The Grand Tour is spinning its wheels
The new hosts come across as three guys whose girlfriends happen to be friends
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Nicholas Harris
Nicholas Harris is Senior Commissioning Editor (Ideas) at the New Statesman. He is also the TV critic. nicholas.harris@newstatesman.co.uk
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