“We didn’t interact with the locals really. “We did it in area of Scotland with not many people,” co-host James May told BT. Let’s go through what we know about the Lochdown special’s filming, first. A first teaser for that episode was released on social media earlier this year – Clarkson describes the special as The Grand Tour ‘unplugged’.Įarlier plans to record an episode in Russia were put on-hold because of the pandemic (see below) – so the Lochdown special was filmed in Scotland across nine days earlier in 2020 instead. That episode seems like it’s probably a while away, though. Jeremy Clarkson was apparently spotted driving a Citroën CX Break, James May was glimpsed in a Renault Avantime, while Richard Hammond was reportedly in a Matra Murena, according to the channel. Later, the hosts were spot in Leamington in England, filming near a retail park. They were each driving classic French cars, which hints a little at the theme for the episode. That’s not all that’s coming from Clarkson and pals in the foreseeable future, though.Īs of April 2021, another special for The Grand Tour was filming in the UK – the three hosts were spotted filming in Llandrindod Wells, Wales, by The Grand Tour Fans YouTube channel. RELATED: Hybrid working: The future of work Given how languid the releases have become lately – a year separated the release of the last two specials, Seamen and A Massive Hunt – that will come as a relief. This dovetails with what James May said in an interview last year about filming more episodes closer to home in an effort to release them more regularly. There’s more good news if you’re a fan of The Grand Tour Presents: a new episode has been filming this year in Wales and parts of England like Warwickshire. There’s a first trailer for The Grand Tour Presents: Lochdown, too, which you can see below.

The special will imitate the feeling of an American road trip – without actually requiring the British hosts to leave their country.

The episode was actually filmed in 2020, mid-pandemic, so hopefully we won’t have to wait too long to see it. The Grand Tour season 4, episode 3 is coming on July 30, Amazon has confirmed – and it’ll take co-hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May to Scotland in a special called Lochdown.

The grand tour trailer