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“James May & The Dull Men’s Club” is back with its second episode, airing on Tuesday, November 12, 2024, at 10:00 Pm on Quest. This show dives into the quirky world of The Dull Men’s Club, a unique community boasting over 1.2 million members on Facebook. In this episode, James May continues to explore the everyday topics that many might overlook, but are surprisingly intriguing.

The Dull Men’s Club is all about celebrating the ordinary. It shines a light on the mundane aspects of life that often go unnoticed. In this episode, viewers can expect James to tackle some of the questions and curiosities that members of the club find fascinating. From discussions about the best ways to organize a sock drawer to the art of watching paint dry, the show promises to reveal why these so-called dull topics can actually be captivating.

With James May’s signature humor and insightful commentary,...

Jeremy Clarkson has revealed that he recently underwent emergency heart surgery, including the insertion of a stent, after he was suddenly taken ill after returning home from holiday.

The star of The Grand Tour and Clarkson’s Farm, both huge hits on the streamer Amazon Prime, wrote in his column for The Sunday Times newspaper that he felt clammy, with a tightness in his chest and pins and needles in his left arm.

He wrote: “I certainly wasn’t having a heart attack. But if it hadn’t looked that way, I never would have been sent to hospital.”

The TV farmer added that a few days before, while on holiday in the Indian Ocean, he had had to “take a moment to make sure my limbs were working properly” when he stood up, “struggled” with swimming, and could not descend a flight of stairs “without holding someone’s hand.”

“These...

The Grand Tour featuring controversial motoring fanatic Jeremy Clarkson dropped its finale episode on September 13, and Top Gear fans love it. However, many Zimbabweans are thrilled because the iconic TV journalist showcased their country and claimed he’d “saved the best for last.”

Jeremy Clarkson, James May & Richard Hammond On The Grand Tour

Not deterred by those who slammed him for assaulting a BBC producer while filming Top Gear or those who wanted him canceled for dissing Meghan Markle, the famous tongue-in-cheek journalist went on and started Clarkson’s Farm. Aired on Amazon Prime, he won a lot of fans back.

The Grand Tour was another project put together through Amazon Prime, and motoring enthusiasts cheered. Premiering in 2016, the show featured Jeremy Clarkson, James May, and Richard Hammond. They brought motoring adventures from many countries and it streamed worldwide. But now, he claimed Zimbabwe was the “best” and they “saved” it “for last.

Jeremy Clarkson and the rest of The Grand Tour crew have said goodbye to the franchise with the release of One for the Road. 

Clarkson, along with his two co-hosts Richard Hammond and James May, has called it quits after 22 years of being the predominant voices in automotive TV journalism.  

The trio worked together on BBC's Top Gear for 13 years from 2002-2015 before being ousted from the program thanks to an alleged assault by Clarkson and starting The Grand Tour (another tongue-in-cheek car-focused TV magazine) for Amazon Prime Video. 

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“The Grand Tour” producer Andy Wilman says the seeds for his success were sown at school — which he attended with Jeremy Clarkson.

“I went to school with him which is like, argh,” Wilman revealed. “But we didn’t plan any of this when we were at school, obviously not. We do have a synergy. Some of it did come from school… we never sat down and planned a hit because I don’t think we were clever enough to do that. ‘Top Gear’ became that big but it was by accident.”

Wilman co-created Jeremy Clarkson motoring show “Top Gear” before jumping ship with Clarkson when he was fired by the BBC, moving to Prime Video where they launched a new motoring show called “The Grand Tour.” Wilman also produces “Clarkson’s Farm” among other series.

“Jeremy and I are like a couple of old blokes who started a baker’s shop...

Kaleb Cooper shot to fame as Jeremy Clarkson’s farming manager in the hit Prime video series Clarkson’s Farm, and is known for arguing often with his boss and co-star while they are filming. Now he has shared that, in fact, only “40 percent” of the pair’s fallings-out are actually shown on screen.

Cooper told The Sun newspaper:

“Everything you see on the camera is everything you see behind-the-scenes as well. I mean yes we still argue and I reckon they probably only show 40 per cent of the arguments we actually have.

“But the main thing is that if we have an argument, ten minutes later we’re best friends again. We’ll be like, ‘Do you want a cup of tea? Do you want to go to the pub? Do you want to go for a meal?’”

Cooper, who grew up near Clarkson’s farm Diddly Squat in the UK Cotswolds,...

