BBC to ‘rest’ Top Gear for ‘foreseeable future’ after Andrew Flintoff crash

'Given the exceptional circumstances, the BBC has decided to rest the UK show for the foreseeable future.'

Andrew Flintoff, Paddy McGuinness and Chris Harris during Top Gear filming outside London’s Television Centre (BBC/PA)

Hit motoring show Top Gear will be rested for the “foreseeable future”, the BBC has announced, following a crash during filming last year in which host Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff was seriously injured.

Production of the show has been halted since former England cricket captain Flintoff, 45, was taken to hospital in December 2022 after he was injured in an accident at the Top Gear test track at Dunsfold Aerodrome in Surrey.