Jeremy Clarkson’s Top Gear Greatest Hits DVD to net millions for the BBC

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Top Gear Greatest Hits DVD with Jeremy Clarkson to make BBC millions
But former presenter won't get a penny as he signed over rights to BBC
Top Gear's last two DVD releases topped the sales charts in 2013 and 2014
Latest one, out on November 23 priced £13.99, set to make £10million-plus

Published: 00:42 EST, 16 October 2015 | Updated: 10:25 EST, 16 October 2015

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The BBC is set to make millions of pounds with the help of Jeremy Clarkson - despite the fact the former Top Gear presenter was sacked by the corporation earlier this year.

He will feature in a new Top Gear Greatest Hits DVD to be released this Christmas, but won't see a penny of the money it makes after signing over all rights to the BBC in 2012.

Top Gear's last two DVD releases topped the sales charts in 2013 and 2014, with more than 820,000 copies sold, but the latest one is expected to far outstrip that and earn the BBC profits in excess of £10million.

Empty handed: Jeremy Clarkson is set to make the BBC millions of pounds when the corporation releases a Top Gear Greatest Hits DVD in time for Christmas. But the former presenter won't see a penny of the profit

According to the Daily Mirror, BBC Worldwide have put together a collection of the best moments from the past 22 Top Gear series, featuring Clarkson and co-presenters Richard Hammond and James May. The DVD, priced at £13.99, will go on sale on November 23.

A blurb for it reads: 'Once upon a time, three men and a tame racing driver travelled the world, testing cars, solving problems and arguing about who was the biggest idiot.

'This is a collection of their very finest moments of exciting racing, brilliant invention, hilarious disagreements and sudden explosions.'

Despite missing out on the money the BBC is set to rake in on his behalf, Clarkson can console himself with the £10million a year he is reported to be receiving for his new Amazon car show.

The former Top Gear host, who was unceremoniously sacked from the BBC show earlier this year for punching a producer in a row over a hot dinner, is said to be pocketing £30million from the streaming service over a three-year period.

Not all bad news: Clarkson signed over all rights to the BBC in 2012. However, he can console himself with the £10million a year he is said to be getting for his new Amazon car show with Richard Hammond and James May

The rumoured fee means the 55-year-old would be paid nearly £800,000 per episode, making him Britain's highest paid TV host, sources have claimed.

Meanwhile, his co-stars Hammond, 45, and May, 52, along with Clarkson's school friend Andy Wilman, could earn in the region of £7.2million over the same time frame, around £600,000 per episode.

Amazon Prime apparently spent £160million signing up the trio of presenters, making it Amazon’s biggest single investment in original content to date. With 36 episodes in the pipeline, each individual episode will have a reported £4.5million budget.

In contrast, the budget for Top Gear was around £1million, including the presenter costs. Chris Evans is now taking over the reins for the BBC's motoring show, with the new series airing next spring.