Yet another fantastic episode it just gets better and better.

Again, that might make the lawyers a bit uneasy - getting too similar to the TG hangar format..

The quality is generally improving, as you would expect I guess. Although, I've pretty much enjoyed every one so far.

Hopefully, they will settle into a format that works for them and it will become less obviously scripted and they will get the segments right.

James went on Steve Wright in the Afternoon this week (that's a show on the wireless station called Radio 2.)
Talking about TGT & The Reassembler on BBC4 mostly, I don't think the ape & the hamster would watch that. They'd be asleep after five minutes!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04lk4b6

Loved how surprisingly tense the battleships game was

I don't know whether being filmed in 4K makes any difference when being watched in HD but some of the scenes in Morocco was some of the best HD I've seen. It almost made my eyes hurt.

It was rather bright. Maybe choose a different setting for your TV, yes? Mine has Dynamic for PS4 gaming, Movie for just that, Soft for non-HD programmes and Personal if none of those work. So I would choose Movie for TGT as it's in HD, but if the skin tones are too bright or everything just looks like making my eyes sore, it gets toned down to Soft or Personal.

I seem to have a lip sync problem on this show. It starts off ok then gets steadily worse.
Anyone else?

I tend to get lip sync problems with my Fire TV stick sometimes on movies but strangely I don't appear to have problems with TGT.

Ah now, just watched EP5 and was grinning throughout. Much better this week. It's almost like the oil is beginning to permeate the gears and it's all starting to work in the old fashioned way.

I only ever seem to get this if I pause it at any stage.

It is now so bad my 12 yr old has stopped watching it after 3 episodes

We watch it on Amazon Prime in HD (2k) and we've never had any lip sync problems. (Sony Bravia KDL-32w705)

Another vast improvement this week. Still a bit too much padding like the whole weighing the car thing but definitely getting better. Much more like old TG.

I find it ridiculous that they have to be that careful that they can't stand in front of an audience for fear of treading on toes of BBC if that is the case it just seems so childish and petty of the BBC, but then it's the BBC so I shouldn't be surprised by anything.

The BBC own the TG format, so they are simply safeguarding their intellectual property (and income).

So they have copyrighted someone standing in front of a audience chatting, I guess 1000s of stand up comedians and other TV show hosts etc had better watch out they might get sued by the beeb,

More or less, yes. I seem to recall it was Clarkson himself who sold the rights to them in the first place ?!

No, you are taking it to an extreme.

Because there is a world of difference between "someone standing in front of a audience chatting" and someone presenting a car-related programme in a non-studio environment that bears a strong resemblance to a format which is owned by another broadcaster and where one of the presenters was previously employed to present said programme.

It's not the BBC, it's a specific circumstance where one broadcaster is protecting its recognisable format, and another broadcaster/production company making sure beyond doubt that there is no cause for legal action.

And it's why the BBC could not air a copy of I'm A Celebrity (a format that is instantly recognisable and owned by another company).

There is another special after the Christmas special which is looking like one of them road trip adventure types you know like the Bolivia episode.

https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...f0&oe=58E109BE

Has nobody else got the blurry picture isssue? Various phones and tablets and various connections on different wi-fi and still the picture is blurry.

I watch it on my iPad, and I find when it begins, the picture is a bit blurry. But it usually settles down after a couple of minutes.

Yes, it's the server streaming at a low rate initially, then gently steeping up the quality
to something your internet connection can sustain. If the picture remains blurry after
a minute or two, then (for whatever reason) the server has probably decided your connection is too poor.

This has been confirmed as a two-parter episode. Part 1 on the 30th December, Part 2 on the 31st.

https://twitter.com/thegrandtour/sta...92497119481857

Yes I can't wait that's me sorted

I'll binge watch them two together on the 30/31st.