The former Top Gear trio of Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are heading to South Africa in mid-July where they will film the first studio
section of their new show, The Grand Tour,
for Amazon.
After a lackluster debut of the BBC's new Top Gear that recently visited South
Africa to film a challenging race from Durban to the highest bar in Lesotho,
Jeremy Clarkson announced that the team which jumped to Amazon after an ugly
behind-the-scenes fight, will be heading to South Africa first to film for The Grand Tour.
The Grand Tour will launch as a
video-on-demand (VOD) streaming show on Amazon and might well be picked up by
another South African broadcaster like M-Net that's already showing Amazon
shows like Transparent and Mozart in the Jungle.
The Grand Tour will record in
Johannesburg on 17 July and is looking for studio audience members. This will
be the first studio segment recorded for the show.
"The pre-recorded studio section of the
programme will be filmed in front of a live audience, all housed within a giant
tent," The Grand Tour
team said on Amazon's British website.
"To celebrate, Amazon is giving fans the
opportunity to win one of three pairs of tickets, travel and accommodation to
be part of the recording in Johannesburg".
People can enter from now until 8 June
through Twitter by using the hashtag #TheGrandTour and must attach a photo or
video of the strangest place they've ever put up a tent with the trio of
presenters who will choose the final three winners out of a shortlisted top 10.
