---
title: "The Grand Tour‘s Traveling Tent Is No More"
description: "After a rough off-season for the old trio, season two will be filmed at a fixed location in England."
date: "2017-09-27"
modified: "2017-09-27"
authors:
  - name: "Kyle Cheromcha"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/14682/the-grand-tours-traveling-tent-is-no-more"
categories:
  - "Culture"
  - "News"
tags:
  - "Amazon"
  - "Great Britain"
  - "james may"
  - "Jeremy Clarkson"
  - "richard hammond"
  - "tent"
  - "The Grand Tour"
---

# The Grand Tour‘s Traveling Tent Is No More

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When Clarkson, Hammond, and May jumped ship from the BBC ([or walked the plank,](<https://www.telegraph.co.uk/on-demand/2016/11/14/jeremy-clarkson-slams-the-bbc-top-gears-problems-got-bigger-and/>) depending on your interpretation) into the warm, murky waters of the Amazon, they had big plans for their new project. Something called *The Grand Tour* necessitates some, you know, actual grand touring, so they used a massive collapsible tent to [film the studio bits](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/5329/exclusive-inside-the-grand-tour-taping-in-california>) in nine different countries during the first season. It quickly became the show's most iconic feature. And now, it's no more.

All right, technically the tent *does* still exist, but its traveling days are officially over. Amazon has announced the tent will stay put at a fixed location in the Cotswolds in Britain for the duration of season two, [according to *Express.*](<https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/858983/The-Grand-Tour-season-2-MAJOR-changes-accident-prone-hosts-Jeremy-Clarkson-Richard-Hammond>) That doesn't mean the show has turned its back on its international ambitions—[new segments have been filmed](<https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/12365/watch-the-grand-tours-season-2-preview>) in places like Croatia, Switzerland, Dubai, Spain, and Mozambique—but it's still a marked shift from the formula used in the first season.

"We'll keep the studio in one place, and given how accident prone they are at the minute, that can only be a good thing," executive producer Andy Wilman said in a statement. "Given their sore joints, struggling lungs and combined age of 158, the studio tent has been given a new home in a charming location in the Cotswolds."

From Richard Hammond's [terrifying Rimac crash](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/13538/swiss-hill-climb-organizers-fined-5000-over-richard-hammonds-rimac-crash>) to Jeremy Clarkson's [recent bout with pneumonia,](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/13254/jeremy-clarkson-hospitalized-for-pneumonia>) it's been something of a rough off-season for the old crew. [The excesses of the first episodes](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/5427/the-grand-tours-3-million-opening-scene-could-be-the-priciest-tv-kickoff-ever>) were bound to be dialed back at some point, and Wilman also pointed out that retiring the traveling tent will allow everyone to spend more time and energy on the kind of road trip films and challenges that made old *Top Gear* so beloved.

There is one other silver lining (aside from hopefully no more *Celebrity Brain Crash*): it's now a little easier to attend the tapings for season two. [You can apply for tickets here,](<https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/splash/grandTourGuestlist?tag=drive09e6-20>) but only until October 3.

## Author
Overseeing an expert staff of writers and editors from his lair in Los Angeles, Kyle shapes The Drive’s singular approach to covering the automotive industry and car culture. He’s been with the site as a writer since 2017, taking over as editor in 2019. On a daily basis, Kyle is responsible for directing The Drive's editorial news and car review content strategies, setting special coverage priorities, managing complex reporting projects, and ensuring what you read on the page meets our high internal standards for quality and trustworthiness. He is also the executive producer of The Drive's YouTube channel, which was relaunched in February 2024 to great acclaim and has accumulated over 14M new views in its first year back on the scene. He hosts a biweekly series on the channel where he breaks down fascinating and complicated stories from the automotive world.

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