Top Gear presenters admit new series will be down to the wire

The presenters of BBC motoring show Top Gear are leaving it late to put the finishing touches to the 22nd series, which starts next Sunday.

Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond appeared in front of a live audience in London tonight in an event which was shown around the world online.

Asked if the series was all done, Hammond said: "We are always late with our homework".

Clarkson quipped: "Programme One, the film is not yet edited," adding: "It either goes out or it doesn't, the world still turns."

The series is to launch with a simultaneous broadcast in more than 50 countries.