JEREMY Clarkson shared how Clarkson’s Farm saved him during The Grand Tour’s ’emotional’ ending.
The popular Prime Video motoring programme will air its finale on September 13, having launched in 2016.
Jeremy Clarkson revealed what helped him amid an ’emotional’ farewell to The Grand Tour[/caption] The show’s finale marks the end of Jeremy, James and Richard’s on-screen collaboration after more than 20 years[/caption] The star also fronts Clarkson’s Farm for Prime Video[/caption]Titled “One for the Road”, the epic event will also mark the ending of Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May‘s 22-year on-screen collaboration.
Jeremy, 64, admitted he was “surprisingly unemotional” – as he would be able to reunite with his co-stars “any time” he wants to.
The star added: “Where I would have been emotional was saying goodbye to the crew because most of them started with us.
“There’s a photograph taken on Kubu Island of Russ Edwards and Casper Leaver (Camera Operator) and Andy Wilman, who were there on the original crew, and they’re still with us. You can’t say that about any other show.
“We are a dysfunctional family, and I’d miss that, except for one tiny detail.
“There I was with all these guys that I’ve known and worked with for twenty-four years and I said, “I’ll see you all on Monday morning” because they all work on Clarkson’s Farm.
“I’m 100 per cent convinced I would have been a lot more emotional without the farm show.”
As for whether the others got misty-eyed, Jeremy shared: “I’m not saying this in a derogatory way by any means, but James has the emotions of a stone.
“He just doesn’t do emotions, so there were no tears from him. Hammond, yes.”
The Grand Tour began after Jeremy, Richard and James all left BBC‘s Top Gear in 2015.
Joined by executive producer Andy Wilman, the show is ending its run after 46 episodes.
Ahead of the final outing, Prime Video released a trailer giving fans a sneak-peek at the group’s last motoring adventure.
In the emotional clip, Richard appears to well up as he says: “I never thought that what we do together would go on as it has.”
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 2
Series 3
Series 4
Series 5
While Jeremy addresses their epic final adventure in Zimbabwe, saying, “we really did save the best to last.”
It was reported last year that the trio had quit The Grand Tour, ending the show after eight years.
Writing in The Sunday Times, Jeremy penned: “After 36 years of talking about cars on television, I’m packing it in, because I’m too old and fat to get into the cars that I like and not interested in driving those I don’t.”
The final episode of The Grand Tour will begin streaming on September 13. All previous episodes are available to stream on Prime Video.
Three series of Clarkson’s Farm have aired, with a fourth on the way[/caption]