Richard Hammond teases reunion with Jeremy Clarkson and James May
Former Top Gear star Richard Hammond has revealed a cheeky concept for his next television programme alongside Jeremy Clarkson and James May.
The threesome initially graced screens on the BBC motoring show from 2003 until 2015, before Clarkson was dismissed following an "unprovoked physical and verbal attack" on a Top Gear producer, for which he subsequently apologised and agreed to pay compensation.
Following Hammond and May's departure from the programme after declaring they came as a "package", the trio relocated to The Grand Tour on Amazon Prime Video.
Nevertheless, that concluded last year with two specials shot in Zimbabwe and Mauritania, and there appear to be no current plans for the threesome to reunite.
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Yet Hammond has now hinted at a future venture, suggesting they'll "take on the world " in a programme centred on football rather than motors, reports the Mirror.
"I think we'd set up a three-a-side football team and take on the world," he joked to the Oxford Mail.
He also discussed their current relationship (which frequently sees May and Clarkson in competition regarding their pubs), confirming, "We still talk.
"We always used to be asked that a lot, but we were together so much filming that the only way to spend more time together would have been to marry one another, really.
"We had time to go home, unpack, catch up, remember where you lived, and we were all together again, so we never got into the habit of massively socialising together.
"We do as we'll meet up at parties and events and always shall, obviously, as you don't spend nearly 25 years working with people and not become friends."
Clarkson, Hammond, and May have previously hinted at the possibility of another programme in the future without completely dismissing the idea.
Last year, May suggested that the current climate is ripe for a new motoring show, despite him, Clarkson and Hammond being "too old".
"If you wanted to make a serious, slightly more consumerish car show, there's never been a better time for it because it's a very interesting topic," he shared with The Sun.
"What is going to happen to the car, car ownership, attitudes to the car, how we use it, dispose of it, how we power it?
"It's all interesting stuff, it's the most interesting time in the car's history since it was invented. So I can't believe somewhere or other, a slightly more modern car show won't emerge. But we can't do it as we're too old."
However, when questioned about a potential reunion on Radio 4's Today programme, he added: "I wouldn't rule it out, but you do have to bear in mind that we're all getting on a bit."
Meanwhile, Clarkson confessed to The Times that he feels too "unfit and fat and old" for an "immensely physical" show like The Grand Tour.
He continued: "We've spent more time in each other's company than our families' over the last 25 years, so I don't think it would have lasted as long as it did if we'd hated each other as much as James likes to think."
"They do as they're told," he added.
The Grand Tour is available to watch on Amazon Prime Video.