Former Top Gear trio start filming for Amazon Prime

Jeremy Clarkson and his co-stars James May and Richmond Hammond have started shooting their new motoring programme, possibly in Portugal.

Clarkson tweeted a picture yesterday of the three ex-BBC presenters standing next to three sports cars, with the words: “With a skeleton crew, filming for Amazon Prime’s new motoring programme has begun.”

The tweet has since gone viral, with 28,000 retweets and 42,000 favourites.

With a skeleton crew, filming for Amazon Prime’s new motoring programme has begun. pic.twitter.com/8PaYvke5il

— Jeremy Clarkson (@JeremyClarkson) October 7, 2015

Clarkson was spectulalrly fired from the BBC in March, after punching a producer in the face while on location filiming for Top Gear. Amazon Prime has since signed a deal – thought to be worth millions – with the 55-year-old presenter and his co-stars, May and Hammond.

The name of the new show and any specifics around its content are still unknown, though it’s been rumoured it might be called Gear Knobs.

Co-presenter, Hammond, also took to Twitter tweeting:

The band is back together and it feels brilliant. pic.twitter.com/UNBozqx1Ca

— Richard Hammond (@RichardHammond) October 7, 2015

James May, meanwhile, tweeted a picture of a Ferrari:

Great first day at work. I can’t stop staring. pic.twitter.com/GtYVHaGmYR

— James May (@MrJamesMay) October 7, 2015

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