In the final instalment of Amazon Prime’s The Grand Tour, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May set out on one last adventure. This time, they make a 1400-mile journey through Central Europe, starting from Gdańsk in Poland and travelling through Slovakia, Hungary, and Slovenia. The trio embraces the unique and the unexpected as they […]

The Grand Tour: One For The Road...

Tissues at the ready, “The Grand Tour” fans – the last ever episode is gearing up to be a tear-jerker.

Prime Video has released a nearly three-minute-long trailer for the final episode, “The Grand Tour: One for the Road,” which sees hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May head to Zimbabwe on what is being billed as their last ever episode.

Set to Bonnie Tyler’s emotional ballad “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” the trailer gives fans a glimpse of what to expect when the special finally drops on Sept. 13, including crocodiles, sinking boats and some good old nostalgia.

In one scene, Hammond notes: “We never thought that what we do together would go on as [long] as it has” while May marvels at how long the trio have been working together: “22 years!”

Clarkson, Hammond and May first teamed up on BBC motoring series “Top Gear” in 2002. After Clarkson was fired...

Prime Video has announced the lineup of movies and TV shows that will be available on the service in September. The Prime Video September 2024 lineup includes new Amazon original movies, TV shows, and specials. Below, you can also view the titles available on Amazon Freevee.

Members can look forward to The Money Game, The Grand Tour: One for the Road, and Evolution of the Black Quarterback, as well as Thursday Night Football, WNBA games, and more.

The Grand Tour: One for the Road Prime Video Originals

The Prime Video September 2024 programming includes the following Originals.

The Money Game (2024 – Streaming September 10)

Amidst one of the most unpredictable and intense years of college athletics to date, The Money Game provides an exclusive, all-access pass inside Lsu Athletics. The docuseries examines a historic turning point in the NCAA upon policy changes on Nil rights—guaranteed to shape the trajectory of college sports forever...

The end is here. However, The Grand Tour fans may not be ready for the end of an era. The three Top Gear alums, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May are finishing up the Amazon Prime series with a trip to Zimbabwe.

Just recently, the trio dissolved their company W Chump and Sons, ending their formal partnership. Now, fans get to see their one final excursion.

Here is the info on the final episode entitled One For The Road.

Richard Hammond, The Grand Tour – YouTube What The Grand Tour: One For The Road Is About

Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May are back for one last time. The final episode The Grand Tour entitled One For The Road is premiering soon. What is this new episode about?

In the Amazon Prime Preview Video, viewers get a hint of what is to come. The trio head to Zimbabwe, in Africa.

Andy Wilman has been reflecting on the turmoil in the weeks after Jeremy Clarkson punched a Top Gear producer and was fired by the BBC.

The BBC was plunged into crisis in 2015 when the Top Gear “fracas” paved the way for Clarkson and co-hosts Richard Hammond and James May to join Amazon Prime Video to launch The Grand Tour. Wilman, then Top Gear’s executive producer, also moved over.

Speaking at the Edinburgh TV Festival, the executive producer revealed he had to “fight” the BBC to keep the trio of presenters together. The British broadcaster battled to lock down Hammond and May, with former creative director Alan Yentob playing a pivotal role in the talks.

Related: Jeremy Clarkson Says He Quit ‘The Grand Tour’ After Running Out Of Ideas & Becoming “Unfit, Fat & Old”

“We were fighting the BBC, and they wanted to keep Richard and James so that we would be broken up.

Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May are planning to shuffle off the Amazon Prime Video stage with more of a whimper than a bang, according to The Grand Tour’s executive producer.

Andy Wilman said the final episode featuring the Top Gear alumni will be an “unplugged,” emotional affair when it premieres on Amazon Prime Video on September 13.

Speaking at the Edinburgh TV Festival, Wilman said: “They wanted to go a bit back to 2005 or 2006 … leave the dynamite and just go [to Africa] with shit old cars.”

He added: “Not much happens, I would say. Anyone who thinks they’re going to get Avengers: Endgame is going to be disappointed because it is deliberately gentle. But their camaraderie is next level.”

The final road trip was filmed in Zimbabwe and Botswana, the location of their first Top Gear special. Wilman said it is a nostalgic trip, with Clarkson, Hammond, and May...

The final ever episode of “The Grand Tour” is almost here and Prime Video is giving fans a sneak peak of what to expect — and when.

