While Jeremy is out saying he’s already working on another show, a venture where he will probably be followed by his two former co-hosts, the BBC is not standing still either. They just announced that it will, in fact, be airing the final two episodes.
We have no idea when they’re going to do that, but it will happen sometime “this summer,” according to Kim Shillinglaw, BBC 2’s controller.
The BBC is also still looking for a replacement presenter to fill Clarkson’s shoes. What’s interesting is that there’s a chance said new presenter may be a woman, as the broadcasting company did admit it was considering either gender for the position.
Shillinglaw said “we’ll definitely look at some women but it’s not a driving priority.”
So, it’s clearly not an end of anything, simply several new beginnings: Top Gear will live on in an altered state, while Clarkson and the gang will continue to make fun of other countries, people and, well, everything really, on a new show which will be picked up by a big name network as it’s already presumably going to be a cash cow; at least that’s what being repeated around the web – could it really be Netflix?