The executive producer of Top Gear has admitted that the show should have ended two years ago.

Speaking to The Daily Telegraph, Andy Wilman explained that the programme will eventually come to a close.

"We'll run out of steam," he said. "We will. If we'd had the balls, it would have been two years ago, when we were absolutely peaking... But we're going, 'No, we've got gainful employment. We'll crack on'."

Wilman confirmed that the show has changed slightly but promised that hosts Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond will still be involved in pranks and challenges.

He also defended the show's humour, saying: "[It] is a bit end of the pier, but it's done quite charmingly. We know it's sort of crap. Anyone who gets high-minded and says, 'This is schoolboy stuff', we're like, 'And your point is?'"

Top Gear returns on Sunday at 8pm on BBC Two.

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