“The Grand Tour: One for the Road,” a one-off special representing the conclusion of the long-running series, is set to launch on Sept. 13 on the streamer in over 240 countries. Producer Andy Wilman unveiled a first-look image (see above) and release date at the Edinburgh TV Festival, where he is appearing on a panel.

It will see Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May reunite on a final road trip.

“In their last adventure, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May ignore the instructions of Mr Wilman and head to Zimbabwe in three cars they’ve always wanted to own, a Lancia Montecarlo, a Ford Capri 3-litre, and a Triumph Stag, for a stunning road trip through beautiful and sometimes challenging landscapes leading to an emotional...

The Grand Tour host James May will embark on a new adventure for Channel 5, retracing the footsteps of some of history’s most famous explorers. The three-part series, titled The Great Explorers with James May, will see the presenter follow in the paths of Christopher Columbus, Sir Walter Raleigh, and Captain James Cook. Each 90-minute […]

James May to Host New Adventure Series for Channel 5...

The Grand Tour trio, James May, Richard Hammond, and Jeremy Clarkson have gone their separate ways. What is the legal action that the former Top Gear hosts have taken? Here is the latest news.

Richard Hammond, James May, Jeremy Clarkson The Grand Tour – Instagram The Grand Tour Trio Go Their Separate Ways

This is the end of an era. The Grand Tour trio of James May, Richard Hammond, and Jeremy Clarkson have called it quits. According to The Daily Mail, the three presenters and Amazon Prime reality stars have ended their 21-year-old television partnership.

The three stars have filed documents to dissolve their company W. Chump and Sons. That means that with the exception of the already filmed Zimbabwe episode, they will no longer be working together in this capacity. The company was successful with £6 million in turnover, and £ 3.8 in assets.

Not bad for three guys who transformed reality television.

James May is set to embark on a unique television journey, stepping away from his well-known motoring shows. The presenter will explore the extraordinary in the ordinary in his new series, “James May and The Dull Men’s Club,” coming to Quest later in 2024. May’s new show is a significant shift from his usual content, […]

James May and The Dull Men’s Club, New Series for Quest...

Film London Predicts $12B Film & TV Boost To UK Capital

Film London has suggested that the film, TV and animation industries could generate as much as $12B (£9.5B) in investment in the UK capital in the next five years to 2028-29, as a result of its support activities. The body released the figures as part of its 20th anniversary celebrations on Wednesday. It said this investment would in turn add another $1.2B (£1B) in Gva for London over the same five-year period. The future impact figures were modelled on 2023/24 data. Film London noted that the forecast builds on figures for the previous five years, during which it said $5B (£4B) was invested in London as a result of its activities. These include the Artists Moving Image Network, equal access schemes such as Breaking the Glass Ceiling as well as the Production Finance Market (Pfm), during the BFI London Film Festival,...

Since 2008, the TV academy has honored the work of reality and competition series presenters with the Emmy Award for Best Reality/Competition Host. During this year’s first-round nominations voting period, academy members from eight branches must choose from 48 entrants, which is down from 2023’s total of 67 and keeps the number of available nomination slots at five.

Included on the 2024 ballot is reigning victor RuPaul Charles, who has prevailed on all eight of his consecutive bids for “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” Also seeking another win is Jeff Probst (“Survivor”), who dominated the category from 2008 to 2011 but has not been nominated since.

The peer groups allowed to vote for nominations in this category are casting directors, daytime programming, performers, producers, production executives, professional representatives, reality, and television executives. These voters have until June 24 to choose from the options listed below, and the lineup will be announced on July 17.

See 2024 Emmy nominations ballot:...

James May has said his tweet about Pride flags in London has been misinterpreted.

Earlier this week, The Grand Tour presenter posted on X (once Twitter) that he “admired” the Pride movement, but that rows of LGBTQ+ flags in central London “may be seen as authoritarian.”

“Please remember that some terrible things, with which you would not wish to be allied, began with Tmb [Too Much Bunting]. World War Two, for example,” he wrote.

Pride: while I have observed and admired what you have achieved over my lifetime, may I respectfully suggest that you are borderline guilty of Too Much Bunting (Tmb). It may be seen as authoritarian, and therefore oppressive.

Please remember that some terrible things, with which… pic.twitter.com/DsMcikkaVF

— James May (@MrJamesMay) June 13, 2024

May was quickly accused of comparing the Pride movement to the Nazis, leading to him posting a series of replies rejecting the suggestion. “No dog whistling intended,...

