Original plans to film in Russia – for a special following 2020’s A Massive Hunt – were put on hold last year, and still remain so in 2021. May told BT earlier this year that the show’s producers deemed it 'better to film in the UK and deliver regularly than promise the earth and not deliver anything,” which explains the decision to once again limit this latest episode’s adventure to within British borders. What about future episodes?Īs for The Grand Tour’s intended release schedule, the global pandemic put an engine-breaking spanner in the works. And a soupcon of French art house cinema.'Ī typical episode of The Grand Tour, then. 'On an epic road trip starting in the Welsh hills, they dish up a hair-raising mountain climb, bomb defusals, propeller powered cars, helicopter stunts, and the most thrilling race of their lives before reaching the English Channel for a jaw dropping medieval climax. 'In this second lockdown special, the trio dive into the bizarre world of French car culture,' it reads.

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