James May on whether The Grand Tour will return & His Euro '24 predictions | The Today Podcast Live

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Amol Rajan and Nick Robinson are joined by The Grand Tour's James May. They discuss when the show will finish, what the former Top Gear host will do next and whether he'll be watching the Euros.
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  • @richardbeaton7324
    @richardbeaton7324Ай бұрын

    The three of them do a podcast .. Watch old episodes and drink gin and wine and give us behind the scenes stories.

  • @dishwashingdishes

    @dishwashingdishes

    Ай бұрын

    This is a great idea, they'd get so many viewers

  • @DeanMoxley87

    @DeanMoxley87

    Ай бұрын

    @@dishwashingdishes 350 Million

  • @jck999

    @jck999

    Ай бұрын

    I would love this but I highly doubt it will happen 😢

  • @kieranclifton2022

    @kieranclifton2022

    Ай бұрын

    thats an easy 200 million viewers

  • @richardbeaton7324

    @richardbeaton7324

    Ай бұрын

    @@kieranclifton2022 Absolutely !

  • @j.c7719
    @j.c7719Ай бұрын

    Love James May, he knows how to command a room, great sense of humour and debonair and sophisticated ❤

  • @billkingston4402

    @billkingston4402

    Ай бұрын

    I only watched top gear for James, his solo work is great, the one on electricity is my favourite and cars for the people

  • @marcdaniels9079

    @marcdaniels9079

    Ай бұрын

    Debonair - not many have that quality today !

  • @MalamuteMan1

    @MalamuteMan1

    Ай бұрын

    You need to look up the meaning of debonair. He's many things but debonair is definitely not one of them by any stretch of the imagination.

  • @swapsplat
    @swapsplatАй бұрын

    We all knew the end was eventually going to come. But it's still really sad. Thankfully we have 20+ years of amazing videos and specials to enjoy forever. Thanks James, Richard and Jeremy for a lifetime of entertainment.

  • @RichCSR2

    @RichCSR2

    27 күн бұрын

    Very well said :)

  • @krimke881
    @krimke881Ай бұрын

    Anyone who have followed the trio for years, will always ne interested in following their future work. Tg and tgt has been such a huge advertisement for themselves, separate, that none of them should be any worried about whether they have a public who are listening or watching or not. They could make something together just once a year and I would be satisfied with that too.

  • @wrorchestra1
    @wrorchestra1Ай бұрын

    I'd love to see another series of The Re-assembler. It's like James May's version of "Bob Ross: the Joy of Painting"

  • @michaelhoodleeder
    @michaelhoodleeder28 күн бұрын

    I'm so glad they did the grand tour. They were given freedom the BBC would never have given them and a budget to dream of.. real adventure. So inspiring.. thank you..

  • @MrReese
    @MrReeseАй бұрын

    This is really sad, I liked the Sand Job special a lot, it was great. The guys still got it and it's still fun watching them do their thing.

  • @dddd-uk4vn

    @dddd-uk4vn

    Ай бұрын

    they should at least do car reviews, its pretty low effort and i think theyd enjoy it

  • @mystarafilms

    @mystarafilms

    Ай бұрын

    Better to end on a high than to fade away into irrelevance

  • @MrReese

    @MrReese

    Ай бұрын

    @@mystarafilms People argue they faded into irrelevance when they moved away from TG already.

  • @Croz89

    @Croz89

    29 күн бұрын

    My only dislike in sand job is they did it with proper high performance cars and not some used cars that have been given modifications that will of course hilariously break, old TG special style. They did that with the Madagascar one too. I get it's a lot harder nowadays to find second hand cars that would be good enough for such abuse, but it would be nice if they went back to the old school style just once.

  • @MrReese

    @MrReese

    29 күн бұрын

    @@Croz89 What are you talking about? In what world are a Maserati GranCabrio, an Aston Martin DB9 Volante, and a Jaguar F-Type "proper desert rally cars"? They got normal cars and modified them, like they always did.

  • @thatchoirgirl94
    @thatchoirgirl94Ай бұрын

    The silver hair (at its current length) and whiteish beard suit him so well!

  • @hughjass8430
    @hughjass8430Ай бұрын

    I know they would never go backwards from the heights (and massive budgets) of the GT specials, but it was never really about how exotic the locations were or how incredible the camera shots were.... if the three of them went back to doing £2000 challenges in and around Birmingham in dreary November, they'd still get huge audiences. I've see this phenomenon in only one other tv show and its simply because the people involved were friends not just colleagues.

  • @StockportJambo

    @StockportJambo

    Ай бұрын

    And the irony is, they are friends who don't actually like each other very much.

