Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May Making Show For Amazon

mrspoonsi writes: Amazon has announced that former Top Gear hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May will be reuniting to create “an all-new car show” that will be exclusively on Amazon Prime. The first season will be made available worldwide in 2016 and will be produced executive producer Andy Wilman. The BBC reports: "The move follows their departure from the hit BBC Two show earlier this year. Clarkson's contract was not renewed following an 'unprovoked physical attack' on a Top Gear producer. His co-hosts then followed him in leaving the show. They will now make the unnamed new programme with former Top Gear executive producer Andy Wilman, who also quit the BBC following the 'fracas.' In a statement from Amazon, Clarkson said: 'I feel like I've climbed out of a biplane and into a spaceship.'"

Comments

First note to the PAs on the new show:

[JBMcB]

Mr. Clarkson prefers WARM STEAKS.

Re:First note to the PAs on the new show:

[hey!]

Note to executive producers: hire PAs with mixed martial arts experience. Bonus points if they're Mexican or Argentinian. Come to think of it, keep the cameras rolling too because that's something I'd pay to watch.

Isn't it called "Grand Theft Auto?"

[xxxJonBoyxxx]

>> 'unprovoked physical attack' on a Top Gear producer

Let's see...driving around in awesome cars and smacking around random people. Isn't that already called "Grand Theft Auto?"

this is not the Leaked show synopsis

[Anonymous Coward]

What can they call the show that's both amusing and punitive?
B.B.C - British Blokes Cars (just use and promote the acronym, ought to be no end of merry japes)

Synopsis - several Middle Aged and Unexpectedly Wealthy dufus's from the crumbling British Empire lark and prank about in cars, without the hindrances of a Politically Correct overseer, making enough poo poo and boom boom jokes to keep a newly minted prince Harry soiling his duds in merriment. Long live the Queen.

Featuring segments including 'Who Can We Offend This Week' and 'you'll never afford one of these', mixed with the humor and empathy of a UFC cage grudge match between a roid raging korean ex swimmer who's 'transitioning' and Lord Myrtlefardby, Baron of Upwardly Bumly, presenting a lecture on 'why things were better under Thatcher and get orf moi lawn'

Amazon Drones will bring you each weeks loving hand crafted edition on USB, painstakingly pin striped in a Trans Pacific Partnership sweatshop in Rarotonga. Please ensure you have a valid credit card as the drones are also authoried to apply 'credit inducements' via Taser for late payment or turning the PC off.

Re:BBC - hammered by its own Political Correctness

[quenda]

If we call a spade a spade, Clarkson is basically a dick.

You say dick, May called him a knob, Clarkson would refer to himself as a "bell-end". Thats what he gets paid for - a professional arsehole would be a better metaphor IMHO. And we love him for it.

Re: BBC - hammered by its own Political Correctnes

[drinkypoo]

(Technically pure
cable channels aren't either, but they tend to pretend they are, which is why BBC America censors BBC shows. For example, when Clarkson called TTs "titties" that got bleeped.)

Ah yes, the BBC, where you can show titties but you can't say titties. And then talk about how superior you are because your media is more sane.