THE GREAT ESCAPISTS
Amazon Prime Video
SURVIVAL show meets pop science meets over-the-top drama in this unique format with The Grand Tour’s Richard Hammond and Mythbuster star Tory Belleci.
The loud, over-enthusiastic pair play themselves starring as two men shipwrecked together on a desert island somewhere in the Pacific.
They have nothing but their street smarts, their bare hands and their scrap shipwreck for survival. Can they invent themselves off the island? Or will they be castaway forever?
“I don’t know why Bear Grylls makes such a fuss,” quips Tory.
It’s an absurd and enjoyable show, that both kids and adults will love, with a contrived set-up allowing the duo to basically invent stuff, build stuff and drill stuff.
Expect plenty of explosions, banter, one upmanship and a lot of yelling as they first try to build a car out of wood.
Richard says of the show: “It’s a big one, a noise-maker. It’s a mash-up of pop science, engineering, survival and drama.”