Amazon Prime’s Clarkson’s Farm Season 3 is another unqualified success. People love Jeremy Clarkson’s farming series. Best of all, they are already filming Season 4. However, Andy Wilman, the producer of this series, as well as The Grand Tour has revealed that there is already an endgame.

How long with Jeremy Clarkson continue this series? Here is the surprising answer.

Kaleb Cooper Clarkson’s Farm – YouTube Jeremy Clarkson Knows When He Will End Clarkson’s Farm

In Clarkson’s Farm Season 3, it seems that Jeremy and Lisa have hit a stride with pig farming. They also finally got planning permission to sell their products. Growing mushrooms has hit a snag, but they continue to figure out more ways to make their property valuable. However, it doesn’t mean that this show will last forever.

According to Deadline, producer Andy Wilman has revealed that he doesn’t know how long this series will last.

Exclusive: Andy Wilman looks like a man who’s not seen sunlight for a while. Peering down the barrel of a Zoom call, he’s got a touch of man flu after a spell in his editing bunker. Wilman is perpetually “in an edit.” He’s currently honing the final episode of The Grand Tour, but he could just as well be looking at rushes from Clarkson’s Farm Season 4. It is his happy place.

We talk just days after Season 3 has been confirmed as Amazon Prime Video’s highest-rated UK original, sitting acres ahead of lavishly-budgeted series including Fallout and The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Not bad for a show in which the centerpiece storyline is the birthing journey of a pig named Baroness. Clarkson’s Farm was, in Wilman’s words, conceived as Clarkson’s “solo album” away from Richard Hammond and James May, but...

Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble announces Anna Sokolow and the Reimagined Roots of Anti-Fascist Dance, which was performed on Friday, January 26, 2024 at 7 pm at the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Coolidge Auditorium, is now available for streaming on demand. To watch the performance, visit https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-11277/.

When the Library of Congress Music Division made the extraordinary discovery of handwritten scores composed by Alex North for two of Anna Sokolow’s dances, Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble Artistic Director Samantha Géracht reimagined the dances using archival evidence and the music. “Slaughter of the Innocents” is Sokolow’s 1937 lament for Basque women suffering under Nazi aerial bombing. “Ballad in a Popular Style” is a wistful lyrical excursion into jazz, first performed in 1936. Both will be performed by members of the Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble to the original music, for the first time in 80 years, showing that the creative collaboration...

Max and discovery+ will get MotorTrend content, but streamers like Peacock, Prime Video and Netflix also carry titles gear heads might have interest in.

Car lovers everywhere grimaced at the news that Warner Bros. Discovery was planning to shut down its MotorTrend+ streaming service in March when it broke this week. MotorTrend+ is one of the top places to find automotive content, from car makeover shows to series featuring big-name celebrities and their favorite rides, and much more. With access to MotorTrend+ about to end, where can gearheads find and stream new and legacy titles relating to automotive topics?

Netflix and Prime Video offer excellent on-demand titles like “Formula 1: Drive to Survive” and the BBC’s “Top Gear.” ESPN+ and Peacock are perfect for viewers who want to enjoy live auto racing from F1 and NASCAR. Viewers can head to Max and discovery+ to find content formerly housed on...

TV presenter and award-winning journalist, Richard Hammond and his daughter, Izzy Hammond, will co-host the brand new Global Original and Piffle podcast: Who We Are Now, available to listen to from Tuesday 27th February 2024.

In 2006, Richard Hammond broke his brain. A high-speed jet-powered car he was piloting crashed at 319mph and the thing that stopped the car from rolling? That was his head. Richard spent a few weeks in hospital, having his brain put back together. This life-changing experience gave Richard time to have a long, hard look at his emotional state and mental health. Since then, he's been on a journey of self-discovery and personal growth, leading him to present his first-ever podcast series, Who We Are Now. Listeners will have the opportunity to join Richard on his mission to demystify and destigmatise conversations around masculinity, mental health, and the issues that affect us all to discover Who We Are Now.

Prime Video has debuted the trailer for the upcoming adventure with Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May, ‘The Grand Tour: Sand Job.’ Which is perfect timing to present our extended interview with one the its stars – Richard Hammond.

Colin Hart sat down with the presenter to talk about the new series, the lure and appeal of the show as it has evolved and what was the spark in the original Top Gear meetings that helped spawn these huge shows.

