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Old 16-09-2016, 10:17
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Amazon have today announced that The Grand Tour will premier globally on 18th November 2016.
New episodes will be available every Friday for 12 weeks.
The first episode will have a runtime of 70 minutes, with future episodes having similar runtimes.

The deal will see 3 X 12 episode series over the next 3 years, and will be shot in 4K.

An episode has already been filmed in Johannesburg, but the first episode to be broadcast will actually be from California (to be filmed this month).
Reported guests for the first series include Charlize Theron and Matt Damon.

A new promo has also been launched online today:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK0l...ature=youtu.be


There was a previous thread discussing general speculation (http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2150163), but now we have actual details and the premier is just a few weeks away I though it warranted a new thread. Happy for them to merged though if the mods disagree.
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Old 16-09-2016, 10:28
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What I find amusing is that Amazon heavily promoted a discount offer for their Prime Membership around this time last year with pictures of CMH. However anyone who took up that offer will find that it needs to renew at full price before they actually get to watch them.
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Old 16-09-2016, 10:45
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What I find amusing is that Amazon heavily promoted a discount offer for their Prime Membership around this time last year with pictures of CMH. However anyone who took up that offer will find that it needs to renew at full price before they actually get to watch them.
Yes, true, maybe a slightly mis-leading offer.
I suspect there will be many offers to coincide with the launch of The Grand Tour, especially as Black Friday will be the following week. I'm expecting reduced Amazon Prime memberships, along with offers on the Amazon Fire TV Box and Stick.
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Old 16-09-2016, 11:40
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It's looking like being a great show

Interestingly a lot of people who don't live in countries where Prime is available are asking on Facebook Etc how can they view it and The Grand Tour are replying " Watch out for details" which looks like it's somehow going to be networked globally
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Old 16-09-2016, 11:46
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I'm looking forward to this, and I think, on reflection, that my early indifference to the title "The Grand Tour" has given way to actually thinking it sounds rather apt, given the rumoured production values and quality that the show supposedly has. It could be a very grand tour indeed.
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Old 16-09-2016, 12:08
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I'm going to take the one month option at the end of the 12th episode. All 12 should be available at that point I assume?! £7.99 for a month seems fair to see all of them + whatever else takes my fancy in that period.
I have no interest in buying from Amazon or using the streaming services for anything else.
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Old 16-09-2016, 12:09
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I'm looking forward to this, and I think, on reflection, that my early indifference to the title "The Grand Tour" has given way to actually thinking it sounds rather apt, given the rumoured production values and quality that the show supposedly has. It could be a very grand tour indeed.
It just occurred to me - do you think the title is also a reference to gran turismo?
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Old 16-09-2016, 12:20
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It just occurred to me - do you think the title is also a reference to gran turismo?
Assuming you mean the video game, only in the sense that Gran Tourismo and The Grand Tour both have automobile connections. It's possible, I suppose, that they thought Gran Tourismo was the pefect name, but as it's trademarked to Sony (and/ or whomever makes the game), they came up with a similar, non-trademarked alternative. Maybe they were playing it when they came up with the name. Who knows, maybe May, for all his outwardly appearence of a man stuck in the 1950's, is a closet Playstation fan.

If you mean, are they directly referencing the video game, I really don't think so, no.
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Old 16-09-2016, 12:30
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Hasn't anyone told them Amazon is an OD service?

The whole 1 a week thing is as old and out of touch as they are...
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Old 16-09-2016, 12:31
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It's looking like being a great show

Interestingly a lot of people who don't live in countries where Prime is available are asking on Facebook Etc how can they view it and The Grand Tour are replying " Watch out for details" which looks like it's somehow going to be networked globally
I suspect in territories where the Amazon Prime Video service isn't available they'll be looking to do broadcast deals with traditional broadcasters - many of which I suspect will also be the broadcasters if Top Gear.

This is what Netflix have done in the past - for example House of Cards originally aired on Sky Atlantic in Germany (before Netflix launched in the country).
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Old 16-09-2016, 12:35
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I suspect in territories where the Amazon Prime Video service isn't available they'll be looking to do broadcast deals with traditional broadcasters - many of which I suspect will also be the broadcasters if Top Gear.

This is what Netflix have done in the past - for example House of Cards originally aired on Sky Atlantic in Germany (before Netflix launched in the country).
I think they've confirmed that they're looking in that direction in the past. (And you can also get HoC on DVD over here, so there's that option too)
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Old 16-09-2016, 12:42
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Hasn't anyone told them Amazon is an OD service?

The whole 1 a week thing is as old and out of touch as they are...
What are you suggesting? That if an OD service wants to make its own series, they should hold every episode back until they're all 100% finished, then make them available in one fell swoop?
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Old 16-09-2016, 12:54
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I'm going to take the one month option at the end of the 12th episode. All 12 should be available at that point I assume?! £7.99 for a month seems fair to see all of them + whatever else takes my fancy in that period.
I have no interest in buying from Amazon or using the streaming services for anything else.
Can't you just take the free trial and watch them all that way?
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Old 16-09-2016, 12:57
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Can't you just take the free trial and watch them all that way?
Think I did a free trial to demo a TV at work. Customer wanted to see the pq they could get on the new TV they wanted to buy if they watched Amazon.
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Old 16-09-2016, 13:14
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What are you suggesting? That if an OD service wants to make its own series, they should hold every episode back until they're all 100% finished, then make them available in one fell swoop?
Yes. Just Like they did with The Man In The High Castle, Transparent etc etc.
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Old 16-09-2016, 13:48
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Hasn't anyone told them Amazon is an OD service?

The whole 1 a week thing is as old and out of touch as they are...
They still do it for some shows, only recently for The Collection (again, released weekly on a Friday).


Anyway, welcome back for the proper Top Gear - from that mini-trailer it's like they have never been away.
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Old 16-09-2016, 14:29
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Andy Wilman talking about Grand Tour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yLzAU48ruA
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Old 16-09-2016, 14:30
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That 30 seconds teaser trailer was already better than the whole of last series of Top Gear Really looking forward to this.
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Old 16-09-2016, 14:58
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Was a good watch, Andy talking about the BBC and Top Gear was very interesting.

By the sounds of it, them moving away from the BBC could be a blessing in disguise.
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Old 16-09-2016, 15:42
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Think I did a free trial to demo a TV at work. Customer wanted to see the pq they could get on the new TV they wanted to buy if they watched Amazon.
Get another one then. I'm on about trial 20.
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Old 16-09-2016, 16:01
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I really enjoyed that, thanks for the link.
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Old 16-09-2016, 16:23
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Get another one then. I'm on about trial 20.
Didn't know you could! Will give it a go!
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Old 16-09-2016, 17:00
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What a great video to watch, loved it!
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Old 16-09-2016, 18:15
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Roll on with this it looks amazing,
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Old 16-09-2016, 19:33
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I don't suppose anyone knows if it's likely that the Grand Tour will end up being boadcast on normal television at some point. Secondary broadcast rights for Top Gear saw it appear endlessly on Dave. Might the Grand Tour crop up somewhere else too, once it's been shown on Amazon Prime? I already spend a small fortune on Sky. I don't want to fork out for on demand streaming as well.
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