  • @NoBSTravelChannel

    @NoBSTravelChannel

    Ай бұрын

    What is the other show?

  • @Mattyice2000
    @Mattyice2000Ай бұрын

    I am thankful for you and clarkson and Hammond being part of top gear and grand tour

  • @2_thumbs_up_baby
    @2_thumbs_up_babyАй бұрын

    James looks good grey. Theirs was the best version of top gear i think, and i dont give a bleep about cars but i watched their tours

  • @ScottXC91

    @ScottXC91

    Ай бұрын

    Here’s an idea. Why not just let them be done? And do nothing? They’ve earned it. They don’t owe us anything.

  • @camerona_

    @camerona_

    Ай бұрын

    @@ScottXC91 Did you even read the comment before you replied? All they did was complement James and Grand Tour, nothing to do with whether or not they should continue.

  • @Bluesage2024
    @Bluesage202417 күн бұрын

    We should all be happy we were here to watch television history made and 3 guys become icons. The shows both Top Gear and Grand Tour will go down in history as the best Car shows EVER. The shows success is measured by the grieving fans begging for more and more. Thank you to 3 of the most entertaining men ever to hit the television screen. From the bottom of my heart, Thank You.💔💔❤❤🚗🏎🚙

  • @Cardioid2035
    @Cardioid203527 күн бұрын

    Dang rip a piece of entertainment that gave me immense joy in this life

  • @dice1902
    @dice1902Ай бұрын

    I want them to do a cars news episode every month

  • @AlexMickeyMichalik
    @AlexMickeyMichalik2 күн бұрын

    Is it weird that I sort of treat, maybe not even treat, but feel like those three are my uncles? Like I know them so well, for so long, they are a huge part of my child/teen and now adult life (I’m 1991). It’s a fantastic thing that we have social media these days, we can still stay with them, they won’t be fully gone from our lives, just because TG and TGT are over (at least that’s how I see it, this is my way of comforting myself) 😉

  • @ShanesAutos
    @ShanesAutosАй бұрын

    Ive been watching the three lads since the beginning about 20 odd years ago when Jeremy introduced James to Top Gear by calling him a blithering idiot 😂 Obviously we are all going to be sad after the next special and The Grand Tour is officially over but let’s be realistic even if they kept going another ten years or so and announced the show was ending then, we would still be sad. There’s no good time for it to end, but between TG and TGT we have about 222 episodes to go back and rewatch for the rest of our lives if we wanted.

  • @BGRUBBIN

    @BGRUBBIN

    Ай бұрын

    Unless you have physical copies, watching them all online isn't possible.

  • @Saraamr2
    @Saraamr212 күн бұрын

    "Hello viewers" ....I have a massive crush on James May.....have done for 20 years! Funny, intelligent, and could listen to him until the cows come home.

  • @brianparkhurst1019
    @brianparkhurst1019Ай бұрын

    It's a sad thing. I've loved top gear and the grand tour, and just the whole interaction between the 3 of them. Honestly, I think I would enjoy the three of them just standing around buttering toast. They are also great in each of their personal endeavors.

  • @Lovelifealways16
    @Lovelifealways162 күн бұрын

    It’s sad it will be over, I suppose all good things must come to an end. I was really hoping the 3 of them would come back to Australia.

  • @rishavsharma5776
    @rishavsharma577610 күн бұрын

    Oh god the the three car amigos were my entire childhood and early adulthood, I owe so many of my passions and maybe even my profession to them, it’s so sad.

  • @dinispaulino7512
    @dinispaulino7512Ай бұрын

    This makes me genuinely sad... I hope they still do something together, we will never have a better trio in entertainment.

  • @tyronewhitehead2737
    @tyronewhitehead273714 күн бұрын

    James you have class sir

  • @michaelhoodleeder
    @michaelhoodleeder28 күн бұрын

    They were too big and broad minded. To travelled and experienced to be contained in little england. So proud of them all.. A magical undefinable recipe,the three of them.. As James May once said ,even they don't really understand it.. They just know it works.. and that it can't be replicated. it's unique combination.

  • @bgbuilds2712
    @bgbuilds271227 күн бұрын

    I've enjoyed all the spin off series that these guys do on Amazon. It's given me time to imagine, if Grand Tour were to continue, they should pass the torch to some of the people from their other projects. Hammond could be swapped for Tory Bellici, May could be swapped out for Yujiro Taniyama, and Clarkson could be swapped out for Kaleb. Imagine those three bantering together over cars. I think it would be quite entertaining because of the personality differences.

  • @XCVR
    @XCVR28 күн бұрын

    On TG it was "The News"; on GT it was "Conversation Street". The lads just talking shite is all we really want.

