BBC's mega hit series "Top Gear" rolls out on iTunes and debuts new regional website.
British motoring programme presenter Jeremy Clarkson EPA/DANIEL DEME
North American fans of "Top Gear" – the world’s biggest car entertainment show – now have their own website.
The new U.S. and Canadian site follows the relaunch of the UK site earlier this month. Coinciding with the launch, "Top Gear" Season 10 is now available for purchase and download on the iTunes Store (here ) in the U.S.
The very funny part fact layered in entertainment show premieres in the U.S. on BBC America and will be broadcast in more than 100 countries, is full of extreme stunts, challenges and features taking extraordinary and ordinary cars to the very limit.
According to BBC America, the new TopGear.com includes classic video clips, a Top Gear America blog, community and contributions from hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May and executive producer Andy Wilman.
The site also has an ongoing original editorial feature “Made in America,” which this week explores a car and school bus demolition derby, features from Top Gear magazine - the UK’s most read men’s magazine, a Darts with Cars game and a Britspeak Dictionary.
Next week, TopGear.com will launch Legend of Top Gear, a mini-site featuring the history and 24 best-ever moments of the program.
“Top Gear is an international phenomenon with a passionate and loyal following in North America. This is the first in a series of BBC Worldwide sites that will deliver highly engaging content and a community experience developed specifically for U.S. and Canadian audiences,” said Miranda Treffry, Vice President of Business Development and Digital Media, BBC Worldwide America.
“We’re excited about offering American and Canadian fans a daily fill of all things Top Gear,” said Jared A. Holstein, Executive Producer and Editor of TopGear.com America. Jared A. Holstein has written and photographed for automotive publications for over a decade. “Hundreds of exclusive video clips, reviews of exotic machinery, regular contributions from Jeremy, James and Richard and the rest of the UK Top Gear gang are complimented by content baked up fresh in the USA.”
Fans can go to TopGear.com, click the iTunes download button on the homepage, and receive a free download of episode one from Season 10. The special offer concludes November 4, 2008.
Season 10 finds the intrepid three hosts racing through the Kalahari Desert in 20-year-old clunkers, attempting to cross the treacherous English Channel in a fleet of amphibious cars and Academy Award-winner Helen Mirren and Simon Cowell get behind the wheel on the Top Gear test track.
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