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Richard Hammond, Jeremy Clarkson and James May previously hosted Top Gear on BBC One
By Thomas Mackintosh
BBC News
Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond have filmed their last episode of motoring show The Grand Tour, after seven years on Amazon Prime.
Clarkson, 63, May, 60, and Hammond, 52, have returned from filming in Zimbabwe, with the special set to be shown next year.
The BBC understands options are being explored for a new incarnation of the show.
Amazon Prime and the three presenters have been approached for comment.
The Grand Tour has enjoyed five series, and has been hosted by the trio since their departure from the BBC's Top Gear in 2015.
The news comes days after it was announced that Top Gear will not return "for the foreseeable future" after presenter Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff was hurt in a crash while filming last year.
In a statement, the BBC said it had "decided to rest the UK show".
Flintoff was injured in December at Top Gear's test track at Dunsfold Park Aerodrome in Surrey.
The 34th series was subsequently halted and the BBC apologised to the former England cricketer.
Speaking last week May told the Today Podcast: "My honest view is - I can say this now - it does need a bit of a rethink.
"It's time for a new format and a new approach to the subject because the subject has not been this interesting, I suspect, since the car has been invented."
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