WATCH: Apology to villagers cut off by Grand Tour filming

TV chiefs have been forced to apologise after shutting off an entire Yorkshire village for filming of theÂ GrandÂ TourÂ - without telling its residents.

By The Newsroom

Published 26th May 2017, 15:07 BST

Updated 4th Jun 2017, 20:51 BST

Presenters Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May descended on the village of Farnley Tyas, near Huddersfield on Wednesday.

Fuming residents say security staff then closed off local roads for the next two days so filming of the hit Amazon Prime show could take place in secret.

Locals said the unannounced closures forced them to take a 10 mile detour just to drive from one side of the quaint, hilltop village to the other and caused 'chaos.'

Yesterday a spokesman for the TV production company behind the show apologised to villagers for not warning them.