Hammond defends The Grand Tour sometimes being over-the-top
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Craig Mathieson has been the film critic for The Sunday Age since March 2012, having previously held the same position for Rolling Stone and The Bulletin. The former magazine editor writes widely on film, music and television, and is still able to quote sizeable chunks of the dialogue from Michael Mann's Heat.
"I'm sure we'll be down there to abuse the Aussies at some point", promises Grand Tour co-host Richard Hammond.
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