min) |
Weather | Road approval | episode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLaren Senna | 1: 12.9 | dry | Yes | 3.01 |
| 2 | NOK EP9 | 1: 15.0 | dry | No | 3.06 |
| 3 | Aston Martin Vulcan | 1: 15.5 | dry | No | 1.02 |
| 4th | Lamborghini Huracán Performante | 1: 16.8 | dry | Yes | 2.07 |
| 5 | Ford GT | 1: 17.6 | dry | Yes | 2.08 |
| 6th | McLaren 650S | 1: 17.9 | dry | Yes | - |
| 7th | McLaren 720S | 1: 17.9 | dry | Yes | 2.04 |
| 8th | Mercedes-AMG GT R. | 1: 18.7 | dry | Yes | 2.02 |
| 9 | Audi R8 V10 Plus | 1: 19.2 | dry | Yes | - |
| 10 | Jaguar XE Project 8 | 1: 19.3 | dry | Yes | 3.04 |
| 11 | Aston Martin V8 Vantage | 1: 20.4 | dry | Yes | 3.09 |
| 12 | BMW M5 F90 | 1: 20.4 | dry | Yes | 3.07 |
| 13 | Porsche 911 GT3 RS | 1: 20.4 | dry | Yes | - |
| 14th | Nissan GT-R | 1: 21.2 | dry | Yes | - |
| 15th | Porsche 911 C2S | 1: 21.4 | dry | Yes | - |
| 16 | Alpina B5 | 1: 21.6 | dry | Yes | 3.07 |
| 17th | Lancia Stratos MAT | 1: 21.6 | dry | Yes | 3.12 |
| 18th | BMW M4 GTS | 1: 22.4 | dry | Yes | 1.04 |
| 19th | Porsche 718 Boxster S. | 1: 23.4 | dry | Yes | - |
| 20th | Alpine A110 | 1: 23.7 | dry | Yes | 3.05 |
| 21st | BMW M5 F10 | 1: 24.2 | dry | Yes | - |
| 22nd | BMW M3 | 1: 24.3 | dry | Yes | - |
| 23 | Honda NSX | 1: 26.0 | wet | Yes | 1.09 |
| 24 | BMW M2 | 1: 26.2 | dry | Yes | 1.01 |
| 25th | Lancia Delta Futurista | 1: 26.8 | dry | Yes | 3.12 |
| 26th | Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio | 1: 27.1 | wet | Yes | 1.10 |
| 27 | Honda Civic Type R | 1: 28.2 | dry | Yes | - |
| 28 | Ford Focus RS | 1: 28.4 | dry | Yes | 1.06 |
| 29 | Lexus GS-F | 1: 29.6 | wet | Yes | 1.12 |
| 30th | Tesla Model X | 1: 29.6 | dry | Yes | - |
| 31 | Ford Mustang GT | 1: 29.6 | dry | Yes | 1.06 |
| 32 | Ford Sierra RS Cosworth | 1: 31.3 | dry | Yes | 3.14 |
| 33 | Lamborghini Countach | 1: 31.8 | wet | Yes | 3.10 |
| 34 | Ford Fiesta ST200 | 1: 32.8 | dry | Yes | - |
| 35 | Bugatti EB 110 Super Sport | 1: 32.8 | wet | Yes | 2.09 |
| 36 | Fiat Abarth 124 Spider | 1: 33.7 | wet | Yes | 1.11 |
| 37 | Jaguar XJ220 | 1: 35.1 | wet | Yes | - |
| 38 | Ferrari Testarossa | 1: 37.4 | wet | Yes | 3.10 |
| 39 | VW up! GTI | 1: 39.7 | wet | Yes | 2.05 |
The laps of the vehicles in bold were shown on the broadcast.
