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Update re: TOP GEAR >NEW Team=Further EPs Cancelled/Delayed +Clarkson Apology

BBC's Lining up New Top Gear Team
-Including Model Jodie Kidd and Life On Mars Actor Philip Glenister


  • Show's bosses are said to be in 'advanced talks' with the prospective trio
  • Line-up also includes Channel 4's Guy Martin, 33, who fronts show 'Speed'
  • Kidd was hotly-tipped as Clarkson's successor but has stayed tight-lipped
  • News reportedly divulged by show's co-creator Andy Wilman over lunch with singer Jamiroquai

Daily Mail UK, 3 May 2015


BBC chiefs have reportedly picked their new dream team line-up for Top Gear, including model Jodie Kidd, Life on Mars actor Philip Glenister and Channel 4 presenter Guy Martin.

The show's bosses, who are desperately trying to secure a new presenting team for the long-running programme, are said to be in 'advanced talks' with the prospective trio.
The news come amid growing speculation over the future of the BBC 2 show, after James May and Richard Hammond appeared to rule out a return without Jeremy Clarkson.








BBC chiefs have reportedly picked their new dream team line-up for Top Gear, including model Jodie Kidd (pictured top) and Life on Mars actor Philip Glenister


The news was divulged by Andy Wilman, the co-creator of the show, who quit last month in the wake of Clarkson's sacking.
He was reportedly overhead describing the new line-up while having lunch with Jamiroquai singer Jay Kay in Sussex.


Kidd, who recently split from Army officer David Blakeley after just four months of marriage, has been a firm favourite to take over the reins since Clarkson was suspended but has so far remained tight-lipped over the speculation.

She owns a number of cars, co-presents The Classic Car Show and famously achieved one of the fastest lap times on Top Gear’s 'Star in a reasonably priced car' segment.





Channel 4 presenter Guy Martin (pictured), who currently presents several series including Speed, is also said to be in the desired final line-up



The 36-year-old was spotted in public with Clarkson last week, when the pair went for lunch together in west London.
Glenister, better known as sexist detective Gene Hunt from Life On Mars and Ashes To Ashes, currently hosts For the Love of Cars on Channel 4, where he restores classic cars with the help of designer Ant Anstead.

Meanwhile, Martin, also presents several series for Channel 4. These include Speed, where he sets out to break unusual speed records, and How Britain Worked, which is a guide to the engineering history of the Industrial Revolution.
His most recent series, Our Guy in India, saw him travel across the country on a Royal Enfield motorbike.

There have been a host of other celebrities linked to the motoring show since it was taken off the air earlier this year.
Radio 2 presenter Chris Evans, Nick Knowles from DIY SOS and actor Steve Coogan are among those who have been tipped as Clarkson's successor.

Last week, May, 52, ruled out claims that they could film the programme with a stand-in for Clarkson.

It came despite calls from the BBC's creative director Alan Yentob for he and Hammond to return to the show without Clarkson.

May said: '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.
'It has to be the 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.'

He added: 'It doesn't mean I won't go back - we may all go back in the future. It might just be we have a break from it. I don't know. It would be a bloody tough call to do Top Gear without Jeremy.'

Hammond, 45, also appeared to dispel any such move, tweeting: 'Not about to quit my mates.'


Philip Glenister and Ant Anstead take a Vantage for a test ride;









Jeremy Clarkson was today spotted watching the Chelsea v Crystal Palace match at Stamford Bridge





Kidd, 36, who recently split from her husband, was spotted having lunch with Clarkson last week. She has been hotly-tipped as his successor but has remained tight-lipped



He told reporters at a charity bike rally last month that the future will be 'exciting' for the three men, but refused to speculate further on the future of Top Gear.
He said: 'Everybody knows what's happened. That's all been in the news. The future, nobody knows yet do they?
'And I cannot and won't speculate further than that. So don't know, let's see. It'll be exciting whatever.'

Clarkson was dropped by the BBC after an internal investigation found he had launched an 'unprovoked' 30-second physical attack on producer Oisin Tymon because he was offered a plate of cold cuts instead of steak and chips.
The presenter was found to have split the producer's lip and verbally abused him.


Model Jodie Kidd in trailer for The Classic Car Show;









Jeremy Clarkson reunited with James May and Richard Hammond to work on their arena tour, Clarkson, Hammond & May, in Petersfield, Hampshire on Thursday






Clarkson's former co-presenter James May (left) and Richard Hammond (right) were spotted outside the BBC in London last week.
...But both presenters appear to have ruled out a return to the show without Clarkson


Following weeks of speculation over the star's future, Lord Hall, the director-general of the corporation, publicly announced that the BBC would not be renewing Clarkson's contract.
He said Clarkson, 55, had 'crossed the line' and that 'there cannot be one rule for one and one rule for another'.
All three were on the cusp of signing new three-year deals when the Clarkson fracas unfolded.

Clarkson, May and Hammond are scheduled to take part in the live Top Gear shows next month. But the shows have been renamed as Clarkson, Hammond & May Live, without BBC branding.

The uncertain future of one of the BBC's most popular shows has led to fans to speculate on whether Clarkson, May and Hammond may now start making their own programme for a rival channel.





Clarkson, May and Hammond are scheduled to take part in the live Top Gear shows next month.
But the shows have been renamed as Clarkson, Hammond & May Live, without BBC branding



May on Clarkson sacking: 'The three of us come as a package'


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