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Freddie Flintoff and Paddy McGuinness to host Top Gear

Freddie Flintoff and Paddy McGuinness have been announced as the new presenters of Top Gear, with the duo taking over from Matt LeBlanc.

Television • 22 Oct 18

Richard Hammond is seen narrowly escaping another crash on The Grand Tour

Richard Hammond narrowly avoids another crash

Richard Hammond has narrowly escaped being involved in another serious crash, having already experienced two near-fatal accidents during his career presenting motoring shows Top Gear and The Grand Tour.

Television • 04 Jul 18

Matt LeBlanc - "The time commitment and extensive travel required to present Top Gear takes me away from my family and friends more than I'm comfortable with"

Tanks for the memories. Matt LeBlanc leaving Top Gear

Actor Matt LeBlanc has announced that he will leave Top Gear after the next series.

Television • 01 Jun 18

What's on? TV picks for the weekend

If you're going no further than the sofa, here are some tips on what's worth watching on the box over the weekend. As ever, it's a busy one . . .

Television • 24 Feb 18

The Grand Tour returning later this year with one big change

The Grand Tour returns with one big change

Series two of The Grand Tour is returning later this year, but with one big change to cater for its "accident-prone" hosts.

The Grand Tour • 26 Sep 17

Jeremy Clarkson with James May and Richard Hammond

Jeremy Clarkson will be "out of action for some time"

Former Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson has revealed that he will be "out of action for quite some time" after being admitted to hospital in Spain with pneumonia.

Entertainment • 07 Aug 17

Hammond - "But as a result of that (doctors) told me I'd lost 7mm of height in the knee"

Hammond reveals extent of injuries after car crash

Former Top Gear co-host Richard Hammond has revealed that his leg was left slightly shorter due to a knee injury following a recent car crash.

richard hammond • 03 Jul 17

Richard Hammond - "It was the very last run of the day, at the top just over the finish line it got away from me and I went over the edge."

Hammond thought he was going to die during crash

Former Top Gear co-host Richard Hammond has revealed he thought he was going to die during a recent car crash in Switzerland.

Entertainment • 27 Jun 17

Richard Hammond provided fans with an update from his hospital bed in Switzerland Screengrab: Drivetribe

Clarkson thought Hammond had died in horror crash

Jeremy Clarkson has admitted that he thought Grand Tour co-host Richard Hammond had died in his horror crash in Switzerland at the weekend.

Richard Hammond • 12 Jun 17

Richard Hammond needs surgery after being injured car crash while filming The Grand Tour

Richard Hammond needs surgery after car crash

Former Top Gear host Richard Hammond was airlifted to hospital after a car crash while he was filming in Switzerland.

Richard Hammond • 11 Jun 17

Richard Hammond 'fine' after motorbike accident

Richard Hammond has assured fans that he is 'fine' after being injured in a motorbike incident while filming The Grand Tour, 11 years after his life-threatening accident on the set of Top Gear.

Richard Hammond • 20 Mar 17

Top Gear host Matt LeBlanc has been labelled "a natural"

Top Gear impresses fans with Chris Evans-free return

Top Gear returned to television on Sunday night for its second season since Jeremy Clarkson and co. famously departed the show, and fans seem to be enjoying Matt LeBlanc stepping into the driver's seat following Chris Evans' departure.

Top Gear • 06 Mar 17

Top Gear - Back on BBC Two on Sunday at 8pm

LeBlanc revs up to get Top Gear firing on all cylinders

Top Gear host Matt LeBlanc has described the motoring show's presenter line-up as a "Swiss Army Knife" ahead of the series' return to BBC Two on Sunday night.

Television • 04 Mar 17

Clarkson, Hammond and May are back with The Grand Tour Pic: Amazon Prime

The Grand Tour: The first reviews are in. So, any good?

The long wait by motoring fans for the new Amazon Prime show featuring the former Top Gear trio is finally at an end. But the burning question remains - was The Grand Tour worth the wait?

Entertainment • 18 Nov 16

Gearing up for Irish audiences. The Grand Tour will be available here from next month

Ireland gears up for Grand Tour as show launch nears

Irish fans of former Top Gear trio, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May have received good news after it was confirmed that their mega-budget new show, The Grand Tour, will be available to view in Ireland next month.

Entertainment • 17 Nov 16

Richard Hammond - "We're not going to disappoint, because we can't"

Ex-Top Gear trio feeling pressure of new motor show

Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May will return with their new motoring show to rival Top Gear later this week, and Hammond revealed the trio are feeling the pressure to make the show a success.

Headlines • 15 Nov 16

Hammond, centre, with May (L) and Clarkson (R) - "I'll never get the chance to work with another bunch like that lot"

Gear-ly beloved. Hammond salutes Grand Tour co-hosts

Former Top Gear host Richard Hammond has said he never had any doubts that he would work again with "old and fat" co-presenters Jeremy Clarkson and James May, because to break up the team would have been "stupid".

Headlines • 08 Nov 16

Matt LeBlanc and Chris Evans co-hosted the latest series of Top Gear

LeBlanc learned of Evans' Top Gear exit in newspaper

Matt LeBlanc has revealed that he learned his co-host Chris Evans was to leave Top Gear by reading about it in a newspaper.

Headlines • 12 Oct 16

(L-R) Richard Hammond, James May and Jeremy Clarkson - Reunited with producer Andy Wilman for new Amazon show The Grand Tour

Former Top Gear boss says show became 'a battle'

Former Top Gear executive producer Andy Wilman has said the show became "a battle" with the BBC during the Jeremy Clarkson era and that everyone must accept some of the blame.

Headlines • 25 Aug 16

LeBlanc - "There's nothing officially happening just yet - call the BBC"

LeBlanc stuck in neutral about Top Gear return

Matt LeBlanc has said he does not know if he will be returning to present the next series of Top Gear.

Headlines • 12 Aug 16

No Top Gear for Dermot who's instead pledged himself to the X Factor

Dermot O'Leary puts the brake on Top Gear rumours

X Factor host Dermot O'Leary has quashed rumours that he could take over as host of Top Gear to replace Chris Evans saying he would never want the job.

top gear • 17 Jul 16

Chris Evans's Top Gear girdles the globe

Chris Evans' Top Gear beats Clarkson's on global scale

Chris Evans' Top Gear may have been a ratings flop in its native UK - but across the world it's proving to be a bigger hit than Jeremy Clarkson’s version of the BBC show.

Entertainment • 13 Jul 16