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BBC: Top Gear TV show will not return for foreseeable future

Published 21 November 2023
By James Fossdyke
The UK show is set to “rest” following presenter Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff’s serious accident.
Freddie Flintoff recovering in hospital following accident filming Top Gear

Flintoff in hospital after Top Gear accident

Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff has been hospitalised following a car crash while filming a segment for the BBC motoring series, Top Gear.
Published 14 December 2022
Tributes pour in to Sabine Schmitz after death at 51

Sabine Schmitz, TV racing driver, dead at 51

Sabine Schmitz, the so-called "Queen of the Nürburgring", has died after a three-year battle with cancer.
Published 17 March 2021
Sabine Schmitz reveals three-year battle with cancer

Sabine Schmitz reveals three-year cancer battle

Racing driver and regular Top Gear fixture Sabine Schmitz revealed yesterday that she has been fighting cancer for the last three years.
Published 21 July 2020
Paddy McGuinness crashed Lamborghini Diablo during Top Gear filming

Paddy McGuiness crashed Lamborghini Diablo

Top Gear host Paddy McGuinness has revealed details of an incident that occurred yesterday in which he crashed a £250k 1990 Lamborghini Diablo.
Published 17 June 2020
Top Gear expected to move to BBC One after strong ratings

Top Gear expected to move to BBC One

A revitalised Top Gear is set to get a major boost as BBC top brass prepare to move it from BBC Two to BBC One.
Published 03 February 2020
Freddie Flintoff rally crash

When Freddie Flintoff smashed up a rally car

The new Top Gear host Freddie Flintoff has form when it comes to crashing fast cars: in 2013, he had a hefty shunt in a Citroën DS3 R3 rally car.
Published 20 June 2019
Freddie Flintoff, Chris harris and Paddy McGuinness

Top Gear series 27, episode 1: all the reviews

Top Gear's had its biggest revamp since Clarkson and co were dropped in 2015. So, how did the critics find Chris Harris' new colleagues?
Published 17 June 2019
Starsky & Hutch actor David Soul on his mission to restore a historic Chrysler

Interview: Starsky & Hutch star David Soul

Before the Starsky and Hutch star surrenders his celebrity gun and badge, David Soul has one more assignment he wants to complete.
Published 12 April 2019
Jeremy Clarkson's, Richard Hammond's and James May's best Top Gear and Grand Tour moments

Clarkson, Hammond and May's best moments

Don't worry about The Grand Tour ditching the tent in Season 4: some of Clarkson's, Hammond's and May's best work was filmed outside the studio.
Published 17 December 2018

Top gear host Chris Harris crashes Porsche

The Top Gear host has emerged unscathed from a car crash in which the presenter's Porsche 911 struck the side of a pick-up truck.
Published 13 November 2018
Freddie Flintoff, Chris harris and Paddy McGuinness

Matt LeBlanc's Top Gear replacements confirmed

Freddie Flintoff and Paddy McGuinness will co-host Top Gear with Chris Harris in Series 27, with Rory Reid being relegated to Extra Gear duties.
Published 22 October 2018
Matt Le Blanc to hang up his driving gloves and leave Top Gear

Matt LeBlanc to leave Top Gear

And on that bombshell… Matt Le Blanc is hanging up his driving gloves and leaving Top Gear after the next series.
Published 01 June 2018