Amazon later claimed this released date was mistakenly announced, with no new release date given. On the 15th of August 2020, Grand Tour Nation announced that the Madagascar special will be aired on the 4th of September 2020. The trio were spotted filming on Reunion Island and Madagascar. On the 2nd of October 2019, Clarkson announced that the trio would film a second special in November. On the 4th of August, 2019, Clarkson divulged further information about the upcoming series, notably that the ending originally planned months in advance for their first special did not occur due to the deaths of four people in the same location, but that the ending which did happen was "one hell of an ending" regardless.
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However for Series 4, there would be huge gaps in between specials, as Amazon had "freed up their schedule" meaning the trio could focus on some of their own shows. Normally on Top Gear and The Grand Tour's Series 1, 2, 3, the episodes would air weekly during each series. The series represents the most significant overhaul of the show's format since its inception and since the revival of Top Gear, which had followed similar themes, in 2002.Īnother significant change from the last series, involves the airing schedule. Instead, the trio are focusing on large-scale road trips, more commonly known as Specials. The fourth series sees the departure of the show's studio links, also ending Conversation Street segments, Eboladrome laps, and celebrity-related segments. Andy Wilman and the presenter trio have told that the production has been in jeopardy due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Also, it is speculated to be heading to Bhutan in the future. Filming has since taken the crew to Reunion Island and Madagascar and Scotland. The renewal is the first, and so far only, extension of the show beyond its original announcement.įilming began in June 2019, with the trio being sighted in Vietnam and Cambodia. At the time, it was announced that the show would return for an extra two years (presumed to be two extra seasons). In December 2018, it was announced that The Grand Tour had been renewed beyond its original three-season order. The presenters travel from Crickenhowell, Wales through Leamington Spa, Warwickshire and end up at Beachy Head in Eastbourne, Sussex, while looking at the weird and wonderful cars of France. They also drive some other classic american cars. (Scotland Special) The presenters travel from Edinburgh to the Outer Herbedries in three enormous American Luxury cars. (Madagascar Special) The presenters travel to the Reunion Island in three high performance cars before modifying them for a treasure hunt across Madagascar. It's a bloody miracle I'm not one! It's not being short that makes me an angry man, or being born in Birmingham.(South East Asia Special) The presenters are challenged to traverse the Mekong River, from Cambodia's Tonle Sap Lake to Vung Tau, Vietnam, in a selection of boats.
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Season 2 Season 3 12 April 2019 Hammond: It's cars like this, it's secrets, dark secrets like this lurking in people's pasts that create serial killers and psychopaths. He steals from the rich, he steals from the poor. James May, James May, stealing from the poor.
Season 1 2 December 2016 Hammond: It was like an eighteenth-century Cannonball Run, only with old-fashioned morphine instead of cocaine.ģ February 2017 Clarkson: James May, James May, stealing from the rich.