The final outing of the Clarkson, Hammond and May partnership is now available on Amazon Prime.
I thought it was a good ending to what has been 22 years of them working together. Whatever your opinion of the trio the team that produces it has consistently delivered a strong cinematographic performance that has elevated motoring/entertainment significantly.
Whatever their appeal as entertainers I gather they earned the country huge amounts of foreign money at a time when manufacturing in this country was in serious decline and if nothing else they should be congratulated for that. They obviously got something right.
I wish they had put the personas aside for the final episode, and shown more of themselves. Perhaps they can’t - it doesn’t really fit with the scripted performance and the high level of pretence required.
I was disappointed that they thought it necessary to throw what looked like a perfectly serviceable car off a precipice.
It kept me engaged for two hours but I was quite glad when it was over.
The original Botswana Top Gear Special is currently on BBC iPlayer. Well worth watching if you’ve not seen it and worth a rewatch if you have. The “best comb over “ scene is hilarious.
After watching it I did feel sad that we won’t see any new content from them. But then we have years worth of shows and specials to go back to and enjoy for (possibly?) ever.
I am just glad I was here for the latter half of their careers. Started watching each Top Gear episode from season 1 back in 2012 until I caught up to the current episodes. Even so I feel it has been a journey and I am happy for them that they got to finish it on their own terms.