GEAR CHANGE: Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May quit studio car shows after 17 years. “Instead, the trio are hitting the road as they focus on big-budget specials to be shown over the next two years. Jeremy Clarkson has pulled the plug on studio car shows — and said: ‘There are only so many times you can watch a BMW go round the track.’”

Season three of the Grand Tour, apparently the last to use a studio audience, debuts on Amazon Prime on January 18th.