Amazon has harbinger that Jeremy Clarkson , Richard Hammond and James May will be reuniting to create “ an all - unexampled auto show ” that will be solely on Amazon Prime .
The new show will be produced by the sometime - clip Top Gear executive director producer Andy Wilman and is scheduled to go into production “ shortly . ” It will obviously appear on screen in 2016 . For what it ’s deserving , Jeremy Clarkson has said that the move makes him “ finger like I ’ve climbed out of a bi - plane and into a starship . ”
I ’m very worked up to herald that Hammond , May and I have signed a deal with .@AmazonVideo
— Jeremy Clarkson ( @JeremyClarkson)July 30 , 2015
The BBC motoring showcame to an end of its current formafter Jeremy Clarkson let in to havingpuncheda producer in the font . distinctly Jeff Bezos is more tolerant than the BBC . It ’s probably a savvy financial move : Top Gear is the most watched actual programme in the world , attract a global audience of around 350 million people per year .
The move means that if you know in a land served by Amazon Prime video recording then you ’ll have to pony up an annual fee to check it . If you live somewhere without Prime armed service , though , you may still be able to tune in : theWall Street Journalreckon that Bezos will license the show local broadcasters in other countries .
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