The Grand Tour's Second Series Will Be Here In October

Want more Grand Tour? Now we know roughly how long we’ll have to wait for our second dose.

Speaking on BBC’s The One Show this week, presenter James May delivered the good news. “October is when you’ll first be able to see it,” he said, indicating that the Amazon Prime show’s second series will kick off slightly earlier in the year than the first series, which began in November 2016.

Naturally, questioning soon turned to the subject of budget. The Grand Tour’s first series generated numerous headlines around its reportedly massive budget (anything up to £4 million an episode was rumoured), and it seems Amazon is keen to splash the cash this time around too.

“It’s about the same, I would think. It is quite an expensive show to make,” May said, adding, “There’s a lot of travel involved. There’s a lot of crew involved. There’s a lot of tech involved, filming in 4K. But that’s boring stuff. It’s going to look largely the same, but we’ve moved it on a bit in a way that I can’t really tell you about yet because you’re the enemy and it’s secret!”

We’re still not exactly sure how well the initial 13 episode run of Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May’s new show performed, as Amazon doesn’t release viewing figures as a matter of policy.

The firm did however disclose that the first episode had the highest viewing figures for a debut show ever seen on the streaming platform. It was also reported recently that Amazon Prime Video access in the UK doubled last year, something which has been largely attributed to the draw of TGT.

So, it certainly seems like Amazon’s investment is paying off…

Source: The One Show via Digital Spy