<P> United Broadcast Facilities (UBF) in The Netherlands won the contract for the outside broadcasting tent segments . Fourteen microphones are used for recording the audience reaction laugh track within the tent . The mobile studio audio setup uses Lawo mixing desks connected via MADI for live sound mixing, recording and talkback intercoms . </P> <P> During the first series, the studio segments were filmed in various locations around the world . Studio recording for the first series began in Johannesburg, South Africa on 17 July 2016 . Recording in the United States took place on 25 September 2016 in Southern California, with further recording taking place in Nashville on 21 November 2016 . Studio recording in the United Kingdom took place in Whitby on 13 October 2016, with further recordings taking place at Loch Ness in December 2016 . Further studio recording took place in Rotterdam on 22 October 2016 and Lapland on 3 November 2016 . Stuttgart (Ludwigsburg) was also a filming location . The final studio filming took place in Dubai in December 2016 . </P> <P> For the second series, following Clarkson's pneumonia and Hammond's car crash, the producers decided that there would no longer be a travelling tent . Instead the tent would be in one location near Clarkson's home in the Cotswolds as this would be more convenient for the crew to operate . It also would be useful for new features such as Celebrity Face Off . In September 2017, West Oxfordshire District Council gave planning permission for three months of filming from a fixed tent location on the Great Tew Estate, near Chipping Norton . Two - hundred parking spaces already used for hosting the Cornbury Music Festival on the same site would be used to accommodate 350 guests per week, plus 80 members of staff . The time window allowed for the series 2 filming was between October and December 2017 . </P> <P> Following the public naming of the show, Amazon offered new customers a £ 20 discount for their first year on Amazon Prime during 14--16 May 2016 . A trailer announcing the release date of the show as 18 November 2016 was posted on the show's YouTube channel on 15 September 2016 . A second, full - length trailer, was released on 6 October 2016 . Trailers for series one have used the music "Come with Me Now" by Kongos., while series two trailers have used "Live and Let Die" by Wings . </P>

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