Throughout the first episode of The Grand Tour, there are numerous digs at the presenting trio’s previous show Top Gear and their ex-employers, the BBC. Jeremy Clarkson, of course, left the show following an infamous ‘fracas’ with a producer, with Richard Hammond and James May following suit.
Anyone who watched Chris Evans’s Top Gear will know The Stig remained over at the BBC, leaving The Grand Tour with no test driver.
In their new Amazon Prime motoring show, they decided not to shy away from joking about the situation; here are the best jokes at the expense of Top Gear and the BBC. The Grand Tour opens with Clarkson wearing a black coat, leaving a London building (that looks remarkably like the BBC offices) and handing over his pass to a security guard.
The first episode of The Grand Tour is now on Amazon, read our review here.