James May has updated the baying Grand Tour crowd for an update on Richard Hammond's panto as Buttons.

The trio have presented the Amazon Prime Video show since 2016 after leaving the BBC’s motoring programme Top Gear.

In the final instalment, they travel to Zimbabwe to explore challenging landscapes in cars the three men have always wanted – a Lancia Montecarlo, a Ford Capri 3-litre, and a Triumph Stag.

One of the running gags of the final-ever special was what the trio were going to do after it. From retirement homes to farms, the threesome poignantly reflected on where life would take them next.

Panto, it would seem.

With autumn seemingly in full swing, the Christmas season is just around the corner, which means that celebs far and wide will be quaking in their boots at the thought of dressing up as Widow Twankey or such.

Hammond, May and Clarkson determined, would make a fantastic Buttons, for that matter.

Sadly, the official announcement seems to be a long, long, long way off, as the poster was clearly a spoof.

For now, the wait for Hammond's 'Buttons' debut will have to endure. But this didn't stop users in the comments from demanding it.

One fan said: "I would pay good money to see this. We just need Clarkson as Anastasia and May as The Fairy Godmother to make it complete."

Another replied: "Thank you for bringing us happiness James."

Someone else commented: "I will miss the three of you working together. Thank you."

The end of The Grand Tour:

Jeremy Clarkson has said he felt “surprisingly unemotional” when he filmed the final The Grand Tour with Richard Hammond and James May.

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Clarkson said about the end of The Grand Tour: One For The Road: “I’m not saying this in a derogatory way by any means but James has the emotions of a stone.

“He just doesn’t do emotions, so there were no tears from him. Hammond, yes.

“I was surprisingly unemotional in a weird way because I can see James and Hammond any time I want to, they’re only a phone call away, and I’m sure we will.

“And I’ve done enough of the travel, I was worn out by it.”