{"id":520,"date":"2025-04-01T05:28:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T05:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/520\/"},"modified":"2025-04-01T05:28:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T05:28:13","slug":"jeremy-clarkson-grand-tour-replacement-tiktok-train-star-rumoured-to-step-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/520\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeremy Clarkson Grand Tour Replacement: TikTok Train Star Rumoured To Step In"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jeremy Clarkson<\/a>, Richard Hammond<\/a> and James May<\/a> parted ways with their Amazon Prime series The Grand Tour<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n

Co-star James May explained that<\/a> this was because \u201cI think Jeremy, Richard and I gave the format a really good thrashing and now it\u2019s time to let a younger generation have a go.\u201d <\/p>\n

But working out who that \u201cyounger generation\u201d may be seems to have proven difficult, with rumours of a replacement from The Sun<\/a> only circulating a year on from when the last episode aired. <\/p>\n

\"Francis<\/p>\n

The publication says<\/a> a source told them TikTok sensation and train lover Francis Bourgeois was set to replace Jeremy (sorry, what?). <\/p>\n

\u201cFrancis is a big noise online and Amazon producers are hoping to bring him into the mainstream,\u201d the TV insider alleged. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe is loved by everyone \u2013 from royals to rappers \u2013 and is sure to be a hit with Grand Tour viewers.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrancis is not just a social media sensation but trained as a mechanical engineer so knows his stuff,\u201d they told the publication. <\/p>\n

Of course, this is all rumour at the moment \u2013 HuffPost UK has asked Amazon for comment to clarify \u2013 but that hasn\u2019t stopped fans from having pretty strong reactions to the suggestion. <\/p>\n

\u201cApril the 1st is not until Tuesday,\u201d one X user<\/a> wrote. <\/p>\n

Still, it wouldn\u2019t be Francis\u2019 first dip into mainstream TV.<\/p>\n

Channel 4\u2032s Trainspotting With Francis Bourgeois <\/a>starred big-name guests like Tom Daly, Aisling Bea, and Sam Ryder. <\/p>\n

He also worked with Louis Theroux on YouTube series Scooting & Chatting with Francis Bourgeois<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Francis has also appeared in Clean Bandit, Anne-Marie, and David Guetta\u2019s Cry Baby music video<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

He has also worked with brands like Gucci before.<\/p>\n

Only time will tell if the sustainable transport lover will be able to add the car-obsessed show to his extensive CV too…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May parted ways with their Amazon Prime series The Grand Tour last…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":521,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[77,440,439,16,438,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-520","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-grand-tour","10":"tag-jeremy-clarkson","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-uktv","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114261059636741489","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}