Posted on 11/22/2015 7:49:06 PM PST by markomalley
Motoring presenter Jeremy Clarkson is working on a new show for Amazon Prime, eagerly awaited by his many fans. He's also being sued by the BBC producer he punched earlier this year.
The blow Clarkson struck in March led the BBC not to renew his Top Gear contract. Radio 2 DJ Chris Evans will take over the BBC show, while Clarkson works for his new online employer.
So what do we know so far about Clarkson's new TV show?
Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond will provide their signature banter as a trio for the new show after May and Hammond also left the BBC. Hammond announced on his Twitter account: "The band is back together and it feels brilliant."
Clarkson confirmed on Twitter earlier this month that the new show will be made in '4K', the latest standard for ultra-high-definition video.
Clarkson, Hammond and May visited the Algarve International Circuit in Portimao to race three of the world's most expensive supercars in October. A photograph of the team at the track revealed a Ferrari LaFerrari, a McLaren P1 and a Porsche 918 Spyder.
Clarkson's deal with Amazon Prime has not been made public – but the Financial Times said last month it was worth £160m. The FT said it was "one of the largest ever agreed by a digital streaming group", more than double the amount Netflix paid for two seasons of House of Cards.
The 55-year-old presenter has set up his own production company, although he admitted in a Sunday Times column last week that he has a lot to learn about business. He has said that all of the previous features, such as the Stig, the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car and the Cool Wall, belonged to the BBC, so they are having to start from scratch. "It's going to be all new," he said.
The new show will only be available in the UK to subscribers to Amazon Prime, the online retailer's premium service, which costs £79 a year.
Former Top Gear producer Andy Wilman, who is still working with Clarkson, told Broadcast magazine there will be three series of 12 episodes.
Unlike many series made for online broadcasters, such as Netflix, the new motoring show will be released once a week, episode by episode.
Clarkson wrote in his Sun column that he is delighted the show will have no commercial breaks and "no editorial pressure from on high".
Yup.
Let the creators create.
Can’t wait.
Hang on then - what’s this?!?
- The new show will only be available in the UK to subscribers to Amazon Prime, the online retailer’s premium service, which costs £79 a year. -
Am I reading that right? Only available in the UK? Or have the cocktails impaired my comprehension?
“The new show will only be available in the UK to subscribers to Amazon Prime, the online retailer’s premium service, which costs £79 a year.”
huh??? only available to people in the UK or people in the UK can only get it via Amazon prime?
I was rather amused that the BBC had to go to great lengths to get rid of this horrible person Clarkson and then proceeded to show pretty much wall to wall Top Gear reruns for the last few months.
Noting that this was published in a UK publication, their readers would not be concerned about US viewers.
I gotta believe that the US market for this show is what's funding it, although the Top Gear show was marketed world-wide. This will likely be a world-wide product.
Top Gear Ping.
Available to all Amazon “Prime” subscribers...no indication I could find that it is “country-specific”.
http://bgr.com/2015/10/30/amazon-top-gear-fire-tv-commercial/
http://www.nme.com/filmandtv/news/jeremy-clarkson-shares-first-picture-from-new-amaz/389884
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.