BBC lures ex-Top Gear hosts with £1m former
THE BBC is understood to have offered former Top Gear stars James May and Richard Hammond a multi-million pound deal to stay.
The pair have both been offered deals in the region of £1m a year, according to The Times, contracts that would make them two of the most well-paid talents on the BBC’s books.
Top Gear lost its iconic presenting team of when May and Hammond followed Jeremy Clarkson out of the door when the abrasive host was fired for assaulting a producer.
Together the trio helped Top Gear become the most popular show on BBC 2, with the channel immediately losing 5m viewers the first weekend the show was pulled off the air. Hammond, May and the BBC declined to comment on any deal.