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BBC to bring back Top Gear amid speculation about show’s next presenters

The Guardian Culture · 27 August 2026 at 13:21

BBC to bring back Top Gear amid speculation about show’s next presenters

Motoring series to return after break since serious injuries to co-host Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff in crash during filming Top Gear, the long-running motoring show which has been off air since its co-host Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff was seriously injured in a crash during filming almost four years ago, is to return to the BBC, the broadcaster confirmed today.

After Flintoff’s accident at Dunsfold Aerodrome in Surrey the BBC said the series would be “rested” for the foreseeable future.

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BBC to bring back Top Gear amid speculation about show’s next presenters

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