JEREMY Clarkson was reportedly left ‘furious’ after being probed by a BBC star about a dramatic stunt that took place during filming for The Grand Tour.
The popular Amazon Prime series, fronted by Jeremy alongside James May and Richard Hammond, came to an end for good earlier this month during an epic special entitled One For The Road.
Jeremy Clarkson was left furious with Richard Osman after being probed about The Grand Tour[/caption]
Richard questioned the star about a recent scene on The Grand Tour[/caption]
A car was launched off the side of a hill[/caption]
In one of the scenes, the trio saw a red VW Beetle launched off of the edge of an almighty cliff.
The car crashed its way down the hillside losing many of its parts on its crumbling way down.
Having watched the scenes, former Pointless star Richard was left confronting Jeremy about the actions in the episode in order to ask him if he and The Grand Tour crew effectively cleared up the mess left behind by the car.
Speaking on his own podcast, The Rest Is Entertainment, Richard revealed a viewers had written in to ask how TV programmes clear up messes left by huge stunts after being left concerned following The Grand Tour.
Richard admitted he had called Jezza in order to ask him but the Clarkson’s Farm star was reportedly left furious by the question.
Revealing how the call went, the House of Games star said: “He was furious to be asked [about] it.”
Richard continued recalling Jeremy’s words on the call, saying: “If ever you push anything off anywhere on any TV program, people are like, ‘oh, I hope you cleared that up.’
“You think, yeah, of course we can, we’ve got a television program, we’ve got the law of the land. we don’t just go, ‘Come on, let’s just leave it at the bottom of the cliff, shall we? We’re The Grand Tour. We do whatever we want’.”
Richard went on: “So he [Jeremy] says, ‘I am not interested in answering this question in any way, but I will say, of course, it was cleared up’.”
“But that’s the point with all of these things, if a car goes off a cliff for whatever reason, someone eventually goes and clears it up.”
Richard, who worked as a TV producer before following a path as a celebrity, went on to say that viewers were likely to have felt misled as a result of the “casual and crazy” nature of the show.
He said: “And the joy of The Grand Tour is it looks like everything’s very casual, and it looks like they’re being crazy and they are, of course, and there’s a lot of fun being had.
“But yeah, everything is cleared up. Jeremy says they probably turned it back into a car by now. He’s saying, you know, it is absolutely cleared up.
“If there was any oil, that’s all been cleared up, every single thing you ever see on television, movies, the absolutely environmental protections are through the roof.
“So, fun though it is to launch a VW Beetle off a cliff, there is three weeks of less fun, which is not being filmed afterwards.”
The Grand Tour episode guide
How many seasons of The Grand Tour are there and where do they take place?
The Grand Tour launched on Prime Video in 2016 and quickly became one of the streamer’s biggest hits as hosts Jeremy, 63, James, 60, and Richard, 52, felt it was time they move on from Top Gear hit the road.
They have now brought five epic series of motoring adventures to the small screen, each taking place in different locations and even featuring celebrity guests.
Series 1
- Series 1 aired from 2016 to 2017 and took the presenters to a number of foreign locales, including Jordan, Morocco and Italy.
- The series is comprised of 13 episodes, with episodes 7 and 8 making up a two-part special set in Namibia, where the trio embarked on an epic beach buggy challenge.
Series 2
- Jeremy, Richard and James returned for more motoring actor in series 2, and drove their way across Europe as they tested out some of their dream vehicles like the Bugatti Chiron and the McLaren 720S.
- This series, which aired from 2017 to 2018, is made up of 11 episodes. It features regular ‘studio segments’ filmed in the team’s permanent tent in the Cotswolds, and had regular participation from celebrities with two guests going head-to-head on timed laps every episode.
Series 3
- In 2019, the presenting trio crossed continents – from North America, to South America, to Europe and Asia – putting both new vehicles and classic sports cars through their paces.
- This series was the last to feature the regular studio segments, car reviews and timed laps.
- To mark the end of this era the final episode’s last segment includes a montage of scenes featuring the presenters over the course of their career as a trio, not only from this programme, but also from their time hosting Top Gear.
Series 4
- This series marked a complete change in format for The Grand Tour as it consists entirely for feature-length specials which aired between 2019 and 2021.
- The first two chronicle Jeremy, Richard and James’ epic adventures across Asia and Africa, while the third and fourth episodes saw them put foreign cars to the test on their home turf. And fitting American vehicles through Scottish roads is no easy feat.
Series 5
- Following the same format as series 4, the fifth and final series of The Grand Tour also consists of four feature-length specials.
- The first of these hits screens in 2022 and follows the trio as they travelled through Norway, Sweden and Finland in three Rally-Inspired Sports Saloons.
- The second episode was another Euro adventure while the third took the presenters back to Africa.
- The fourth instalment of the series and final ever episode of The Grand Tour, titled One for the Road, premieres on September 13, 2024. It promises to be an emotional one as the trio set out on one epic final adventure in Zimbabwe and reflect on their 22-year-long working relationship and friendship.
Some viewers were concerned that the car wreckage had just been left[/caption]
The scenes saw it tumble to the ground[/caption]
Jeremy confirmed that the wreckage was cleared[/caption]
