Stig news - The Stig farm – video footage released! - 2010

As regular readers of TopGear.com will know, last night saw the opening performance of Top Gear Live at London’s Earls Court. And for weeks people have been badgering us through the usual channels with a single question: will the Stig be appearing?

We can now provide an answer: yes. Last week, pursued by the cream of our nation’s press, we popped down to our top secret (free-range, GM-free) Top Gear facility in an obscure part of rural Britain and held a colourful inspection.

And here – in a world exclusive – is exactly what happened:

One big question does remain: will ‘touring Stig’ make it to the new series of Top Gear when it returns at the end of the year? Who knows. As James has so diligently been telling everyone, “anything can happen in Stig world”. You’ll just have to wait and see. But all you TopGear.com fans can rest assured, you’ll be the first to know.

(If you want to see our freshly farmed produce in the flesh, click here for the full details of the Top Gear Live tour in London, Birmingham, Dublin, Melbourne, Brisbane, Johannesburg and Oslo. Tickets are going fast.)