the car show top gearA hit BBC show exported around the world, will go on indefinite hiatus in the UK after presenter Andrew Flintoff’s serious accident on set in December 2022.

“Given the exceptional circumstances, the BBC has decided to immediately pause the UK version of the programme.», the public audiovisual group announced in a press release on Tuesday.

“We will provide more information on this in the near future. We know the end of the show is disappointing news for fans, but we think it’s the right thing to do.“continued the BBC.

Financial agreement with the presenter.

After the accident, the BBC temporarily stopped production of the programme, believing it would be “inappropriate» resume filming without reviewing safety regulations.

A reference show, Top Gear has been exported to more than 150 territories and 11 countries, including France and the United States, which have launched their own local version of the program. These versions distributed abroad or even the magazines of the same name”are not affected by this interruption», specified the BBC.

Seriously injured on the spot, Andrew Flintoff, 45, former captain of the England cricket team, recently reappeared in public with facial injuries.

The commercial arm of the BBC Studios group reached a financial agreement with the former athlete last month, the amount of which was not revealed, but which, according to Sunwould exceed 10 million euros.

After the departure of its emblematic presenters from the show”The great tour» On Amazon, the BBC launched a new version of the show in 2019. Andrew Flintoff, who began presenting Top Gear that year, suffered a first accident and lost control of his vehicle.