Amazon Gives UK Customers A Christmas TV Treat: The Record Breaking Opening Episode of Prime Video’s Hit Show The Grand Tour Will Be Available For Everyone Across The UK From Today Until Midnight On Boxing Day

December 23, 2016

First episodes of all critically acclaimed and award winning Amazon Original drama, comedy and kids shows are also available for free, for all UK customers

Customers can instantly view the shows through the Amazon Video app on smart TVs, iPhone & iPad, Fire tablets, android phones and tablets, Amazon Fire TV, Fire TV Stick, games consoles like Xbox, PlayStation, Wii and Wii U

London, 23 December 2016: Amazon has today announced that as a special Christmas treat of great TV entertainment for all the family -- all UK customers will be able to watch Prime Video's record breaking opening episode of Amazon Original Show The Grand Tour, from today through to midnight on Boxing Day.Also available are the first episodes of all Amazon Original shows including critically acclaimed and award winning comedy and drama series including The Man In The High Castle, Transparent, Mozart In The Jungle and the first episodes of hit Amazon Original kids series Just Add Magic, Wishenpoof, , and Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street. To watch further episodes, customers can start a 30-day free trial of a Prime monthly membership which is just £7.99/month thereafter.

"The Grand Tour premiere has broken all Amazon streaming records, so we wanted to give all customers an opportunity to watch one of the biggest TV shows of the year this Christmas weekend," said Jay Marine, VP Amazon Video EU. "Customers will also be able to watch the first episodes of our full line up of popular Amazon Originals, including The Man In The High Castle, Transparent, Goliath, Mozart In The Jungle, and our many award- winning kids programmes."

The debut episode of the highly anticipated new Amazon Original Series, The Grand Tour, has become the biggest show premiere ever on , with millions of Prime members streaming the show. The critically acclaimed first episode, titled ‘The Holy Trinity' kicks off in California where, after an epic opening sequence, Jeremy, Richard and James arrive at their famous travelling studio tent in Dry Rabbit Lake to be greeted by thousands of fans who have journeyed from across the U.S. to join the trio to launch the new car show for Amazon Prime Video.

All UK customers will also be able to watch the first episodes of all Amazon Original series, including Golden Globe and BAFTA wining Transparent, Golden Globe winning Mozart In The Jungle, critically acclaimed The Man In The High Castle, Billy Bob Thornton legal thriller Goliath and hit Amazon Original Kids shows Creative Galaxy, , The Stinky & Dirty Show, Just Add Magic, Wishenpoof, and Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street.

The first episode of The Grand Tour and all Amazon Original Series can be accessed for free today, on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day on any computer or through the Amazon Video app on smart TVs, mobile or tablet, Amazon Fire TV, Fire TV Stick, and Fire tablets, on Xbox, PlayStation, Wii and Wii U. Customers can start a 30-day free trial at Amazon Prime to watch the six episodes released so far and receive all the benefits of Prime, including access to thousands of movies and TV episodes through Prime Video, unlimited One-Day Delivery on millions of items, over two million songs available to stream and download through Prime Music, unlimited photo storage in Amazon Cloud Drive, one free pre-released book a month with Kindle First, Twitch Prime and early access to select Lightning Deals on amazon.co.uk — all available for a monthly membership of just £7.99/month, or a best value annual membership of just £79/year.

Additionally, Amazon's End Of Year Sale will include great digital deals available for all customers, offering discounts on digital downloads of movies and TV shows, leading albums, best-selling Kindle books, top apps, and leading digital software & video games – visit amazon.co.uk/sale to find out more.

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