The end of Top Gear / The Grand Tour after twentytwo years did hit me harder than I expected.
By far the most rightwing media I regularly enjoyed, knowning full well that Clarkson especially is a reactionary knobhead and despite having no interest whatsoever in cars, for years Top Gear was the highlight of Sunday night television viewing. It was one of the things that both Sandra and I liked, even if she had even less interest in motoring than I had. The Grand Tour was never quite the same but was good fun as well, though you could feel the end was near once they stopped doing regular shows. The specials were still good, but also without the leavings of the normal shows, a bit like eating only your pudding and not the meat.
Still, watching this last episode and especially the last scene it was a reminder of everything that made the Top Gear trio so great together. Despite everything I’ll miss it.
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