  • @arbajrahman

    @arbajrahman

    17 күн бұрын

    Most of the people want this now. Just somehow if the trio gets convinced its a win for all of us.

  • @davidagoglia6758
    @davidagoglia675824 күн бұрын

    They will do one more $$$$$$ lol love these guys

  • @HSzL4rB
    @HSzL4rBАй бұрын

    I imagine people aren't going to be happy when they announce the recast of The Grand Tour

  • @lunaholiday8585
    @lunaholiday858524 күн бұрын

    Right before James started talking about clothes I was thinking how dull his shirt is compared to some of the more flowery and colorful stuff he used to wear. (He looks nice though.)

  • @YouTuberenderingnotswearingAsa
    @YouTuberenderingnotswearingAsaАй бұрын

    Its not just that we want more grand tour or we dont want this cast to be gone or the specials Its because these three invented Uk jokes car television And only they can steer it Whether they are there or not If the whole thing just ended It would be a bit shame Because we also respected what idea they made and it can continue with their guidance even if they wanted to retire their careers 😂😂😂❤❤❤ Height Ordered for example FANTASTIC

  • @buffmuff6153
    @buffmuff615321 күн бұрын

    A season of grand tour where they hand pick their successors, in some sort of grant tour/top gear style

  • @andywilliams7323
    @andywilliams7323Ай бұрын

    It's good they're ending The Grand Tour (TGT) on a reasonable high. As it had already entered its twilight years and begun to go past its best following season 3. Top Gear (TG) was also in its twilight years and past its best when the incident happened. They re-strengthened the flame with TGT for a while, though as amazing as it is, TGT never quite captured the magic and charm that TG had, and TGT isn't as re-watchable as TG. However TGT had a great run, but nothing lasts forever, and all good things come to an end, and the time's now right for them to call it quits on TGT.

  • @DeanMoxley87
    @DeanMoxley87Ай бұрын

    Rumour have it The Beeb did or have reached out to CHM about a Top Gear Return

  • @Brinta3

    @Brinta3

    Ай бұрын

    @DeanMoxley87 Beeb wants CHM back for Top Gear? That would be a dumb move from the BBC. Having the trio back for a couple of years would only make it more difficult after that to replace them again.

  • @DeanMoxley87

    @DeanMoxley87

    Ай бұрын

    @@Brinta3 maybe it's time to put TG to bed, but let it go out on a high

  • @benische

    @benische

    Ай бұрын

    The crowd roar when Clarkson shouts "We're back!" would be heard around the world.

  • @mito-pb8qg

    @mito-pb8qg

    Ай бұрын

    @@benische Honestly. Just thinking about that gives me goosebumps.

  • @CherylPithie

    @CherylPithie

    Ай бұрын

    Won’t happen. Their health isn’t great anymore.

  • @curriehot
    @curriehotАй бұрын

    I am like James I make clothes look crap 😂

  • @MirrorMonolith
    @MirrorMonolith25 күн бұрын

    Average football match: 90 minutes, one or no goals scored, nothing happens. James May: THE GREATEST SPECTATOR SPORT EVER CONCEIVED

  • @geoffalpert3678
    @geoffalpert3678Ай бұрын

    James may =cheese 🧀

  • @gullrock14
    @gullrock14Ай бұрын

    Heavy duty foot wear!

  • @karlsemkow7456

    @karlsemkow7456

    Ай бұрын

    You have any idea who makes those boots?

  • @whophd
    @whophdАй бұрын

    Football - well argued, James. Does it confuse the English that it’s hard to convince Americans and Australians of this? I can definitely see the point of view of the casual game with friends, who might complain “aww you can’t pick up the ball”, and it’s true that football is harder. But as a TV spectator sport? It’s “The Beautiful Game”. The dollars don’t lie. It’s the biggest thing there ever is.

  • @beerdo

    @beerdo

    Ай бұрын

    only cause poor people.

  • @Elwaves2925

    @Elwaves2925

    Ай бұрын

    "It’s the biggest thing there ever is." It's the biggest sport but far from the biggest thing there ever was. Footie fans will argue it from a money point of view, and globally they may be right, but being 'bigger' doesn't mean limiting it to financials. It's about more than that, so I'd say music is far bigger than footie.

  • @TheLastCrusader22

    @TheLastCrusader22

    25 күн бұрын

    @@Elwaves2925 You're comparing all of music to one sport. How is that fair? A better comparison, one not comparing apples and oranges, would be "music" and "all sport" surely? And although I don't know I wouldn't doubt if someone told me that all sports is bigger than all music

  • @logtothebase2
    @logtothebase212 күн бұрын

    its a tough one, I think it had run out of originality toward the end of TopGear but sometimes just doing the same successful thing over is good enough, even so I think it's the right decision, it was a bit dangerous at times and not all that funny. They are also getting on bit.

