Negotiations for the next season of Top Gear are underway and it may still include Richard Hammond and James May, despite their public objections to returning to the show.
Reports suggest that the pair have been offered contracts to the value of £1 million each to return to the show alongside a constantly changing host. A format that is reminiscent of how the BBC restructured 'Have I Got News for you?'
The Independent UK said that a 'top BBC source' told them about the restructure of the show.
"The masterplan is to reconfigure the show along the lines of the post-Angus Deayton 'Have I Got News for You?', with a different guest hosting each episode," the source told the paper.
While to offer to both hosts is substantial, both said around the time of Clarkson's sacking in April, that they would not take part in the show with a replacement Jeremy.
"It has to be the three of us. You can't just put a surrogate Jeremy in and expect it to carry on. It would be forced. I don't believe they would be stupid enough to try that," May said in April.
Model, Jodie Kidd, and self-professed petrol head and BBC radio host, Chris Evans, had both been earmarked to take over from Clarkson by the bookies however now it seems the show could work on a 'host rotation' basis.
