Citizens of Britain, step out of your economic fallout shelters and burn your copies of How To Feed A Family For 50p: Top Gear is here to save the day.

You’ve heard all the depressing news bulletins about someone somewhere having a “Crisis!”, but for us it is simple - the UK’s balance of trade deficit must be rectified.

Step forward Mr Clarkson, Mr Hammond and Mr May as UK PLC’s newest trade envoy. Their mission is simple: they must drive across the Indian sub-continent parading the Best Of British (a 4.0-litre Jag XJS, Mini Cooper and Rolls Royce Silver Shadow, to be precise) to entice Indians into fruitful business relationships.

You can see what happened at 8pm, 28 December, BBC Two - and here’s the trailer and more words from boss Andy Wilman.

But before that, have a sneak peek at some pictures…