The Grand Tour

The Grand Tour
Genre
Created by
Written by
  • Jeremy Clarkson
  • Richard Hammond
  • James May
  • Richard Porter
Directed by
  • Phil Churchward
  • Brian Klein
  • Kit Lynch-Robinson
  • Gavin Whitehead
Presented by
  • Jeremy Clarkson (2016–2024)
  • Richard Hammond (2016–2024)
  • James May (2016–2024)
Starring
Theme music composerMatt Clifford
ComposerPaul Leonard-Morgan
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series6
No. of episodes46 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerAndy Wilman
Producers
  • Chris Hale
  • Greg Vince
  • Richard Evans
  • Ronan Browne
CinematographyBen Joiner
Editors
  • James Hart
  • Dan James
  • Chris Denton
  • Joe Orr
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time44–135 minutes
Production companies
  • W. Chump & Sons Ltd
    (2016–2024)
  • Expectation Entertainment
    (2019–2023)
  • Grand Tour Productions Ltd
    (2019–2023)
  • Flat Four Films Ltd
    (2024)
  • Amazon MGM Studios
    (2021–present)
Original release
NetworkAmazon Prime Video
Release18 November 2016 (2016-11-18) 
present
Related
Top Gear (2002 series)
The Grand Tour
YouTube information
Channel
Subscribers2.54 million
Views1.02 billion
100,000 subscribers
1,000,000 subscribers

Last updated: 31 August 2024

The Grand Tour is a British motoring television series, created by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May, and Andy Wilman, for Amazon Prime Video, and premiered on 18 November 2016. The programme was devised in the wake of the departure of Clarkson, Hammond, May, and Wilman from the BBC television series Top Gear with an initial order of 36 episodes that were released over three years.

The show initially followed a format similar to Top Gear, including car reviews and timed laps, motoring challenges and races, studio segments, and celebrity guests, with the team using a studio within a large tent during this time; in its first series, the tent was located at different locations across the globe before taking a fixed site within the Cotswolds. Segments and road trip specials have been filmed in various locations worldwide, including across Europe, Africa, the Americas, and Asia. After the conclusion of the third series, the production team switched out of this format, and towards a focus on producing special motoring films for future series, with individual episodes released at select intervals. The final episode featuring Clarkson, Hammond, and May as presenters was released on 13 September 2024, ending the 22-year-long partnership between the trio.

The Grand Tour has received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise for the chemistry of its original presenters and strong production values. It is one of Prime Video's most viewed original series, setting viewership records with several of its episodes. It is also one of its most expensive series by production budget. A video game based on the programme, The Grand Tour Game, was released on 15 January 2019.