Top Gear to return to TV four years after Flintoff crash, BBC confirms
The show was "rested" after co-host Andrew Flintoff was injured in a crash during filming in 2022.
BBC News has confirmed that the popular motoring programme Top Gear will return to television after a four-year hiatus, following the crash that injured co-host Andrew Flintoff in 2022. The BBC's director of entertainment, Ed Havard, made the announcement at the Edinburgh TV Festival, stating that while specific details about the hosting line-up remain undisclosed, possibilities include comedian Jimmy Carr and former rugby player Joe Marler.
Top Gear, which first aired in 1977 and reached its peak in the 2000s under the original trio of Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May, has since experienced various line-up changes. The show's return is expected to be overseen by BBC Studios, though the company has not provided further comment on the matter.
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