article_snippet: Top Gear presenter James May has been spotted at the BBC where Richard Hammond is believed to have been in talks with creative director Alan Yentob - who may  be in charge of trying to keep May and Richard Hammond .
article_snippet: Top Gear co-star James May was yesterday spotted at the BBC where Wilman is believed to have been in talks with creative director Alan Yentob.
article_snippet: The pair were seen laughing and chatting as The pair walked outside the BBC headquarters in Portland Place, London, where Top Gear co-star James May was stopped by a passer-by for an autograph.
article_snippet: BBC BBC declined to say what the meeting between the two was about, although BBC appears  creative director Alan Yentob  creative director Alan Yentob is in charge of trying to keep May and Hammond.
article_snippet: Last week  creative director Alan Yentob said   creative director Alan Yentob hoped Hammond and May would stay at the corporation following the presenter's sacking.  
article_snippet: creative director Alan Yentob also told the Media Show that it was 'perfectly natural' for The pair to have reservations about continuing Top Gear without co-host Jeremy Clarkson.  
article_snippet: creative director Alan Yentob added: 'The question of what happens next for Top Gear is a conversation which must go on between the controller of BBC2 Kim Shillinglaw, between Andy (Wilman - producer of Top Gear) and the team.'