Top Gear is officially returning to the BBC.
Ed Havard, the broadcaster’s director of entertainment, made the announcement at the Edinburgh TV Festival.
It comes nearly four years after host Freddie Flintoff was seriously injured in a high-speed crash while filming in Surrey.
Production of the 34th series of the motoring show was halted following the incident, and the BBC later announced that it would “rest” for the foreseeable future.
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