There seems to be a general consensus that Isis has been pretty much wiped out in Syria and Iraq, and that in former strongholds such as Raqqa and Mosul, people are now hanging up curtains and tending to the geraniums in their window boxes.

Certainly we are seeing fewer online videos these days of people having their heads cut off, or captured airmen being burnt alive. Which means we’ve all gone back to worrying about the important things in life, such as clean air in the community, and badgers.

However, the Grand Tour television production team had a meeting last week to decide where we’d go to make our next special. The idea of these shows is simple: we drive unsuitable cars through extraordinary and