Jeremy Clarkson and West Oxfordshire District Council. Hardly a match made in heaven - and one that has been exemplified in a 'hidden dig' in the latest season.
It's a tumultuous relationship that has been the focus of Clarkson's Farm ever since its inception back in 2021, with Jezza taking over the 1,000-acre Diddly Squat Farm two years earlier.
With the old farmer retiring from the industry, the former Top Gear host directly took over managing the farm he had owned since 2008.
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It's seen Clarkson try and revolutionise the farm's income streams; something that hasn't gone down too well with local residents or politicians.
Season three, the first half of which was released on Amazon Prime Video on 3 May, opens with the closure of the Diddly Squat Farm restaurant on the council's orders.
It's an order that sees Clarkson make a heartbreaking decision over his pet cow Pepper, with viewers fuming at the turn of events.
It's the latest in a long line of issues Clarkson has had with the local council, with his local councillor now speaking out on the years of back and forth.
Dean Temple, who was a Chadlington councillor until last week, quit the seat after getting death threats from viewers of the show outraged with the council's opposition to matters on the farm.
He said: "I was sitting there watching it as a fan, laughing away, thinking, ‘This is brilliant, this is fantastic, this is... ah, sugar'.
"All of a sudden I was getting calls, death threats from all over the world because, apparently, I’m a nasty individual."
Previous disputes have revolved around planning permission and the construction of the Diddly Squat Farm Shop and an associated car park; something Jezza himself has admitted he was told would make a storyline.
The ongoing dispute between Clarkson and local politicians is now cheekily referenced in the new season.
One scene in the farm's office, Jeremy can be seen enjoying a cup of a tea.
But eagle-eyed Reddit users noticed the mug which says on the front of it: 'DISCLAIMER: This mug was also not approved by the West Oxfordshire District Council'.
"The pettiness of the Easter Eggs! Blink and miss it. Love it all," one user said, as a second wrote: "Oh yes, this is fantastic. That cheeky b**tard."
After the airing of the third season, the council issued a statement which started by saying: "As a planning authority, we have a responsibility to make sure that national and local planning laws and policies are followed correctly by everyone.
"We must be fair and so we apply the same laws and rules to Diddly Squat Farm in the same way as any other business."
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Tom Earnshaw