  • @lord_scrubington
    @lord_scrubington29 күн бұрын

    I think Mike Fernie from Drivetribe put it best They are into other stuff now, they don't live for cars anymore

  • @HighFell
    @HighFellАй бұрын

    To avoid football and endless political dribble, I started wasting TG from the start (JC/RH and later JM era) it actually took 3 series to get the balance right and become the TV juggernaut we know. I skip through the celeb/track bit, not interested; which is what their presenting magic was. You never feel like they are ‘tv celebrities’ and that makes them as a trio or individuals, incredibly watchable, that and the fact they also have some very interesting and intelligent things to say in and amongst the bafoonery. I really enjoy JM’s cooking and travel programmes.

  • @michaelhoodleeder
    @michaelhoodleeder28 күн бұрын

    So glad Amazon took them on. They have really blossomed. Clarkson's Farm has done more for English agriculture in just a few years than farage in his entire life.. and that's not an opinion. Reality..

  • @trevorD1156
    @trevorD115623 күн бұрын

    It seems ridiculous to say ill never go on another road trip in a beautiful country with two friends for a large some of money.

  • @anthonypoirier6744
    @anthonypoirier6744Ай бұрын

    Clarkson's Farm has been Epic Hamster has his smallest Cog Captain Slow I hope will continue in our man in __________

  • @TheLastCrusader22

    @TheLastCrusader22

    25 күн бұрын

    May is a KZreadr first now lol

  • @art1847
    @art1847Ай бұрын

    Here we are, the cruel man who doesn't want to make The Grand Tour, I can't stop crying

  • @andywilliams7323

    @andywilliams7323

    Ай бұрын

    All good things come to end. It's good that they're ending it on top and on a high. Most shows end on a big low, having gone well beyond their best before/use-by date. They've been doing TG, followed by TGT for 22 years. They couldn't carry on doing it forever, especially the huge and very tasking specials they've been doing. They're getting on now. Clarkson is 64 and May is 61. It's understandable after 22 years, and now being in their 60s, that they're burned out and have had enough of doing a major car-related entertainment show.

  • @JP-oe6pw
    @JP-oe6pwАй бұрын

    Heartbreaking.

  • @user-bh9oi5ms7o
    @user-bh9oi5ms7oАй бұрын

    Chatshow not podcast

  • @PJV1990
    @PJV1990Ай бұрын

    People may hate me for saying this but I'm glad TGT is coming to an end. It never really clicked for me and, unlike Top Gear, I've never been compelled to go back and rewatch old TGT episodes. Clarkson's Farm and Our Man In... have been truly great however and I absolutely go back and rewatch old episodes of those shows like I do with classic episodes of Top Gear. TGT just felt like they leant too heavily towards the fake/scripted stuff and not enough on the cars/inventions they were driving. Old Top Gear cleverly disguised the scripted stuff but in TGT it was so obvious that it wasn't as funny or entertaining. I won't miss TGT at all. Thankfully we got those other great shows out of their Amazon deal.

  • @invisiblekid99

    @invisiblekid99

    Ай бұрын

    There were some great episodes, but a lot were not. The standout was Mongolia, one of the best specials ever.

  • @jhonmcgay2051

    @jhonmcgay2051

    Ай бұрын

    I agree with this for the most paart, but I still think TGT S3 is some of the trios best work. That entire series was top teir.

  • @andywilliams7323

    @andywilliams7323

    Ай бұрын

    I mostly agree with this. IMO, the issue of leaning more towards the fake scripted stuff, and the fake scripted becoming far less subtle and too obvious, had already started happening in a number of episodes of their final 2 seasons on TG.

  • @hughjass8430

    @hughjass8430

    Ай бұрын

    Agree. TopGear always had a feel of 'schoolboys being mischievous behind the headmasters back' - they were working inside a strict set of rules in the BBC and they always tried to push the limits, especially Clarkson.... When it moved to Amazon, it became more corporate, sanitized and I suppose had to appeal to a broader audience. Something was lost in transition. Still, no complaints here. At least we got to have them on our screens for 10 ish extra years.

  • @paul_sam84

    @paul_sam84

    Ай бұрын

    Agree with a mix of comments here. The Mongolia special is by far the best GT and have watched it several times.... however most of the GT is just them trying to be funny when they are clearly not. The end of Top Gear was very similar in that I'd never re-watch the latter seasons of their Top Gear career. The golden era was the epic cross Europe races, £100 cars, £1500 Porsches, cheap supercars, early F1 drivers in the reasonably priced car.

