Jeremy Clarkson takes a swipe at BBC and Top Gear fracas in first Amazon advert

The former Top Gear host refers back to the time when he was 'un-busy' after BBC chose not to renew his contract

Jeremy Clarkson makes an appearance in Amazon Prime's new advert (PA)

Jeremy Clarkson has appeared in his first advert for Amazon, and couldn’t resist getting a quick dig in about the Top Gear fracas that led to his departure from the show.

Clarkson and his former co-hosts Richard Hammond and James May all left Top Gear after the BBC chose not to renew Clarkson’s contract.

The trio signed a lucrative contract worth a reported £10 million with Amazon Prime for a new motoring show.

Clarkson features in the advert for the streaming service's new product, the Fire TV Stick.

“Back in the spring, as you probably remember, I suddenly became un-busy,’ he says. “And that was OK because I had one of these – an Amazon Fire TV stick.

“Everything you could possibly want – Demand 5, Netflix,” he adds, before shaking his head at the BBC iPlayer symbol and skipping past it. “It’s almost perfect. No, wait. It is perfect.”