‘Dismissing global warming? That was a joke’: Jeremy Clarkson on fury, farming and why he’s a changed man
The former Top Gear presenter claims his controversialist persona was just a caricature, and he’s really a reformed character living the good life. But do old habits die hard?
November 2023
Farewell, Top Gear! Without Freddie Flintoff, you were always doomed
The former cricketer was the motoring show’s best presenter in nearly a decade – and possibly the only thing keeping it going. In his absence, the road had rapidly run out
Top Gear taken off air by BBC following Freddie Flintoff crash
After 46 years, the broadcaster ‘has decided to rest the show’
Andrew Flintoff handed Hundred role as coach of Northern Superchargers
BMW, Subaru and Porsche drivers ‘more likely to cause a crash’, study finds
‘I only realised it was the first lesbian kiss after it aired’: the trailblazers who changed TV for ever
October 2023
BBC denies report decision has been made to axe Top Gear
Corporation says decision will be made ‘in due course’ after show’s staff reportedly told to look for other work after Andrew Flintoff crash
September 2023
For the likes of Jeremy Clarkson, this ‘lefty’ penchant for safer roads is just too pedestrian
Catherine Bennett
‘Perfect time to come back’: cricket ready to welcome Andrew Flintoff home after horror Top Gear crash
March 2023
BBC will not resume filming Top Gear series after Flintoff crash investigation
‘Judgment about how best to continue’ with motoring show will come after health and safety review
December 2022
Freddie Flintoff recovering after Top Gear crash, says Piers Morgan
Freddie Flintoff airlifted to hospital after crash during Top Gear filming
November 2022
Sue Baker obituary
Early Top Gear presenter and one of the few women motoring journalists of her time
The Observer’s Sue Baker was a pioneer for female motoring journalists
Vanessa Thorpe
The Observer’s motoring correspondent for 13 years also presented Top Gear long before the Jeremy Clarkson era
Former Top Gear presenter and motoring journalist Sue Baker dies aged 75
One of the original line-up of the BBC’s car show, Baker had been suffering from motor neurone disease
June 2022
The watcher
When will Top Gear get back to its best? No time soon
Its focus on car culture makes it better than Clarkson et al’s last series. But the driving show needs to address its Paddy McGuinness problem before it can become genuinely great TV
May 2022
Comfort Eating with Grace Dent
S3 E1: James May, broadcaster
Grace Dent is back for third helpings of Comfort Eating, and her first guest of the season is James May, co-presenter of The Grand Tour
February 2022
TV review
The Fast and the Farmer-ish review – BBC Three does competitive tractor racing
Booby-trapped fields! Water cannons! Non-ironic mullets! This daft gameshow might have created a new national sport
November 2021
TV review
Top Gear review – boy racers go full-throttle in the wrong kind of drag race
Now in its 31st series, the motoring show continues to let men burn rubber and hail the patriarchy – though a tribute to Eddie Kidd shows there’s a heart somewhere under the bonnet
March 2021
Sabine Schmitz: Top Gear presenter and 'Queen of Nürburgring' – video obituary
The former racing driver, Top Gear presenter and only female winner of the 24 Hours of Nürburgring race has died after being diagnosed with a rare form of cancer in 2017