Running gag of the drone crash: reason
| episode | Reason of the crash |
|---|---|
| 1 | Shooting with a firearm |
| 2 | The drone flies backwards into a giraffe |
| 3 | The drone flies backwards into a sail mast of a ship |
| 4th | Collision with a seagull |
| 5 | Collision with a container forklift |
| 6th | Collision with a tree |
| 7th | No crash |
| 8th | No crash |
| 9 | Shot with the help of a stone head |
| 10 | Shot with the help of a rugby ball |
| 11 | Shooting with a firearm |
| 12 | The drone gets stuck in a treetop |
| 13 | The drone is caught by the jet of water from a fountain |
Celebrities
Season 1: Celebrity Brain Crash
| episode | Celebrities |
|---|---|
| 1 |
Armie Hammer Jeremy Renner Carol Vorderman
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| 2 |
Charlize Theron
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| 3 |
Simon Pegg
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| 4th |
Jimmy Carr
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| 5 |
Golden earring
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| 6th |
Kimi Raikkonen
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| 9 |
Nena
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| 10 |
Brian Johnson
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| 11 |
Chris Hoy
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| 12 |
Tim Burton
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| 13 |
Daniel Ricciardo
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Season 2: Celebrity Face Off
| No. | More prominent | Time (min) | Weather | episode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th |
Ricky Wilson
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1: 20.1 | dry | 2.01 |
| 14th |
David Hasselhoff
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1: 24.1 | dry | |
| 1 |
Kevin Pietersen
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1: 17.2 | dry | 2.02 |
| 2 |
Brian Wilson
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1: 17.5 | dry | |
| 4th |
Casey Anderson
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1: 18.6 | dry | 2.03 |
| 11 |
Hugh Bonneville
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1: 22.2 | dry | |
| 12 |
Michael Ball
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1: 23.3 | wet | 2.04 |
| 16 |
Alfie Boe
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1: 24.4 | wet | |
| 13 |
Dominic Cooper
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1: 23.6 | wet | 2.05 |
| 17th |
Bill Bailey
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1: 25.1 | wet | |
| 3 |
Kiefer Sutherland
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1: 17.8 | dry | 2.06 |
| 8th |
Luke Evans
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1: 21.3 | dry | |
| 5 |
Anthony Joshua
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1: 18.7 | dry | 2.07 |
| 7th |
Bill Goldberg
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1: 20.4 | dry | |
| 9 |
Nick Mason
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1: 21.3 | dry | 2.08 |
| 15th |
Stewart Copeland
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1: 24.2 | dry | |
| 20th |
dynamo
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1: 39.3 | snow | 2.09 |
| 19th |
Penn & Teller
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1: 33.8 | snow | |
| 18th |
Paris Hilton
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1: 25.8 | ice | 2.10 |
| 10 |
Rory McIlroy
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1: 21.9 | ice |
Season 3: without celebrities
There are no more celebrities in season 3.
Web links
- The Grand Tour in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Grand Tour on amazon.de, accessed on May 12, 2016.
- ↑ The Grand Tour: Starts in autumn 2016 on autozeitung.de, accessed on May 12, 2016.
- ↑ Marina Knol: The Grand Tour - Season 4: All information about the start, the plot and the production. In: Netzwelt . January 18, 2019, accessed May 27, 2019 .
- ↑ Jake Kanter: 'The Grand Tour': Amazon Drops Trailer For Special Featuring Jeremy Clarkson & Co On Boats. In: Deadline Hollywood. November 22, 2019, accessed November 24, 2019 .
- ↑ BBC Legal Threat Forced The Grand Tour to Kill Off Celebrities | Grand Tour Nation . In: Grand Tour Nation . November 26, 2016 ( grandtournation.com [accessed January 27, 2017]).
- ↑ Please shift your worldview up a gear , NZZ, December 29, 2017
- ↑ Sam Warner: The Grand Tour gets rave reviews from critics as Jeremy Clarkson and co make triumphant Amazon Prime debut . Digital spy . Retrieved January 10, 2017.
- ↑ Allen St. John: Amazon's Expensive 'Grand Tour' Is Really Just 'Top Gear' On Steroids . In: Forbes , November 17, 2016. Retrieved November 26, 2016.
- ↑ Amazon Prime Video (subscription required). Retrieved April 19, 2017 .