How the new Grand Tour presenters were chosen
Smith and Sniff
Jonny Smith and Richard Porter
4.9 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 9 February 2026
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Richard reveals his involvement in finding new hosts for The Grand Tour. Also in this episode, a real Magic Tree, getting trapped on the Isle of Man, mouse Uber, Merlin Purple and John the Dog, a strange bathroom sign, the end of the Lexus LC, a listener’s Nissan Leaf burnout, and how to behave like an absolute sleeve in a petrol station.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Johnny Smith. |
| 0:02.3 | I'm Richard Porter. |
| 0:03.6 | And this is Smith and Sniff, a podcast in which two friends talk about cars and many other things. |
| 0:12.6 | I've got to talk magic trees again. |
| 0:14.6 | Sorry to... |
| 0:16.0 | Oh, yes. |
| 0:17.7 | Because you forgot to finish that story last week. |
| 0:22.1 | Well, I realised that I'd approach the subject of magic trees to segue into the reason why I was talking about magic trees and in a true Smith and sniff idiotic way. |
| 0:33.8 | I never got to the point before we finished our hours cast. So I'm so sorry, guys, look. |
| 0:41.1 | So here's the reason I mention magic trees is because I don't want to get rid of my Christmas |
| 0:47.4 | tree because I think it's magic. And I've stripped it bare, so it's just a tree. So it's not Christmasy anymore. So it's |
| 0:57.5 | okay if you're superstitious. It's fine. But I only got it out my lounge last week. It hasn't |
| 1:04.8 | dropped. It's a real tree, just so you know. It hasn't dropped any needles. It still looks as green as the day it was growing in a field. And I don't understand it. I think it's, I think it might have avoided death. I don't know. Okay. So do you know what I've done? No. I've put it in my garden shed with, with, with, with, with all my gardening tools and other garden paraphernalia. |
| 1:30.5 | In the stand, I've just put it in the shed and thought, if it still looks green and nice in two months' time, it'll be good for next Christmas. |
| 1:38.4 | It's magic. |
| 1:39.7 | Now, look, I'm not Monty Don, but I'm pretty certain that one of the things that trees need is light. |
| 1:48.1 | Yeah. |
| 1:49.1 | Are you not denying it light? |
| 1:51.2 | It'll be restricted on light. |
| 1:53.9 | Yeah. |
| 1:56.7 | Photosynthesis, you say. |
| 1:59.4 | How are you watering it? |
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