Clarkson: TV’s Grand Tour is still on the road

TV star Jeremy Clarkson last night hit out at claims that his motoring series The Grand Tour had been axed.

A report yesterday suggested the Amazon TV series had been dumped as the show has yet to get a fourth series commission.

Series three is due to air year.

But Clarkson dismissed the claims, telling his followers on Twitter that it was “hilarious that you believe” it.

He later described the report “horse **** ”.

Clarkson and his former Top Gear cohosts Richard Hammond and James May reunited to partner with US retail giant Amazon to launch the globetrotting programme by signing a threeseries deal in 2015.

The Grand Tour first launched on Amazon’s Prime video platform in November 2016. But a source suggested later this as yesterday that this would be the end of the road.

It comes as Clarkson has signed on to present a revamped version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? when it returns to ITV this spring.

The source said: “There is nothing to suggest they are going to do another one.

“No one has signed anything and employees are wondering where everyone will go once filming wraps.”

The Grand Tour producer Andy Wilman, who also worked with the presenters on Top Gear, added: “We are focusing on series three at the moment.”

Clarkson also downplayed news of the cancellation on social media site Drivetribe.

He wrote: “Just to be clear, The Grand Tour will be back later this year.” The show marked a huge coup for Amazon’s fledging video platform in 2015 when it secured the services of Clarkson, Hammond, May and Wilman, amid competition from rivals ITV and Netflix.

The announcement marked the end of months of speculation as to where they would surface after their acrimonious departure from the BBC.

Clarkson was dropped by the corporation following a highly publicised fracas with a producer.

Co-presenters Hammond and May soon announced that they would not return to Top Gear without him.

Clarkson was last week revealed to be replacing Chris Tarrant as host of quiz show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?

The series will return to ITV for a special seven-part run to celebrate its 20th anniversary, four years after it was axed over poor ratings. Still in the driving seat... Clarkson, right. Below, with fellow presenters James May, left, and Richard Hammond promoting The Grand Tour