While generally reviews for The Grand Tour came in positively or just a little disappointed, strangely the BBC’s Arts Editor Will Gompertz is not impressed in the slightest .

"... so over-the-top and opulent you'd think that the Prince Regent was behind the camera..."

Gompertz didn’t stop there criticising the big introduction. He didn’t appreciate the trio taking to the stage “in the manner of rock stars on tour”:

"A huge crowd of cheering fans has amassed at their feet. There is no irony. It feels uncomfortably hubristic."

He then goes on to criticise the “filmic” nature of the show, claiming that “”the scale of the production, the quality of the cameras, the epic sweeping shots” gave it a cinematic film aimed more at people watching it on home TV or “or a mobile phone, which is how I imagine a lot of people will view it”.

I would suggest he got a better TV because in 4k it looked amazing - much better than than the latest season of say… Top Gear.

However, my favourite things he comes out with are: