The Grand Tour star Richard Hammond has addressed the future of the show and it continuing with new presenters.
Hammond and his co-presenters Jeremy Clarkson and James May are bidding goodbye to the Prime Video car series after eight years and five seasons, with the final episode titled The Grand Tour: One For The Road dropping on the streaming service on September 13.
In a new interview with Metro, Hammond confirmed that whilst the three are departing, The Grand Tour will continue with new presenters taking over.
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"It will be carrying on," he says. "The Grand Tour continues. We're stepping away as the hosts, but Prime will be continuing it. So I can't wait to sit on my own chair and watch somebody else do it. That's amazing."
Hammond admits he doesn't know the identity of the new presenters, but revealed the key factor he thinks they'll need in order for the show to continue being a success.
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"If you're making any show that at its heart has a subject, whether it's cooking, dancing or cars, the hosts, the primary makers of it, have to have that passion in their heart. And we always did," he said.
"You never had to be a car geek to watch our show. Plenty of people who weren't did watch it, but it was important that we were the car geeks."
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Hammond, Clarkson and May have worked together as a presenting trio for over two decades, with the three of them co-hosting BBC car show Top Gear from 2002 to 2015, before moving to Prime Video and launching The Grand Tour in 2016.
Their final episode - set in Zimbabwe - was filmed in September 2023, but Hammond admits that the show ending hasn't sunk in yet for him.
Asked what viewers can expect from the upcoming finale, he said: "It's a very honest and heartfelt goodbye and thank you from us. Don't expect big bangs and crashes. It's actually quite simple.
"It's quite a sincere thank you for making it possible for us to have such an incredible time over the last two decades together."
The Grand Tour: One For The Road will be released on Prime Video on September 13. All five seasons are available to stream now.
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