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Will someone tell Clarkson? He’s not clever and not funny

Like a tipsy middle-manager in unsuitable leisurewear, Top Gear challenges you to remember the moment when stupid became normal.

It’s a clever show. It’s the pub joke that went viral, the liberation of All Fat Blokes, and the sealing of the strange contract that causes the BBC and the Daily Mail to elide, month upon month, one into the other.

Top Gear isn’t very pleasant, either.