End of the road

James May on his last Grand Tour adventure with Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond

- JUDY EWENS, CAREN CLARK, IAN MACEWAN

Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May have clocked up a fair bit of mileage since they first teamed up as a presenting trio on Top Gear in 2003, before going on to launch The Grand Tour in 2016.

Five series, 187 cars, 73 breakdowns and 41 countries later, the petrolheads are calling time on their hit Prime Video motoring show with one last adventure called, appropriately, One for the Road.

Their swansong follows the three amigos to Zimbabwe, where there’s the usual mix of breakdowns, challenges, car ‘enhancements’, tough terrain, spectacular backdrops and, of course, the odd prank.

Here, James ‘Captain Slow’ May, 61, takes a look in the rear-view mirror to reflect on their lives on the road…