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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
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
Top Gear series 27 preview, details, predictions

The good, the bad and the ugly of new Top Gear

Top Gear is back on our screens tomorrow night, but not as we know it. Once again, the producers have had to go back to the drawing board.
Published 15 June 2019
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