Trailer Time!

Jeremy, James and Richard head to Africa for their penultimate adventure, and given they are entering the end game, they make sure this outing is a spectacular one.

In the remote African country of Mauritania, the trio follow in the footsteps of the legendary Paris-Dakar rally. Instead of bespoke Dakar racers, the boys must complete their journey in cheap modified sports cars. Their journey begins with the world...

French farmers, who are currently blockading Paris with their tractors to protest the economic crisis facing the country’s agricultural sector, have found an unlikely hero in Jeremy Clarkson.

The controversial TV presenter has won praise from the protestors for his Amazon Prime Video Series Clarkson’s Farm, following his attempts to run his Diddly Squat Farm in the Cotswolds, and public backing of British farming.

“We need one of our French celebrities to do the same thing as Jeremy Clarkson in Amazon Prime Series Clarkson’s Farm,” protesting French farmer Robi Leduc told a reporter from the UK’s The Telegraph newspaper.

French farmers say their sector is on the brink of collapse as incomes fall due to rising environmental regulations, red tape and competition from cheaper imports, all issues Clarkson has talked about in his show in relation to British farming.

“Everything he explained: that’s how and why we are here today,...

When the news came out in December that “The Grand Tour” — Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond’s post-“Top Gear” automotive series — would be coming to an end, fans were left wondering why.

But, in a new interview with The Times, Clarkson has delivered a cheeky yet straightforward answer: it’s because he’s “unfit and fat and old.”

Clarkson told The Times that the show “is immensely physical, and when you’re unfit and fat and old, which I am…” He also feels the trio has done just about “everything you can do with a car.”

“I’ve driven cars higher than anyone else and further north than anyone else,” Clarkson said. “We’ve done everything you can do with a car. When we had meetings about what to do next, people just threw their arms in the air.”

There are still two more specials of “The Grand Tour,...

Jeremy Clarkson has revealed why it’s the end of the road for The Grand Tour. Clarkson said he and co-hosts, James May and Richard Hammond, decided to quit the Amazon Prime Video show after running out of steam.

In an interview with The Times of London, Clarkson said it was becoming increasingly difficult to conjure up outlandish adventures for the show and that the presenters were all showing their age.

Clarkson, who is 63, said: “I’ve driven cars higher than anyone else and further north than anyone else. We’ve done everything you can do with a car. When we had meetings about what to do next, people just threw their arms in the air.”

He added that The Grand Tour missions are “immensely physical” and had become increasingly difficult when “you’re unfit and fat and old.” “If you’re Bear Grylls you go to a hotel — there...

To celebrate the release of James May: Our Man In India, we spoke to the star himself.

The third season of his travel series sees James May cross-country across the colourful country as he uncovers unknown treasures and local delicacies.

We spoke to James May about why he wanted to cover India, as well as talking about the tentative relationship Britain has with the country since the Victorian Empire.

The post James May: Our Man In India – We chat to the Grand Tour man about his new series appeared first on HeyUGuys.

James May has left the car door open for a reunion with Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond after they park their Prime Video series The Grand Tour for a final time.

During BBC Radio 4’s Today program, which he was guest editing this morning, he responded to a question about the future of the series by saying: “Well, we’ve filmed the last one for now. I suppose that makes me technically unemployed — I can hear the cheers rolling around the country.

“We’ve got two in the bag, though, so there’s one coming out very soon. I’m not sure what I’m allowed to say here. Then [there is] another one coming out a bit after that.”

In November, Clarkson told The Times newspaper that the trio were “done” after 34 years of car review programs. However, Prime Video is yet to officially cancel The Grand Tour, which is among its highest-rating original series.

Amazon Prime Video’s automotive series “The Grand Tour” is not moving forward at the streamer — at least with its current hosts, former “Top Gear” trio Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond.

Sources tell Variety that Clarkson, May and Hammond have just returned from filming the show’s final special in Zimbabwe, which will launch at a later date next year and conclude the fifth season. A special set in Mauritania will launch before that, in February. Though options to continue the series with different hosts are being explored, it has not yet been greenlit. The “Grand Tour” news follows the announcement earlier this week that Clarkson’s other show on Amazon Prime Video, “Clarkson’s Farm,” is getting a fourth season.

Clarkson said in a statement to The Times on Thursday, “We’re done. I have reviewed cars on TV since 1989. That’s 34 years. And after next year, I...

