Breaking, Badly

Episode Summary & Review

Summary

The Grand Tour attempts to set a new British water speed record for amphibious cars. A staggering 85 percent of all people who try to break records on water are killed but this doesn’t put off Clarkson, Hammond and May as they set about building their own road legal machine from an unholy union of car, boat and jet engine and then use it to spear across the choppy waters of a vast lake during something called “Coniston Speed Week”. Also in this show, Jeremy makes a nostalgic trip to the Eboladrome to drive a pair of incredible supercars from the early 1990s, the Jaguar XJ220 and the Bugatti EB 110 Super Sport. Plus, Celebrity Face Off finds the world’s fastest magician as Dynamo goes head to head against Penn & Teller.

Our Take

The amphibious record attempt delivers some genuinely tense moments, mostly because you keep expecting something to go horribly wrong. The supercar segment with the XJ220 is a nice change of pace, even if it’s fairly standard Clarkson nostalgia. A solid mid-tier episode with a few real laughs, worth a watch if you’re caught up.