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Amazon announces Clarkson, Hammond & May’s The Grand Tour studio recordings to take place in UK, U.S. and Germany with a Prime Day Prize Draw giving fans the chance to win tickets, travel and accommodation

07/07/2016

The Grand Tour Prime Day Prize Draw opens today for a chance to win a pair of tickets, travel, accommodation and the chance of meeting Jeremy, Richard and James

London – 7 July, 2016 – In June Amazon announced that the first ever studio recording of the new Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond & James May Amazon Prime show, The Grand Tour, will take place in Johannesburg, South Africa, later this month. Amazon today announced that The Grand Tour will also host shows in the UK, U.S. and Germany. The studio section of the programme will travel to various cities around the globe and be filmed in front of a live audience, all housed within a giant tent. Further locations will be announced later this year.

In celebration of Prime Day, from today (7 July), Amazon customers in the UK can enter The Grand Tour Prime Day Prize Draw for a chance to win a trip to attend a studio recording in the UK scheduled to take place in the autumn, including travel, accommodation, £200 spending money and a chance of meeting Jeremy, Richard and James. Entry to The Grand Tour Prime Day Prize Draw is open until midnight on Prime Day (12 July), and customers should go to www.amazon.co.uk/GTtickets and complete the online entry form to be in with a chance to win.

The Grand Tour will launch in autumn 2016 exclusively for Amazon Prime members. The exact city locations of the studio recordings will be revealed later this summer, along with details on how Amazon customers can secure additional audience tickets. To be the first to know,fans can follow The Grand Tour on Facebook (www.facebook.com/thegrandtour), Twitter (www.twitter.com/thegrandtour) and at www.amazon.co.uk/thegrandtour.

"Fans have been asking us where The Grand Tour will be filming and how they can attend. We're delighted to announce today new studio locations in the UK, U.S. and Germany as we continue our plans to bring this anticipated Amazon Prime show to fans around the world," said Jay Marine, VP of Amazon Video Europe. "The Grand Tour Prime Day Prize Draw opens today giving a chance for lucky customers to be the first to win tickets to join Jeremy, Richard and James in the studio. Good luck to all the fans!"

The Grand Tour joins Amazon Prime's line-up of award-winning and critically acclaimed TV shows and movies. Prime Video is the only place to stream Amazon Original and exclusive shows, including The Man in the High Castle, Mozart in the Jungle, Transparent, Preacher, Mr. Robot, Outlander, Vikings, Red Oaks and the Michael Connelly based cop drama Bosch. Prime members can stream or download titles, making it easy to watch at home or on the go.

In addition to The Grand Tour and thousands more movies and TV episodes available to stream, Prime members also enjoy One-Day Delivery on millions of products, streaming and download of more than one million songs, unlimited photo storage, early access to Lightning Deals and one million Kindle books to borrow. Amazon customers who are not already members can start a 30-day free trial of Amazon Prime by visiting www.amazon.co.uk/prime.

On Tuesday, 12 July, the second annual Prime Day will feature deals across nearly all departments and categories on Amazon's websites, ensuring there will be something for everyone. There will be thousands of deals available for Prime members in the UK, who can start shopping deals at midnight BST, with new deals starting as often as every five minutes. To participate in Prime Day you need to be a member of Amazon Prime; customers can sign-up or start a free trial of Prime any time before or on 12 July by visiting www.amazon.co.uk/primeday.

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