Ross Noble irked his wife by pointing a tank at their neighbour's house, he has revealed.

The Geordie comic, who currently lives in Australia, used to own the ex-British Army Abbott when he lived in Kent and was in a dispute over a garden fence.

Noble used to drive the tank for fun and display it at military shows, but got into an encroachment row and ended up pointing the gun turret at the house next door.

"He's a property developer and he's a bit of a dick" the petrolhead comic told the Fuelling Around podcast.

"He was arguing over where the fence line was so I just pointed the tank at his house and my wife just went: 'Have you pointed the tank at his house?' and I went: 'Do you think that comes across as a bit passive aggressive?' and she went: 'It's not passive aggressive, it's the most aggressive thing you can do. You've literally declared war on the guy!'

"This is the same guy who threatened to block the access road and I pointed out to him that whatever he decides to block that road with I'll go over the top with it. I had bought a JCB for building jumps and making obstacles for the trials bike and I said 'put what you like there and I'll literally move it.'"

The comic, a keen motorcyclist and off-road racer, sold the tank before moving to his Australian wife's homeland with their two daughters in 2017.

Here's a clip that features Noble driving the tank from a 2016 episode of Paddy McGuinness's Stars In Their Cars on the Travel Channel: