{"id":22144,"date":"2022-09-16T11:38:18","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T09:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1708502"},"modified":"2022-09-16T12:16:11","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T10:16:11","slug":"the-grand-tour-producer-reveals-show-is-loosely-scripted","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/the-grand-tour-producer-reveals-show-is-loosely-scripted\/","title":{"rendered":"The Grand Tour producer reveals show is \u2018loosely\u2019 scripted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Lauren Morris\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 16 September 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Prime Video\u2019s The Grand Tour returns to our screens today with its motor-head trio\u2019s latest special <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/grand-tour-presents-scandi-flick-start-date-confirmed-trailer-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">A Scandi Flick<\/a> \u2013 and those who\u2019ve seen the film will know that it\u2019s full of <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/james-may-dramatic-grand-tour-crash-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">\u201cdramatic\u201d crashes<\/a>, big laughs and lots of car-related competition.<\/p>\n<p>However, if you\u2019ve ever wondered just how scripted this seemingly-improvised show is, then executive producer Andy Wilman has the answer for you.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"\/\/RadioTimes.com&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> and other press, Wilman said that the team make \u201cvery loose\u201d plans for hosts Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond when going into each special of <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/james-may-retirement-not-far-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">The Grand Tour<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When asked how scripted The Grand Tour specials are, he replied: \u201cVery loose. we know where we\u2019re going, we know where we\u2019re headed.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/09\/jeremy-clarkon-the-grand-tour-55e6014.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" 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title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Jeremy Clarkson sets fire to a car in The Grand Tour: A Scandi Flick.<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>Prime Video<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>He added: \u201cThere are certain things on that film that we know, like you know, Jeremy and Richard come to that ice lake to race the skiiers and we don\u2019t find those by accident, that sort of thing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou set that up in advance, but you don\u2019t know what the outcome will be and so on and so on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had a notion that we were going to build sheds because we had seen on a reccy those little huts,\u201d he continued. \u201cSo you work that in and you go, \u2018Right, we will build some sheds,\u2019 but what will happen to them or how you know how they will play out, we don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the special, we watch as the Grand Tour trio drive through the snow with sheds on the backs of their cars before driving down a ski slope.<\/p> <p>When asked whether producers told Clarkson to push Hammond\u2019s shed down the ski slope, he said: \u201cNo, that\u2019s his thought.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe usually go with a sheet of A4 [paper] with bullet points, which for a 90-minute film, I think is still good to sort of hand-on-heart say we\u2019re still making this s**t up overarchingly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the show\u2019s premiere, Richard Hammond revealed that there were moments of <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/grand-tour-richard-hammond-peril-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">\u201creal peril\u201d<\/a> 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