James May broke his arm ‘in fall after leaving pub’ during filming on The Grand Tour

James May broke his arm while filming new motoring show The Grand Tour.

But rather than suffering the injury during an impressive stunt, the presenter hurt himself during a night out at the pub.

Speaking at the Edinburgh International TV Festival, executive producer Andy Wilman revealed that May phoned him the night before filming started to inform him.

“James fell over the night before filming, coming out of a pub,” he told the crowd at the festival.

“He rang me up and said “I’ve broken my arm”. His car was automatic so we stuck him on Eurostar, pumped him full of drugs and left him to it.”

Wilman added: “(James) did more damage to it because he had to keep on going but he’s falling to bits anyway. We are not in Usain Bolt territory with that body.”

The producer also screened clips of the forthcoming series at the event, including scenes of Clarkson riding a jet ski and testing out a Rolls Royce.

The new show, which will air on Amazon Prime this autumn, is broadcast from a different location each week.

Speaking to The Sun ahead of filming, Clarkson said: “We’ve done it hundreds of times. It should be easy. I should be relaxed.

“But tomorrow, in a field just outside Johannesburg, James May, Richard Hammond and I will record the first studio segment for our new show, the Grand Tour.”

The trio stepped down from their roles on the BBC’s Top Gear following Clarkson’s fracas with a producer last year.