Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May have filmed their final episode of The Grand Tour after seven years on Amazon Prime. The trio returned from filming in Zimbabwe, with the special set to air next year.
The BBC understands options are being explored for a new incarnation of the show. Amazon Prime and the three presenters have been approached for comment. The Grand Tour has run for five series since the hosts left the BBC's Top Gear in 2015.
The news comes days after the BBC announced that Top Gear will not return 'for the foreseeable future' following a crash involving presenter Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff last year. In a statement, the BBC said it had 'decided to rest the UK show'.
Speaking last week, James May told the Today Podcast: 'My honest view is - I can say this now - it does need a bit of a rethink. It's time for a new format and a new approach to the subject because the subject has not been this interesting, I suspect, since the car has been invented.'
Clarkson, Hammond and May began presenting Top Gear together in 2003, making the show a huge success for the BBC. Despite the show's format being exported worldwide, the trio faced several controversies. Clarkson left the BBC in 2015 after punching a producer over a hot food dispute; Hammond and May left with him, and they were quickly signed by Amazon.
The hosts also have other shows on Amazon, including Clarkson's Farm, returning for a third series, and May's Our Man In... series.
