Top Gear

Freddie Flintoff recovering after Top Gear crash, says Piers Morgan
Friend and fellow broadcaster says former England cricketer will be OK after ‘pretty serious crash’
Rachel Hall and Harry Taylor
14, Dec, 2022 @6:24 PM

Freddie Flintoff airlifted to hospital after crash during Top Gear filming
Former England cricket captain’s injuries are reportedly ‘not life-threatening’
Harry Taylor
13, Dec, 2022 @10:39 PM

Sue Baker obituary
Early Top Gear presenter and one of the few women motoring journalists of her time
Chris Goffey
22, Nov, 2022 @6:23 PM

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
Vanessa Thorpe
19, Nov, 2022 @6:16 PM

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
Harry Taylor
14, Nov, 2022 @9:43 PM

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
Joel Golby
04, Jun, 2022 @8:00 AM

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
Stuart Jeffries
09, Feb, 2022 @9:30 PM

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
Stuart Jeffries
14, Nov, 2021 @9:00 PM

James May: Oh Cook review – will this be a culinary car crash?
Can’t cook, will cook! This new series sees the Grand Tour presenter aim to brush up on his kitchen skills – all the while assuring us of his ineptitude
Lucy Mangan
13, Nov, 2020 @1:08 PM

Top Gear returns with drive-in live audience after Covid shutdown
Long-running series filmed at Surrey aerodrome in front of 500 fans in parked cars
Tara Conlan
09, Sep, 2020 @10:44 AM

Netflix to resume filming of The Witcher after Covid-19 hiatus
Streaming platform plans to spend £400m to make more than 50 shows and films in UK
Mark Sweney
22, Jun, 2020 @12:37 PM

BBC to resume filming EastEnders and Top Gear by end of June
Production of flagship shows had been put onhold because of the coronavirus crisis
Mark Sweney
14, May, 2020 @1:23 PM
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