James Bond is headed to Prime Video. The streaming service has ordered a brand new competitors sequence impressed by the notorious fictional spy. In 007: Road to a Million, 9 duos will compete for a big money prize with Brian Cox (Succession) in cost. All eight episodes will arrive in November.
“Today, the 9 duos collaborating in Prime Video’s upcoming Bond-inspired journey sequence 007: Road To A Million are introduced. All 9 pairs are in with an opportunity of successful a life-changing £1,000,000.
In the total sequence trailer, launched at this time, followers will get a larger glimpse at what’s to return. From emergency nurses and retired cops to a married couple on a journey of journey and journey, the eighteen contestants are all on a regular basis relatable individuals. The 9 pairs, all from totally different walks of life, should face Bond-inspired challenges from throughout the globe….
“The Controller” (Brian Cox) has hidden ten questions world wide for every pair. To attain these questions, the pairs face Bond-inspired challenges, which push their bodily energy and psychological reserves to the restrict. Each query is price an rising sum of money, and if answered appropriately, they financial institution the money and proceed to the subsequent query. If they get it incorrect, their journey is over.
And so, all of them face one query… how far would you go for £1,000,000?
007: Road To A Million, from the producers behind the James Bond movie franchise, will launch solely on Prime Video in over 240 international locations and territories on November 10.
Meet the Contestants
JAMES AND JOEY
James and Joey grew up in South West London in a household of 4 siblings. Despite the six-year age hole the brothers have at all times been good buddies. Joey skilled as an electrician earlier than turning into a black cab driver in his twenties. He has since returned to the commerce and runs his personal electrician enterprise. James is a artistic and describes himself as a “copy author by day and musician by evening”. When his copyrighting work dried up firstly of the pandemic, he returned to his old flame, music, and recorded a people/punk-inspired album. He has additionally dabbled in stand-up comedy, placing on reveals on the Edinburgh Fringe.
BETH AND JEN
Jen skilled as a nurse in Dorset and have become a jail nurse, then joined the Royal Air Force reserves and skilled to go to Afghanistan to help with Aeromedical evacuation in 2010, bringing injured troopers’ residence. She then ran a medical clinic in Kabul on the British Embassy earlier than going to Australia, the place she labored on Christmas Island with asylum seekers. Recently, Jen has been working in Guyana, offering medical care to crews working offshore on drill ships, and now’s again within the UK doing native company work. Beth has labored in emergency departments internationally, and her specialty is emergency care. She’s labored in expedition medication with ultra-marathon runners within the Amazon and the Arctic Circle. She now works as a complicated medical practitioner in Gloucestershire within the pressing care clinic.
KAMARA AND JOSH
Kamara and Josh met at work whereas they have been working as youth staff of their area people. They bonded over their shared love of journey, anthropology, and curiosity in several cultures. Despite their totally different cultural backgrounds and worries that their households would disapprove, love blossomed, and so they turned an merchandise. Kamara is extra daring and riskier than Josh, when a call must be made, she’s going to take the lead.
SANA AND SAIQA
They’re solely 18 months aside and their household sees them extra as twins than older or youthful siblings. They’ve lived in Bahrain and Dubai but in addition frolicked rising up within the UK, deciding to do their college research there. They now dwell with their grandparents in London. They see ‘residence’ as between the UK and Dubai, the place their mother and father dwell and work. Sana is a course of engineer and Saiqa is a fraud analyst.
JAMES AND SAM
James and Sam are father and son who share an in depth bond, however James is commonly away for as much as eight weeks because of engaged on oil rigs, which has left him feeling like an ‘absent father’, however he now needs to make up for misplaced time and make lasting recollections together with his teenage son earlier than he turns into an grownup. Sam idolizes his dad, describing their relationship extra like a ‘friendship’. Sam lately moved out after finding out for his A-levels through the pandemic and has been working as a bartender in a tapas restaurant (he’s making an attempt to study Spanish).
KEITH AND NICK
Peas in a pod, these two retired cops take pleasure in laughing their means via life, however their years of service imply they’re calm beneath strain. Having discovered themselves in lots of harmful and life threatening conditions all through the years, they have a tendency to search for the lighter facet of issues to assist them cope. Their M.O. is ‘Take nothing critically.’
COLIN AND DANNY
They met 10 years in the past via their wives when Danny was new on the scene and was being launched as his now-wife’s new companion. They quickly related over the truth that their fathers come from the identical parish in Jamaica, which has given them grounding and understanding of one another. Fast ahead a decade and Danny says they’re “brothers from one other mom.”
GRACE AND DANIELLA
They met in 2012 whereas they have been each working at Capital Radio in Glasgow and bonded over giving out leaflets in chilly purchasing centres and driving round as runners for the station. Both at the moment are totally fledged radio presenters, with Daniella having introduced on BBC Radio 1 and Grace has her morning breakfast radio present. They share a love of their native Scotland and really feel passionately about representing their beloved nation as wee Scottish lasses.
TANAKA AND JAMES
Tanaka describes James as a girls’ man and remembers a “swarm of ladies” round him at college, while Tanaka was the varsity sports activities star. They remained shut buddies all through college and infrequently visited one another and have since shared travelling journeys to Brazil, South Africa, and Colombia. They have a heat, loyal, enjoyable friendship and are filled with respect for each other.”
The trailer for 007: Road to a Million season one is under.
