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The Grand Tour Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 2016 - 2017
Episode 1
The Holy Trinity
Fri, Nov 18, 201671 mins
The Grand Tour kicks off in California, USA, when Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May take their famous studio tent to Dry Rabbit Lake. Hundreds of fans from across the U.S. traveled to the desert, near Lucerne Valley, outside of Los Angeles, California to be part of the first ever episode of Jeremy, Richard and James new show for Amazon Prime.
Episode 2
Operation Desert Stumble
Fri, Nov 25, 201657 mins
Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May bring the traveling Grand Tour tent to The Cradle of Humankind near Johannesburg in South Africa. In this show, the three hosts are forced to become special forces soldiers with an all action challenge at a top secret training base, deep within Jordan.
Episode 3
Opera, Arts and Donuts
Fri, Dec 2, 201662 mins
The Grand Tour travelling tent pitches up on the quayside in the English coastal town of Whitby from where Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May introduce a modern take on the traditional gentleman's tour of Italy. With Jeremy in an Aston Martin DB11 and James in a Rolls-Royce Dawn, the pair are set for a leisurely trip of culture and fine dining until a noisy and unwelcome guest arrives. Also in this show, Jeremy discovers the terrible consequences of a foolish bet made earlier in the series and actor Simon Pegg is the special star guest.
Episode 4
Enviro-mental
Fri, Dec 9, 201662 mins
The Grand Tour studio tent is back in Whitby, England for various complicated reasons, some of which are James's fault. In this show, Jeremy Clarkson tests the Porsche 911 GT3 RS, desperately trying to remain impartial despite knowing that Richard Hammond owns one, and then compares it to the track-focused BMW M4 GTS.
Episode 5
Moroccan Roll
Fri, Dec 16, 201661 mins
The Grand Tour travelling tent is in the port of Rotterdam, Holland from where Richard Hammond and James May introduce a twin test between two lightweight sports cars, the civilised Mazda MX5 and the stripped-out Zenos E10, against the stunning backdrop of Morocco.
Episode 6
Happy Finnish Christmas
Fri, Dec 23, 201661 mins
The Grand Tour pitches its travelling studio in Kakslauttanen, Finland, deep within the Arctic Circle. In this show, Richard Hammond is very excited by the UK arrival of the very first Ford Mustang to be made in right-hand-drive and then very annoyed when Jeremy Clarkson turns up with a Ford Focus RS loudly claiming that it's better.
Episode 7
The Beach (Buggy) Boys - Part 1
Fri, Dec 30, 201644 mins
In the first of two special shows, The Grand Tour abandons its usual travelling tent for a road trip across Namibia as Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May attempt to demonstrate the brilliance of that great '60s throwback, the beach buggy.
Episode 8
The Beach (Buggy) Boys - Part 2
Sat, Dec 31, 201658 mins
In the second show of a two-part special, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May continue in their epic trip across Namibia as they attempt to prove that beach buggies are brilliant. Having escaped the challenging desert at last, the trio must now face the rough roads of the Namibian bush and the constant malfunction of Clarkson's V8-powered buggy.
Episode 9
Berks to the Future
Fri, Jan 6, 201762 mins
The Grand Tour travelling tent arrives Stuttgart, Germany, the home of Porsche and Mercedes-Benz. Meanwhile, in a less realistic attempt at engineering, Jeremy Clarkson invents a new kind of fashionable SUV. Also in this show, the hosts attempt to meet the future demands of electric cars by harnessing power from the currently untapped actions of everyday life.
Episode 10
Dumb Fight at the O.K. Coral
Fri, Jan 13, 201761 mins
The Grand Tour travelling tent arrives in Nashville, Tennessee from where Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May introduce their attempt to save the world's coral reefs. In the interests of conservation, the three travel to Barbados and begin an earnest attempt to establish a new reef using only some car bodyshells as a foundation.
Episode 11
Italian Lessons
Fri, Jan 20, 201760 mins
This week the Grand Tour tent is on the shores of Loch Ness in Scotland, from where Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May introduce their experiences of buying used Maseratis with their own money and then using them to tour the drizzle flecked landscapes of the North of France.
Episode 12
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Fri, Jan 27, 201762 mins
The Grand Tour tent is once again on the edge of Loch Ness, Scotland thanks to an amazing discovery made by the hosts since the last show. In this programme, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May test out the Jaguar F-Pace, the Bentley Bentayga and the Range Rover Autobiography with a road trip around central Europe taking in some of the most grown-up and not at all childishly rude place names the region has to offer. Also in this episode, Jeremy kills a few preconceptions as he takes to the Eboladrome in the Lexus GS F and legendary movie director Tim Burton crosses the Loch to try Celebrity Brain Crash. Plus, as launch control becomes increasingly common on high performance cars, the hosts examine the point of this feature with a short film presentation.
Episode 13
Past v Future
Fri, Feb 3, 201761 mins
For the final show of the season, the Grand Tour tent arrives in Dubai from where Jeremy Clarkson and James May introduce a battle between their own, personal cars. Jeremy champions the past with his Volkswagen Golf GTI while James makes a case for the future with his electrically powered BMW i3.
