TV: BBC To "pause" Top Gear for "awhile"

[Jumptheshark]

This has been rumoured for awhile and BBC had been denying it. Freddie Flintoff was seriously injured and that lawsuits are still flying

Top Gear Cancelled? BBC Puts Car Show on ‘Rest’ for the ‘Foreseeable Future’

The BBC is pumping the brakes on 'Top Gear' following a car crash involving host Freddie Flintoff — get details.

tvline.com

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[The Crypto Guy]

The 15 people who still watch this are gonna be livid.

 

[norrisnick]

I thought it was paused in 2015....

 

[John Price]

they basically put it on pause after clarkson and friends left because there was no interest lol

 

[hangman005]

Wait.... top gear was still going?

 

[Jumptheshark]

they basically put it on pause after clarkson and friends left because there was no interest lol

A 11 mill payoff to Freddie Flintoff was the final straw

 

[Jack Straw]

they basically put it on pause after clarkson and friends left because there was no interest lol

Clarkson didn't "leave", he was sacked after he punched one of the producers (and got in trouble for some other things).

Jeremy Clarkson - Wikipedia

 

[John Price]

Clarkson didn't "leave", he was sacked after he punched one of the producers (and got in trouble for some other things).

Jeremy Clarkson - Wikipedia

and may and Hammond left with him making the show irrelevant

hope it was worth killing your brand

Wait.... top gear was still going?