- Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May's time on “The Grand Tour” ends Sept. 13
- Amazon will continue the show with new hosts but details are unclear
- The original trio won't regroup to start a new car show, according to Clarkson
Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May's time fronting Amazon Prime's “The Grand Tour” comes to an end on Sept. 13, but the show will live on, Hammond has revealed.
In an interview with Metro published on Sept. 2, Hammond let slip that the show will live on with new hosts.
Amazon Prime itself hasn't announced plans for the show beyond the airing of the final episode later this month.
As for Clarkson, Hammond, and May, the trio won't be regrouping to start a new car show, like they did with The Grand Tour after leaving BBC's “Top Gear” in 2016.
Clarkson in an interview with The Sunday Times published on Sept. 1 said his days of talking about cars on television are over. He specifically mentioned that he's “too old and fat” to actually get into the cars he'd like to drive, and as for the cars he can fit into, he said he has no interest in driving them.
The Grand Tour ends with a final episode set in Zimbabwe. Its airing will mark the end of era that goes back to 2003, when Clarkson, Hammond, and May first appeared together on Top Gear.
The Grand Tour has proven to be a hit for Amazon Prime, which led to all three hosts getting standalone shows on the streaming service. The shows include “Clarkson's Farm” which provides snippets of Clarkson's life on his farm in the Cotswolds, and which Clarkson plans to continue.
Hammond's show is called “The Great Escapists,” and features both him and Tory Belleci as fictionalized versions of themselves. Only a single season was released in 2021. May has the show “James May: Our Man in…,” a travel show where May focuses on adventures across a single country per season. A third season was released this year and Amazon Prime hasn't announced the release of a fourth season.
