There will obviously be comparisons with Clarkson and company’s post-TG project, The Grand Tour (undertaken after Clarkson’s punch-a-producer fracas led to a parting of the ways with the BBC). Its £6 million-per-episode budget dwarfs the estimated £7 million that the BBC allocates to an entire season of Top Gear. However, what LeBlanc and company’s show lacked in Hollywood sheen, it compensated for with grit and good humour.

This was especially apparent in the trek across Kazakhstan. The Grand Tour tried to beat the viewer into submission with blockbuster production values. As they wended their way across Central Asia, Team Top Gear, in contrast, relied on old fashioned blokey banter (to be fair, the shots of vast, empty salt flats were stunning too).