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.
So, the Grand Tour (GT for short) will come from a tent, which we will put up in a different location every week. Your town?;— jeremyclarkson
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.
Comments
BBC must regret every decision they made on Clarkson’s contract😂
Gear Knobs was better, shame they can’t use it :(
I like the name tbh
They really like the letters g and t dont they
This is gonna be amaZing!
Lol
Can’t wait to see them legitimately back in action! I’m tired of seeing the BBC YT channel post old stuff of them.
I’m still going to call it Top Gear! There’s no replacement for those boys!!
Top Gear = TG
Grand Tour = GT
… Coincidence O.o?
The best thing i heard this week