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Red Sea Revs Up

Shifting sands: Red Sea International Film Festival, the big Saudi Arabian film get-together, opens its third edition next Thursday in the port city of Jeddah. The event was launched in the wake of Saudi Arabia lifting of its 35-year cinema ban at the end of 2017, as part of its 2030 Vision plan aimed at moving the economy away from a reliance on oil, and has become an integral part of the country’s ambition to become the leading film and TV hub in the Mena region. But announcements on films and guests have been down to the wire this year, as the event juggles the shifting sands of the global geo-political tensions set in motion by the Israel-Hamas...

After the BBC revealed that “Top Gear” won’t be returning “for the foreseeable future,” former presenter James May has said that the series needs “a bit of a rethink.”

In an interview on the BBC’s “Today” podcast, May — who hosted “Top Gear” alongside Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond for over a decade — said that the show must be revamped whenever it does return.

“My honest view is — I can say this now — it does need a bit of a rethink,” May told the BBC. “It’s time for a new format and a new approach to the subject because the subject has not been this interesting, I suspect, since the car has been invented.”

On Tuesday, the BBC announced that “Top Gear” had officially been put on pause following a halt in production after presenter Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff was injured in an on-set accident in December. Flintoff had...

Former Top Gear host James May has criticized the “car show-erati” who have called for him and his fellow former co-presenters to be reinstated on the hit motoring show since Andrew Flintoff’s crash.

Speaking to the BBC, May said he has been annoyed by “the people who watch car shows and were saying, ‘Well now they’ve done that wrong you can come back in and rescue [Top Gear].“

May referred to these “partisan” Top Gear fans as the “car show-erati.”

“I was just thinking, ‘The bloke has hurt himself very badly in a life-changing way and you could perhaps not use it as an opportunity to be partisan’,” said May of these fans. “You could perhaps say, ‘Rotten bit of luck, get well soon’.”

May was speaking on a trailed BBC Today podcast, which will be out in full tomorrow, a day after the BBC said Top Gear...

The BBC is pumping the brakes on Top Gear.

The British public broadcaster announced Tuesday that the veteran car show — which airs Stateside on BBC America and was most recently hosted by Freddie Flintoff, Paddy McGuinness and Chris Harris — is being put on “rest” for the foreseeable future.

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“Given the exceptional circumstances, the BBC has decided to rest the U.

Hit automotive series “Top Gear” is being put in park “for the foreseeable future,” the BBC revealed on Tuesday.

The news comes after presenter Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff was injured in an on-set accident in December, resulting in a pause in production on the show’s 34th season. Flintoff had been a presenter on the series since 2019, alongside Paddy McGuinness and Chris Harris.

“Given the exceptional circumstances, the BBC has decided to rest the U.K. show for the foreseeable future,” the statement reads. “The BBC remains committed to Freddie, Chris and Paddy who have been at the heart of the show’s renaissance since 2019, and we’re excited about new projects being developed with each of them. We will have more to say in the near future on this. We know resting the show will be disappointing news for fans, but it is the right thing to do. All other...

Top Gear presenter Freddie Flintoff voiced his concerns about safety during filming on the same day as he was injured in a 130mph crash, The Sun newspaper reports.

Former England cricketer Flintoff was badly injured in December 2022 when his open-topped Morgan Super 3 car crashed while filming a segment for the longrunning BBC car show.

The Sun quotes an insider reporting:

“Freddie voiced his worries about the safety of the stunt on set on the day of the accident.

“He questioned whether or not it was Ok, given the vehicle and conditions on the track.

“He was apprehensive before he got behind the wheel and production staff at the track were aware of this.”

Filming was suspended on the 34th series of the show following the accident, and Flintoff has only recently been seen in public, with his facial injuries still visible. He also broke several ribs.

The future of the show,...

The Mail on Sunday newspaper reports that Top Gear, in all likelihood, will not return to screens following a near-fatal crash involving one of its star presenters, Freddie Flintoff. Following the show being put “on hold” in March, the paper claims that the hit show’s production team has been dismantled.

This follows the departure of two key senior creatives from the team – editorial director Clare Pizey and development producer Chris Payne.

The newspaper reports that BBC sources have confirmed there are no plans to develop a fresh series, and plans to broadcast the most recent series 34 have been shelved.

Former England cricketing hero Flintoff received serious injuries to his face and ribs in a car accident back in December 2022. Although Flintoff returned to public life a fortnight ago – photographed practising with the English cricket team – his injuries remained visible, and questions about the BBC’s liability for the accident...

