The Grand Tour on the other hand hasn’t fared so well. Harris and Reid’s show on iPlayer has given the pair the opportunity to really show their stuff and the BBC has seemed to have noticed, giving them a place as lead presenters next to Matt LeBlanc.
Whilst I wasn’t aware of Rory Reid before the series started, he has quickly become a favourite. The internet has been telling us the wonders of Harris for years and it seems the BBC has finally listened. The addition of Chris Harris and Rory Reid has been fantastic.
On the road test front I feel Top Gear has the advantage. Top Gear Gets the Upper Hand in Road Tests I would reluctantly watch as I knew what was coming each week, another ten minutes of pain and suffering on my part. The celebs introducing each other was the bane of my existence during the new series of Top Gear. Chris Evans’ interviews with various celebrities were horribly awkward and were just vague attempts to plug a new movie. As I mentioned in my review of the first episode of GT ( The Grand Tour: Return of the kings), for one episode it was funny but for a further twelve episodes it became the hold my head in my hands moment of asking myself how could they get this so wrong? It was a worthless segment that wasted ten minutes of my time as they killed off various celebrities in pseudo-humorous ways.
‘Celebrity Brain Crash’ as it had been called, is one of the most irritatingly pointless parts of a car show I have ever seen. I had hoped, no, prayed that GT had learned from New Top Gear’s mistakes, but I was wrong. Neither Show was Perfect, Maybe Avoid Celebrities The Grand Tour was a good show but it still had numerous problems throughout its run. We can now ask the question, which was better? The Grand Tour or the newly revamped version of Top Gear? Whilst it may seem obvious that The Grand Tour won due to it being Clarkson, Hammond and May, rather than a collection of random people vaguely related to the motor industry, its victory is not confirmed. The final episode of The Grand Tour has now aired. The new program, which will launch in the fall on Amazon Prime's streaming video service, "will feature short films shot in different locations around the globe," according to a release, with studio audience segments filmed on location as well, inside a giant tent.Ī video on the show's new Facebook page plays up the nine-month brainstorming process that ultimately led to the name The Grand Tour.Both Shows Have Finished Their Series so who Came out on top?