BBC brings back Jeremy Clarkson on Top Gear: Beeb quietly launches YouTube channel featuring remastered Clarkson, Hammond and May shows - but now have to include health and safety warnings that would surely make the old cast wince

EXCLUSIVE BBC brings back Jeremy Clarkson on Top Gear: Beeb quietly launches YouTube channel featuring remastered Clarkson, Hammond and May shows - but now have to include health and safety warnings that would surely make the old cast wince Top Gear Classic YouTube channel launched without fanfare earlier this month Fans speculate over whether the BBC is admitting the show's golden era is over READ MORE: Freddie Flintoff tells how Top Gear crash left him battling anxiety By Jon Brady Published: 10:13, 17 August 2024 | Updated: 10:47, 17 August 2024 e-mail View comments The BBC has quietly brought back newly restored clips of Jeremy Clarkson , Richard Hammond and James May on a new YouTube channel that has left fans questioning whether the broadcaster is quietly admitting the show's best days are behind it. The Top Gear Classic channel was created in February and launched without fanfare earlier this month with a series of old Top Gear challenges freshly minted in high definition - with some very un-Clarkson-like health and safety messages attached. A clip of the trio inhaling pure oxygen inside their 'hovervan' - a road-going Ford Transit converted into a hovercraft - is now accompanied by the message: 'Please be aware that inhaling pure oxygen is potentially hazardous.

' Fans are speculating in the comments beneath each video whether the channel is a concession by the BBC that Top Gear's glory days are truly over - as the future of the show remains in doubt following Freddie .