Confined to the UK by Covid, Jeremy, Richard and James embark on a Lockdown Special to find out just why American 70s cars never took off in Britain. At the wheel of a Cadillac Coupe De Ville, a Lincoln Continental and a Buick Riviera in stunning Scottish surroundings, the three hosts undergo many mishaps and adventures before embarking on one of their toughest challenges yet.
This Special was very funny and enjoyable from the outset of the adventure, because of COVID restrictions in the UK around travel at the time the crew had to be confined to the UK for an adventure like no other in three American cars and travel to a Loch where they had to build a bridge across to an island using a pontoon like structure to get across very entertaining to watch.
Despite Wilman’s worst fears, the Grand Tour trio put their egos to one side and, as we have all had to over the last 18 months, followed the strict lockdown rules to the letter. “I thought, ‘Oh no, this is going to be toys out of the pram non-stop’,” Wilman admitted.
One moment in the show – and you’ll get no spoilers from us – will undoubtedly get people talking. And like much of the best Grand Tour action over the years, it was completely spontaneous.
“One person who saw it said, ‘Wow you timed that thing to happen brilliantly’,” said Wilman.
“I just said ‘f**k off! It just f**king happened’, because it did.
“Once you had got over the hilarity of it, it was very… I’m talking around it because I don’t want to give anything away… but you could see from Jeremy’s reaction it wasn’t planned.
“It’s times like that you think, ‘God watches this show’. He just obviously thought the lads were having a quiet morning and he would intervene with fate.
“And to your point, yes, that’s why every camera is always running. The amount of footage you come back with is ridiculous, but then you get those moments on a couple of cameras and it’s joyful.”
The Grand Tour presents Lochdown is released on Amazon Prime Video on Friday, July 30.
All previous Grand Tour episodes and specials are available to stream now on Prime Video.
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