Former England cricket captain Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff has been pictured for the first time since he was injured in a car accident during filming of the BBC series Top Gear.

The all-rounder and star of the England Ashes series in 2005 and 2009 was seen on Friday taking part in practice drills with the England cricket team at Cardiff, Wales. It is understood he was not there in an official capacity but invited to spend time with the team during its one-day international match against New Zealand.

Flintoff, who has been a presenter with the Top Gear team since 2019, was injured in December last year during the filming of a segment for the series at the Dunsfold Park Aerodrome in Surrey, southern England. His injuries remain visible on his face, and he is also understood to have broken ribs in the accident.

The hit show was mid-production for its 34th series, but...

Prime Video may not be your favorite streaming service yet, but it could be soon if it continues to release high-quality original series at this rate. Prime Video is gearing up to release seven original seasons of TV in June.

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Some of these series — such as the explosive international espionage thriller show “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan” — are returning favorites with multiple seasons already available to stream on-demand on Prime Video. Others, like the mystery-comedy series “Deadloch,” are brand new!

The best news is, if you’re not a Prime Video subscriber yet, you can try all of these shows for free thanks to Prime Video’s generous 30-day free trial offer.

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Jeremy Clarkson has called on the BBC to “save” Top Gear.

Last week, it was announced that filming will not resume on the current series of Top Gear after presenter Freddie Flintoff was involved in an accident during filming in December.

The former cricketer was airlifted to hospital after crashing while shooting a car review at the show’s test track in Surrey’s Dunsfold Park Aerodrome. You can read more about the accident here.

Writing in his column in The Sun, former host Clarkson said that “Top Gear has to be saved”.

“There will, of course, be an inquiry into the appalling accident that has ended Freddie Flintoff’s spell as a host of Top Gear,” he said, addressing reports that the former England cricketer will now leave the motoring programme for good.

“From what I can gather, it was absolutely horrific and it will take a very long...

Amazon Prime Video may be rethinking its relationship with Jeremy Clarkson, but it has doubled down on James May.

The Grand Tour presenter will return for a second helping of his rudimentary cooking show Oh Cook!, while Amazon has also confirmed Deadline’s story that May will travel to India for a third season of Our Man In…

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The second season of Oh Cook! will premiere on May 24, marking another stage in his journey from kitchen klutz to capable cook.

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For Our Man In India, May will start his journey in Mumbai before traveling north through Udaipur, experiencing the Holi festival,...

Could I, a normal bloke, run a crystal meth empire? Could I survive on a mysterious, sinister Pacific island? Could I spend years in combat training so I might kill the leader of a zombie army? So much of great TV is about taking ordinary people and exposing them to the crucible of the extraordinary. It permits the audience to analyse and hypothesise about their own suitability for the task – and no show of recent years has done this with greater panache than Clarkson’s Farm. Could you artificially inseminate a heifer?

“There have been a few changes,” Jeremy Clarkson, the proprietor of the Diddly Squat Farm announces in the opening monologue to this, the second series of his self-titled Amazon Prime show. The “ruinously expensive” sheep are gone, the durum wheat is flourishing, and the farm shop has created so much traffic that locals apparently can’t get to their Covid vaccinations.

Jeremy Clarkson has claimed that James May has been influenced by “lefties” as he criticised his The Grand Tour co-host’s support of 20mph speed limits.

Last week, May voiced his support for proposed plans to make 20mph the default speed on new or redesigned urban streets, as well as in residential areas.

Appearing on the Today programme on Radio 4, May said that he “hates to say I’m very right-on”, adding that he “would agree that a blanket 20mph would probably be a little bit knuckle-headed, but in a lot of urban places, city centre, towns and villages, actually 20mph makes perfect sense”.

Writing in his column in The Sun, Clarkson hit out at the comments from “m’colleague” May, suggesting that the former Top Gear host was now backing “leftie” plans.

“Of course, you’re thinking that James May would say that,” Clarkson wrote. “He’s known as...

Jeremy Clarkson has admitted that major traffic caused by visitors to his shop at the Diddly Squat Farm prevented some people from getting to the local health centre for their Covid vaccinations.

The controversial former Top Gear presenter discussed the issue in Amazon Prime’s Clarkson’s Farm, a series that follows his attempts to run the farm in the Cotswolds.

