Clarkson: It’s the end of the road for studio shows

THEY’VE spent more than 15 years entertaining crowds with their amusing car reviews and witty banter.

But Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May have revealed they will no longer present studio shows after finishing filming the third season of Amazon Prime’s The Grand Tour.

Instead, they will return for a fourth season with a focus on big budget episodes filmed on the road.

Clarkson, 58, told The Sun: ‘I will miss the banter with each other and with the audience. But we’ve been doing that show for effectively 17 years – sitting around in studios, watching cars race around the track.

‘There are only so many times you can watch a BMW go round the track – what more can you say? It’s got four wheels and a seat.

‘We all agreed that we’ve been doing it a long time and everything eventually runs its course.’

Amazon also said it will develop new shows with each of the presenters individually.

Clarkson was sacked from Top Gear following a ‘fracas’ with a producer over food in 2015.