Say hello to the new hosts of The Grand Tour! Following last year’s rumours, Prime Video has announced that Thomas Holland (Canadian) and James Engelsman (British) from Throttle House (3.35 million subscribers) as well as trainspotter influencer Francis Bourgeois (real name Luke Nicolson, also a Brit) will be the new faces of the show.
The new trio will succeed Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May, who called it a day after the ‘One for the Road’ episode that aired back in September 13, 2024. “Together, the trio will front a six-part, globe-trotting series, tackling motoring’s most pressing – and delightfully absurd – questions across some of the world’s most challenging terrains,” Prime Video said in its release. Fun fact: Clarkson vetted through many, many CVs to arrive at the three:
“The saying ‘big shoes to fill’ spring to mind. Well, in this case it’ll be like Mo Farah running in size 14 wellies – it’ll be a little awkward at first, perhaps blister-inducing, but will overall be an interesting watch,” said Bourgeois.
“I’ve worked with Thomas for almost a decade making car films. Who knew that all this time, the one ingredient that was missing was a Francis Bourgeois? Let the car adventures commence,” commented Engelsman. “When I first heard they were rebooting The Grand Tour and replacing Clarkson, Hammond and May, I said only a moron would take that job,” added Holland.
The next season of The Grand Tour airs on Prime Video later this year and will see the new trio go on several adventures, including crossing the Angolan desert in track cars as well as heading to California to test America’s latest and greatest performance cars. Interestingly, the blokes will also be in Malaysia to explore our vibrant car culture.
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The TH guys and the train guy are super funny and engaging. Lovely content on Throttle House. I’m sure they will do a good job with the new series.
Shoot I wanted to think its just rumours, but its true :x
2nd choice could have been Alex Kersten, currently of Autoalex & formerly of Car Throttle, with his current co-hosts, Taylor Hetherington, Rory McKie and Thomas Lenthall.
Throttle House is one of the better car channels. Not familiar with the third guy. Best of luck to them.