The three final episodes to feature the trio will be rolled into two specials

Without Jeremy Clarkson, they filmed links at the show's air hangar studio

James May and Richard Hammond have filmed the necessary final scenes

Three 'lost' Top Gear location episodes are set to be aired within weeks

Footage from 'lost' Top Gear episodes will be broadcast within weeks after Richard Hammond and James May secretly recorded final scenes without a studio audience or Jeremy Clarkson.

The two presenters recorded the links needed to form what will be two Top Gear specials showing the trio competing on location in limousines, luxury and classic cars.

It was once thought the episodes would never be broadcast after they were canned following Clarkson's now infamous bust up with producer Oisin Tymon.

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The final links needed for two final Top Gear shows have been recorded by Hammond and May to enable them to be broadcast after they were initially canned following the Clarkson debacle

Hammond and May filmed the links without an audience at the show's studio and race track (pictured) at Dunsfold Aerodrome in Surrey

Clarkson, 55, was ousted from the show and the BBC after he punched Mr Tymon in a row over a steak.

However, the location episodes have now been completed by May and Hammond, who filmed links at the show's studio in Surrey, the Daily Mirror reported.

The shows will be an opportunity for fans to catch a final glimpse of the three together after Clarkson was sacked, while Hammond and May's contracts with the BBC remain in doubt.

A source told the paper: 'Clearly, Clarkson's absence was referenced but he was not there - not even as a cardboard cut out.

'The films will be the last chance fans have to see him on Top Gear for a long time, possibly for ever. It is end of an era stuff.'

Speculation over the future of the show, what format it will take and who will present is continuing to grow.

It's believed the BBC and ITV are currently caught in a multi-million pound bidding war to land a new-look version of the show.

While Clarkson has suggested he is open to a return to the BBC in future, he has remained tight-lipped about his next move.

The final episodes will be the last chance for fans to see the three presenters working together on Top Gear

ITV has held secret meetings with Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond to see if it can lure them across as a trio to present a new motoring show on the commercial broadcaster.

However, the BBC has offered May and Hammond a £4.6million deal to continue Top Gear - which would make them among the Corporation's highest-earning stars.

It is understood that they have been offered the deal to host the show for another two or three series.

It is thought they would earn between £760,000 and £1.15million per year, an increase on the £500,000 per series they were previously paid.

The new deal would put them almost on par with the salary earned by Clarkson before he left the BBC and on similar deals to Gary Lineker and Graham Norton, who are also believed to earn more than £1million a year at the broadcaster.

BBC bosses are said to be ‘extremely keen’ on modelling the Top Gear after Have I Got News For You, by replacing Clarkson with a third presenter who would change on a weekly basis.