If you were expecting The Grand Tour to hark back to some familiar Top Gear features, then we've got a few bombshells to drop.

Because Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May's latest venture will not include The Stig, the cool wall, or indeed even the same track - otherwise they'll be finding themselves in some hot legal water.

The Grand Tour on Amazon release date and time, trailer, tickets and more: Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May's new show - everything you need to know

The show's producer Andy Wilman revealed at the Edinburgh Television Festival that wrangling with the BBC's legal team over rights to elements of the show "got a bit silly at the start point".

Speaking about what to expect from the new series, he said: "It doesn't take a rocket scientist. There's no Stig, there's no track, there's no Dunsfold. What we wanted to protect was the films."

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Wilman also admitted to potential legal trouble over recent Grand Tour footage shot in Namibia, which was found to be too similar to a Top Gear film about Botswana.

"The lawyers go through everything," he noted.

So now we know what won't be included in The Grand Tour, what about what will?

Well firstly, the new Amazon Prime show will launch with a 70-minute episode, and a deal has been reached for 12 shows a year for three years. There'll probably be more, though.

Arguably the best news, however, is that one segment of the series will see Clarkson drive through the Game of Thrones set - so we're hoping for some kind of Westeros cameo. Jeremy on the Iron Throne, perhaps?

Oh, and let's not forget that James broke his arm after getting too drunk before filming had even started. As Wilman said: "Like them or loathe them, they are still doing their thing."

The Grand Tour will finally arrive on Amazon Prime this autumn, but no exact dates have been revealed yet.

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