Is this our new Who Wants To Be A Millionaire host? (Picture: Rex Features)

Jeremy Clarkson has signed up to present the latest incarnation of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?.

The Grand Tour presenter is apparently set to work on a revamped version of the game show for production company Stellify Media, who were behind Paul O’Grady’s successful Channel 5 reboot of Blind Date.

A source told The Sun on Sunday: ‘Jeremy is a huge character and the bosses are convinced he is going to come in and really make the show his own.

‘As well as interviewing contestants and giving answers, he’ll be injecting plenty of humour.


‘The show was a huge hit last time around and the hope is that it’ll live up to that success the second time around.’



The show was hugely popular in the late nineties and early noughties, first airing in 1998 and ending in 2013 after host Chris Tarrant, 57, stepped down from presenting duties after 15 years.

Jeremy Clarkson’s usual gig is with Richard Hammond and James May in The Grand Tour (Picture: Amazon)

Arguably the most famous episode during Chris Tarrant’s reign featured Charles Ingram, who cheated his way to £1 million by having his wife Diana, and an accomplice, Tecwen Whittock, in the audience to cough when the correct answer to a question was read out, earning him the nickname ‘The Coughing Major’.

Meanwhile, Jeremy’s Grand Tour co-host James May recently revealed that the presenters – including Richard Hammond – aren’t friends outside of the show.

He admitted: ‘Outside of work, we don’t meet up. It’s very rare. I’ve spent so much time with them by the time we get to the end of work. I have no real desire spend any more with them! I have other friends and a woman waiting at home who loves me. And that’s preferable!’

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