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# Top Gear

This year
2023
# Top Gear
BBC to stop filming current series of Top Gear amid reports that Freddie Flintoff has quit
Filming of the latest Top Gear series has been halted as a result.
Last year
2022
# Reaction
Andrew Flintoff 'lucky to be alive' after Top Gear accident
Son Corey, 16, told MailOnline the situation had been perilous.
# Top Gear
Top Gear host Andrew Flintoff injured in accident while filming show
The incident happened yesterday morning at Dunsfold Aerodrome in Surrey.
# Andrew Flintoff
Andrew Flintoff taken to hospital after accident while filming Top Gear
The BBC confirmed the incident occurred on Tuesday morning.
All time
# Queen of the Nurburgring
Ex-Top Gear host Sabine Schmitz dies aged 51
Schmitz revealed last year that she had been dealing with a rare form of cancer since 2017.
# RIP
‘Queen of the Nurburgring’ and ex-Top Gear host Sabine Schmitz dies aged 51
The Top Gear presenter revealed last year that she had been dealing with a rare form of cancer since 2017.
# Top Gear
Leo Varadkar intervened to ensure Simon Coveney kept State car
Labour leader Alan Kelly attacked the government over the issue in the Dáil today.
# Top Gear
8 Irish celebs who should replace Matt le Blanc in Top Gear
Is there something to be said for Danny Healy Rae?
# Top Gear
Morrissey fires Cork City back to the top and ends Dundalk's unbeaten run
The champions got the better of this meeting with their rivals thanks to the midfielder’s second-half volley.
# The Grand Tour
Jeremy Clarkson admitted to Spanish hospital with pneumonia
The presenter is on holiday with his family.
# revealed
Chris Evans and Graham Norton among BBC's top-paid presenters
The former Top Gear 2.0 presenter is earning over £2 million – more than four times the amount of the BBC’s highest-paid woman.
# uachtar reoite
Richard Hammond silent on criticism after saying eating ice cream is "gay"
An LGBT group said the words were “chosen purposefully to mock and belittle”.
# uachtar reoite
7 correct responses to idiot Richard Hammond saying eating ice cream is "gay"
Have a seat, Richard.
# Clarkson Hammond and May
A year after their Top Gear walkout, its former stars are having no trouble raising cash
Facebook and Hailo’s backers have invested in a new Clarkson-Hammond-May project.
# stepping down
Chris Evans is leaving Top Gear
The presenter made the announcement this afternoon.
# Dingle
Kerry appeared on last night's Top Gear and it looked absolutely stunning
Some scenery.
# Mistaken Identity
People are tweeting the wrong Chris Evans giving out about Top Gear
Captain America was not involved.
# Your Say
Poll: Did you watch Top Gear last night?
The new-look car show returned – minus Clarkson, Hammond and May.
# Joey
Matt LeBlanc told Graham Norton all about his run-in with a hen party in Kerry
He IS Joey.
# Top Gear
Matt LeBlanc filmed Top Gear in Kenmare yesterday and the place was up in arms
Cruising down Henry Street in a Rolls Royce, no less.
# Top Gear
Matt LeBlanc filmed Top Gear in Kenmare yesterday and there was huge excitement
Cruising down Henry Street in a Rolls Royce, no less.
# full forward
Top Gear are going to be filming a Dingle GAA game this weekend
And they need volunteers.
# some view
Matt LeBlanc and Chris Evans are filming Top Gear in Kerry this weekend
YES.
# public anger
Top Gear apologises for "unwise" filming of car stunts near war memorial
People were not happy about the choice of location, near the Cenotaph in London.
# Top Gear
Jeremy Clarkson apologises to Irish Top Gear producer
“I would like to say sorry, once again, to Oisin Tymon”.
# Take a Break
Get ready for the new Top Gear by checking out the first ever episode from 1977
“If you happen to be a road user, and let’s face it who isn’t these days?”
# Eddie Jordan
The new Top Gear will have an Irish host
The ex-Formula 1 boss will join Chris Evans and Matt LeBlanc.
# how you drivin'
Matt LeBlanc named as new Top Gear co-presenter
He’ll be working alongside Chris Evans, a slightly less surprising selection.
# In The Hotseat
It looks like these guys have chosen a name for their new €220m car show
Clarkson, Hammond and May are back behind the wheel.
# Amazon Prime
Clarkson, Hammond and May have a new show - but Irish viewers won't be able to see it
It’ll be streaming on Amazon Prime from next year. Amazon Prime isn’t available here.
# the last goodbye
Jeremy Clarkson: I'm so sorry Top Gear ended like this
The final episode of the show, as we currently know it, aired last night.
# Top Gear
Actual adults are losing their minds over Chris Evans replacing Jeremy Clarkson
Perspective, people.
# New Job
Chris Evans is replacing Jeremy Clarkson on Top Gear
Jeremy Clarkson was sacked earlier this year after punching the show’s producer.
# Top Gear
Chris Evans is replacing Jeremy Clarkson on Top Gear
Clarkson was sacked in March after being involved in a ‘fracas’ with one of the show’s producers.
# swearing galore
Who was The Stig's favourite star in a reasonably-priced car?
Ben Collins reveals some of his best Top Gear moments.
# Top Gear
So, what does The Stig drive?
We weren’t expecting his answer…
# no fracas to see here
'He didn't punch me': The Stig talks meeting Jeremy Clarkson for the first time in years
Ben Collins also tells us what he thinks of Chris Evans taking over as Top Gear host.
# Top Gear
BBC trying to woo back Richard Hammond and James May in 'multimillion pound deal'
Will all three men be back?
# first interview
"It was my own silly fault" - ahead of Irish show, Clarkson breaks silence on THAT incident
The presenter has given his first interview since being fired from his lucrative Top Gear presenting gig.