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EXCLUSIVE: The Grand Tour showrunner Andy Wilman has revealed new details about the solo projects and specials he is working on with Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May for Amazon, as well as the structure of their deal with the streamer. Wilman spoke to Deadline after we reported that he is shutting down W…

British motoring format Top Gear is driving off with three new local remakes in the Nordics. Discovery Networks Nordics is adapting the format – made famous by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May – in Sweden, Denmark and Norway after striking a deal with BBC Studios. Banijay Group-backed Nordisk Film TV…

A multi-year deal reached by MotorTrend Group and BBC Studios will yield the new U.S. series Top Gear America (working title) and provide North American streaming rights to the full library of more than 200 classic Top Gear episodes. The pact was announced by Discovery and the BBC in the lead-up to Discovery’s upfront…

The BBC has signed up British entertainers Paddy McGuinness and Freddie Flintoff to replace Matt LeBlanc as the hosts of global motoring format Top Gear. This comes after the former Friends star revealed that he would be leaving Top Gear after the next series of the BBC Studios-produced show. The 26th season of the…

Matt LeBlanc is making for the exit after BBC Studios confirmed that the Top Gear host will leave after the next season of the motoring format. LeBlanc, who joined the series in 2016, will leave the BBC Two show after his fourth journey later this year. Presenting alongside Chris Harris and Rory Reid, the Friends star…

Update, With Hammond Message Richard Hammond posted a brief video message today on his Drivetribe channel from his hospital bed in Switzerland, cheerfully thanking the emergency workers who rescued him and apologizing to his wife and daughters for being a “colossal” idiot. He says he’ll need surgery to get a “Swiss…

A new iteration of Top Gear is heading to the U.S. BBC America has greenlighted a U.S. spinoff of the hit UK Top Gear franchise for premiere later this year. The network says the eight-episode hourlong series will be hosted by racing enthusiast and actor William Fichtner, world champion drag racer Antron Brown, and…

Prior motor convictions, speeding offenses, and competitive driving — all reasonable queries when being assessed for car insurance. At least that’s true for the hosts of BBC America’s high octane motoring series Top Gear. The newly released trailer for season 24 features Matt LeBlanc, Chris Harris and Rory Reid as…

BBC Worldwide is continuing to mine its lucrative Top Gear catalog under a new deal with Shanghai Media Group’s Shanghai Oriental Pearl Group. The pact will bring 360 hours of the motoring program to BesTV platforms in China which have over 26M subscribers. Early next year, the upcoming 24th cycle of the show that now…

It's been suspected for months, but now it's official: Amazon Prime is going global. The service will begin rolling out its new motoring show, The Grand Tour, internationally in December following its initial launch to current subscribers this week. That means viewers in more than 200 countries will be able to access…

The BBC has confirmed that Matt LeBlanc will return to host Top Gear under a two-season deal. The first will air next year. LeBlanc co-fronted the most recent season of the flagship BBC Two motoring show with Chris Evans who abruptly departed in July. The next season, which is Cycle 24, will see LeBlanc joined by…

Former Top Gear exec producer Andy Wilman told an audience of industry executives at the Edinburgh TV Festival that his departure last year from the BBC — and that of the show's principals — was part of "a perfect storm" that had been brewing for some time, and one which might have been avoided. Wilman exited the…