A tweet out of the blue from Jeremy Clarkson finally ended speculation about where the former Top Gear team will end up broadcasting their next motoring show.
I'm very excited to announce that Hammond, May and I have signed a deal with .@AmazonVideo
— Jeremy Clarkson (@JeremyClarkson) July 30, 2015
Amazon has announced that Clarkson, along with Richard Hammond and James May start filming later this year, with broadcasts scheduled to begin in 2016. The shows will be exclusive to Amazon Video, which is available to customers who subscribe to the Amazon Prime service.
Long-time Top Gear producer Andy Wilman is also on-board for the new show, the name of which has yet to be disclosed.
On leaving the BBC and joining Amazon, Clarkson says ‘I feel like I've climbed out of a bi-plane and into a spaceship’.
Top Gear ceased broadcasting during the 22nd series due to a well-publicised falling out between Clarkson and show produced Oisyn Tymon.
Previously, the most popular guess about where the Top Gear trio would end up suggested that Netflix was the most likely home, as the subscription streaming service had the cash to get a rebooted motoring show up and running. Rumours had suggested that the trio's new show could be called "House of Cars".
Potential deals with ITV and Sky were thought to be off limits due to contractual clauses preventing the trio from appearing on BBC direct TV rivals until 2017. Streaming services such as Amazon Video are exempted from such restrictions.
The BBC has announced that Top Gear will return with a new presenting team headed by Chris Evans.
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