The BBC is set to bring back Top Gear four years after it was shelved following Freddie Flintoff’s crash.
The news was confirmed by the BBC Director of Entertainment Ed Havard at the Edinburgh TV Festival on Thursday, amid reports that comedian Jimmy Carr, 53, is in talks to replace Freddie.
Harvard said: ‘I know there’s been lots of speculation about this, but we can confirm that Top Gear is coming back.’
And while he said he was ‘not going to talk about talent today,’ he did admit that Carr would be a great choice.
Ex England cricket captain Freddie, 48, was seriously injured while filming
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