Top gear is now almost dead with James May officially leaving his roll
James May has put the final nail in BBC’s Top Gear by commenting that “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.” Andy Wilman has also left his role at BBC as Top Gear’s executive producer.
James May was speaking to the Telegraph. He ruled out the return to BBC Top Gear, saying, “It has to be 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.”
May’s statements are the answer to BBC Controller Kim Shillinglaw’s saying that the unaired episodes of season 22nd would be on-air before the end of this year. May did not rule out the idea of three or nothing because of a fear of distinct future, but he points out that Clarkson technically was not fired from the show.
He said that the BBC have not completely closed the doors for Jeremy. He was not banned or fired, only contract was not renewed for the moment. He said it is an understated difference but an imperative one. While addressing the rumours about the working with rivals, James May said that there is no such plan under consideration so far.