April 23, 201510 yr James May has quit Top Gear because 'It just wouldn't work without Jeremy Clarkson' James May will not return to Top Gear without Jeremy Clarkson. The show's co-host - whose contract ran out in March after the scandal that saw Clarkson fired for punching a producer - has now revealed that he has no plans to return to the show because it 'just wouldn't work'." The motoring presenter told the Guardian: "Me and Hammond with a surrogate Jeremy is a non-starter, it just wouldn’t work. That would be lame, or ‘awks’ as young people say. "It has to be the three of us. You can’t just put a surrogate Jeremy in and expect it to carry on. It would be forced. I don’t believe they would be stupid enough to try that. "It doesn’t mean I won’t go back, we may all go back in the future. It might just be we have a break from it. I don’t know.” It was recently revealed that Jeremy Clarkson's final scenes in Top Gear will be screened later this year, according to the boss of BBC2.
April 23, 201510 yr Hardly surprising since he was dropping hints on day 1... I reckon Netflix will make them a crazy offer and they will be back under a new name...
April 23, 201510 yr I'm really not a May fan...so pleased to hear he won't be on telly much [emoji106][emoji1]
April 23, 201510 yr Author Agree with you sandals. May never bothered me. Too nice to dislike but pretty boring to want to spend a week with him type of bloke. Think thats why all the Christmas dvds was clarkson and hamster.
April 23, 201510 yr Some friends met him and said he was a right unfriendly miserable git...now you can dismiss that as people aren't always chirpy but he just comes across as a right grump when interviewed etc
April 23, 201510 yr He seems to be a very old fashioned type bloke and not fully understand the modern world... despite doing a modern car show. I liked him on Top Gear, forgettable for any other shows he has done
April 23, 201510 yr Author I'd be more than happy to see him in the same type of show with Clarkson and Hammond the 3 seem to compliment each other some how. Bit like Steak and Chips or Fish and Chips, Curry and Rice they just work :)
April 23, 201510 yr ^^ Agreed... their antics were hilarious, especially the 2 hour specials to foreign countries
April 23, 201510 yr Ive just read Andy wilman the producer of TG has just handed his notice in,and was with all 3 of them today.....Im sure there planning something... :D
April 23, 201510 yr wonder what they have got planned???? it just wouldn't be the same if all 3 weren't together
April 23, 201510 yr They'll end up together,,,but who knows on what channel? I still think it will be sky,contrary to what mr Murdoch said a few weeks ago...I think there letting the dust settle for a bit.
April 23, 201510 yr Author Ive just read Andy wilman the producer of TG has just handed his notice in,and was with all 3 of them today.....Im sure there planning something... :D Yep Clarksons mate too I can see netflix getting this. all I can say is have my money if they do :D
April 23, 201510 yr finally the excuse I need to stop paying the TV tax it was teh only thing I watched on BBC :D
April 23, 201510 yr Author finally the excuse I need to stop paying the TV tax it was teh only thing I watched on BBC :D I know f1 isn't as good as it once was but it's worth a watch if nothing else. But I agree not worth a yearly fee ;)
April 25, 201510 yr Ive just read Andy wilman the producer of TG has just handed his notice in,and was with all 3 of them today.....Im sure there planning something... :DThat's exactly same thing I heard too. [emoji2]
April 26, 201510 yr Author Yep read that. I can see I'll have to be dusting off my netflix subscription.
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