So how does that compare to The Grand Tour? Well unfortunately for us, Amazon haven’t released the full list of viewer statistics for the show, but there is one statistic we have heard – by December 2016 approximately 2.3 million people had streamed the first episode of the show. A possible explanation for the further reduction seen in Episodes 6 & 7 is that they aired after Top Gear went on break for a week, meaning some viewers may have thought the show had finished early or they simply lost interest. So how did Top Gear Series 23 perform? Well, a bit like this Top Gear Series 24: Overnight RatingsĪs you can see, Series 24 opened with an average of 2.8 million viewers, before gradually falling to to 2.4 million by Episode 4, spiking to 2.6 for Episode 5. If the show isn’t received well, the viewer figures will plummet much quicker – such as the 4.4 million to 2.8 million drop we saw in the first and second episode of Top Gear Series 23 with Chris Evans. While it might not quite stick the landing and some may still feel their humour hasn’t updated with the times, stripped of their ability to go higher, faster, more off-road, or cause a major international incident, Lochdown’s back-to-basics approach actually delivers their most entertaining adventure since they left the BBC.The final episode of Top Gear Series 24 going to air last Sunday, and while it was a massive improvement on Series 23, now is the perfect time to reflect on how the new series stacked up against previous Top Gear series, and whether it was able to take the fight to The Grand Tour.Īs is usually the way with viewing figures television series, the first episode will always rate the highest, before gradually reducing as the series progresses – as some viewers tune out for various reasons. That’s also when the veteran presenters are quite literally forced to build a bridge and get over it, something which most definitely does not appear natural to any of them. Essentially, this is childhood wish-fulfilment for the trio, who admit they all couldn’t understand that while they fell in love with the cars they saw on American TV shows, their parents preferred the delights of an Austin Allegro, Vauxhall Viva or Ford Cortina.Īt one point, our intrepid travellers trade in their rides for such abominations as the Pontiac Aztek and the PT Cruiser in a muddy battle with the worst the Soviet Union had to offer, before breaking out muscle cars that are “as American as an Eagle made of cheese” (as Clarkson so eloquently puts it), like the Dodge Charger and the Ford Mustang, before the final leg across to the supposed American haven of North Uist. ![]() But although they do encounter a Hillman Imp or Avenger or two along the way, this is actually – and more than a little incongruously – a celebration of USA-made vehicles. This 90-minute “special” sees the triumvirate of car-loving enfant terribles traversing the wild of Scotland, from the border town of Berwick-upon-Tweed to the islands of the Outer Hebrides. ![]() It’s almost as if the latter pair’s time spent learning to cook and cultivate the land respectively has given them a new lease on life. REVIEW: Grounded by Covid and back on home turf, The Grand Tour trio may just have finally found Top Gear once again.Īfter the ill-conceived Madagascan disaster that was last December’s A Massive Hunt, Lochdown returns to the bromantic banter, occasional schoolboy pranks and car-centred comedy that made Messrs Hammond, May and Clarkson such a hit for so many years. The Grand Tour Presents: Lochdown is now available to stream on Amazon Prime Video.
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