In a preview of the first episode of the new series, seen by The Independent, Clarkson says the farm shop “turned out to be rather more popular than we’d expected”.

Speaking over footage of large queues, a rammed car park and road traffic, he continues: “Last week, the main road jammed up for three hours. People couldn’t get to be vaccinated at the health centre, and they couldn’t get a crew for the fire station.”

He adds: “I just didn’t think it through. I didn’t...

Exclusive: James May will be back for a third helping of his Amazon Our Man In… travel show.

The Grand Tour presenter will head to India for another round of irreverent adventures after journeying to Japan and Italy in Season 1 and 2 respectively.

The Amazon Prime Video original is produced by Plum Pictures, the British production outfit. Plum made James May: Oh Cook! for Amazon and is preparing a Serena Williams access series for the streamer.

News of the renewal comes days after May distanced himself from comments his friend and co-host Jeremy Clarkson made about Meghan Markle in a column for The Sun, the British tabloid newspaper.

Clarkson said he “hates” the Duchess of Sussex and she should be made to “parade naked through the streets of every town in Britain,” a callback to a Game of Thrones scene. He has since apologized.

After being read an excerpt from Clarkson’s missive,...

Will Smith is teaming up again with Martin Lawrence for a fourth Bad Boys film, it has been announced.

In a clip shared to Instagram on Tuesday (31 January) afternoon, an excitable Smith told his fans to “stop scrolling” as he had news to be shared.

Smith filmed himself driving in his car, with his camera in one hand, while the destination was bleeped out.

“I wish I was y’all, not knowing what I’m about to show you,” he said.

Smith then pulled in, telling the camera: “We here. We go.” After knocking on the door, it was opened to reveal his Bad Boys co-star Martin Lawrence. Smith yelled his name, while the actors repeated that it was “about that time”.

“It’s official, y’all,” Smith said, with Lawrence adding: “Y’all know what it is, right?”

“It’s official. ‘Bad Boys for life’. ‘4’ life,” Smith said, while...

Ashton Kutcher has spoken about the rape allegations made against his former co-star Danny Masterson.

Kutcher’s That ‘70s Show and The Ranch castmate Masterson appeared in court in November, charged with allegedly raping three women, including a former girlfriend, at his home between 2001 and 2003.

Back in December, the case ended in mistrial after the jury were deadlocked and unable to reach a verdict. In January, prosecutors said that they would retry Masterson on all three counts, with the new trial scheduled for March.

In an interview with Esquire, Kutcher said Masterson had been the one to mentor and keep in line the young cast on That ‘70s Show, making the legal case particularly hard for him to watch.

Explaining that he was still in touch with Masterson and regularly speaks to his brother, Kutcher said that he worried about the impact of the case on his eight-year-old daughter.

“Someday,...

Marc Maron has condemned the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences after it announced it would be investigating Andrea Riseborough’s grassroots Oscar campaign, which led to her Best Actress nomination for To Leslie.

Maron, 59, who stars as motel owner Sweeney in the indie film alongside Riseborough’s spiralling single mother, blasted the Academy on the latest episode of his Wtf podcast, which was released on Monday (30 January).

“Apparently, the Academy of Motion Picture Sciences or whatever the f*** it is has decided to investigate Andrea Riseborough’s grassroots campaign to get her the Oscar nomination,” he said.

“Because I guess it so threatens their system that they’re completely bought out by corporate interests in the form of studios.”

He added: “Millions of dollars [are] put into months and months of advertising campaigns, publicity, screenings by large corporate entertainment entities and Andrea was championed by her peers through a...

Cindy Williams, the “Shirley” half of the hit television sitcom Laverne & Shirley, has died after a brief illness at age 75, according to a statement from her family

Her children, Zak and Emily Hudson, said in a statement to the Associated Press that the passing of their “kind, hilarious mother” has brought the family “insurmountable sadness that could never truly be expressed”.

“Knowing and loving her has been our joy and privilege. She was one of a kind, beautiful, generous and possessed a brilliant sense of humor and a glittering spirit that everyone loved,” according to the statement.

Williams, who starred opposite Penny Marshall’s Laverne on the iconic eight-season sitcom, also starred in classics American Graffiti and the Best Picture-nominated 1974 thriller The Conversation.

A guest appearance as Shirley with Marshall as the wise-cracking Laverne on ABC’s massive Happy Days proved so popular that the duo starred in their own spin-off series,...