Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May's new car show to rival Top Gear will soon be launched on Amazon Prime. Called The Grand Tour, it will see the presenters testing out new and old cars, heading off on some mad hatter adventures and having the general banter fans of theirs know so well.

It's basically going to be Top Gear with a different name, and given how the most recent season of that bombed on the BBC with new presenters Chris Evans and Matt Le Blanc, we'd imagine there will be a lot of people eager to see the three lads back together again doing their thing. A rose by any other name, and all that.

Unfortunately though, that won't be anyone in Ireland as we still don't have Amazon Prime here yet, in fact, the streaming service is currently only available in five countries - the US, UK, Germany, Austria, and Japan.

However, according to Business Insider, Amazon have a secret deal which means the show could air on televsision too, with ITV said to be one of the broadcasters trying to get the rights. The party line coming from Amazon has always been that they have 'no interest' in licensing the series to a TV channel, but it seems part of their deal with the former Top Gear hosts was that they would agree to work with talent agency IMG to license so-called "second window rights" for The Grand Tour. This means the tech giant have a right to decide when and if the show could be available on television. Amazon have previously done this with the likes of Ripper Street.

IMG was also responsible for selling hit drama The Night Manager to more than 188 countries this year, so they could help Amazon sell the show to countries that the service is not available in, like Ireland. A source told Business Insider the company has been informally sounding out interest in the UK in recent weeks, with ITV said to be particularly keen.

Executive producer Andy Wilman also told the Edinburgh International Television Festival last month that; "I'd like it to be seen by as many people as possible. How that comes, I don't care,"

However Amazon is still denying all of this, as they would naturally have to do. Although given the global appeal of the original Top Gear, which made it into the Guinness Book of World Records in 2013 as "world's most widely watched factual TV programme", we reckon it's a no-brainer for Amazon to want as many eyes as possible on their show, or else...  maybe pull the finger out and let the rest of the world access their TV streaming service already