  • @DD-kk9jj
    @DD-kk9jjАй бұрын

    Please somebody tell the trio to do the last Grand Tour episode in Ukraine. Just imagine that!! Would be a proper send off and millions of views

  • @hughjass8430

    @hughjass8430

    Ай бұрын

    Uninsurable

  • @michaelhoodleeder

    @michaelhoodleeder

    28 күн бұрын

    They did go Georgia and Azerbaijan. Looking back a very important episode.

  • @TheLastCrusader22

    @TheLastCrusader22

    25 күн бұрын

    @@michaelhoodleeder Neither of which was at war with a nuclear-armed state when they went there

  • @JohnnyPerth
    @JohnnyPerth23 күн бұрын

    Sadly they are done

  • @jakesterlawson6389
    @jakesterlawson6389Ай бұрын

    Jezza for PM May can be deputy and Hammond the Chancellor

  • @ericmci
    @ericmciАй бұрын

    So- this was recorded in the future?! 12-06-24?

  • @YorkshiremanReacts26

    @YorkshiremanReacts26

    Ай бұрын

    TF you on about?

  • @michaelnicholas7266

    @michaelnicholas7266

    Ай бұрын

    @@YorkshiremanReacts26American moment

  • @DackxJaniels

    @DackxJaniels

    Ай бұрын

    No, in the past. 24th of June, 2012

  • @dallascowboy23
    @dallascowboy23Ай бұрын

    Agree to disagree I find soccer "football" to be soooo boring as a spectator sport. I'm impressed with their skill but my word its boring to watch.

  • @TheLastCrusader22

    @TheLastCrusader22

    25 күн бұрын

    Dude, your username is literally "Dallas Cowboy" and you comment this? You can't make this up. It's like someone created an account to post a comment like this and tried to think of the most suitable username for such a person

  • @toyota420xp
    @toyota420xp3 күн бұрын

    I don't even like watching soccer football I'd rather watch American football or basketball

  • @leoarc1061
    @leoarc106125 күн бұрын

    James May thinks that football is complicated. Now we know why he doesn't watch F1.

  • @dl6860
    @dl6860Ай бұрын

    efff the bbc, long live the trio

  • @MrSageXP
    @MrSageXP20 күн бұрын

    If the BBC wasn’t so pathetically pissy Clarkson, Hammond and May might still be there. As it is it was the BBC’s loss

  • @YESHIVA2919
    @YESHIVA291915 күн бұрын

    Amol is rubbish.

  • @disorder_go
    @disorder_goАй бұрын

    They’ve done all they can do. It’s dead. Let it lie.

  • @peterlarkin762
    @peterlarkin762Ай бұрын

    I have to get this out of my system... Nick, I appreciate your skill as a broadcaster and perseverance but please retire from radio. I have to listen your voice most mornings and it's like nails on a chalkboard. Honestly, it is just ridiculous to have a radio host who's voice is destroyed.

  • @gestapo81
    @gestapo81Ай бұрын

    01:55///WTF?! cracking your knuckles on TV, that made it imposible to watch for me. such embarassing behaviour.

  • @Elwaves2925

    @Elwaves2925

    Ай бұрын

    I don't mean it harshly but that makes it a you problem. There is nothing embarassing about it.

  • @Boneless6065

    @Boneless6065

    Ай бұрын

    The people of India are going CRAZY that President Obama is CONSTANTLY chewing GUM, and then on TOP of that, he took it OUT of his mouth, put it BACK, you CAN'T DO THAT, it's DISGUSTING!!!!

  • @TheLastCrusader22

    @TheLastCrusader22

    25 күн бұрын

    @gestapo81 Embarrassing like your username

  • @TheChukklebunny
    @TheChukklebunnyАй бұрын

    What rather smug and awful interviewers.

  • @markbennett9787

    @markbennett9787

    Ай бұрын

    Amol Rajan does come across as being rather dismissive whatever he’s doing but because of his speed of delivery he is really good as the University Challenge question master.

  • @GameOvais
    @GameOvaisАй бұрын

    Interviews are as bland as most BBC content.

  • @harrydestaffano565
    @harrydestaffano565Ай бұрын

    Blah blah blah...drivel.

  • @TheLastCrusader22

    @TheLastCrusader22

    25 күн бұрын

    Try to keep it about the video and not your own comments

  • @IRefuseToUseThisStupidFeature
    @IRefuseToUseThisStupidFeatureАй бұрын

    ...I thought the last special was the last one. This is, _GOOD NOOOS!_

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