An executive from the BBC has revealed that returning to film for Top Gear would be 'really inappropriate' as Freddie Flintoff recovers from an accident which took place while filming for the show back in December.
The 45-year-old presenter, who's first name is Andrew, was involved in a freak accident at the Dunsfold Aerodrome, Surrey, last year while filming on the Top Gear test track.
And last month, the British Broadcasting Corporation announced that 'it would be inappropriate to resume making series 34 of Top Gear' at the time, after an internal investigation into the incident which left Flintoff airlifted to hospital.
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Speaking today at a Broadcasting Press Guild event, chief content officer of the BBC, Charlotte Moore, was probed on if Top Gear would be returning. To which, she replied: My priority at the moment is supporting Freddie through his recovery so I think it would be really inappropriate for us to resume filming now.
“I think when we get to the point where he feels ready … and we’ll get to thinking about getting him back.”
She continued: "I think we’ve got to talk about what Freddie wants to do. When someone’s in recovery, I don’t think we would push that … I think that would be really inappropriate, I wouldn’t be happy. I think you’ve got to be really human about this and do the right thing.”
An earlier statement from the BBC confirmed that there will be a health and safety review of the show in line with procedures after the horrifying accident which took place December 13. A decision with regards to resuming filming will be made later in the year, The PA News Agency understands.
Freddie Flintoff was hospitalised and left with broken bones after the accident in December - in which the open-topped car he was driving is said to have flipped before sliding along the track itself.
Over the years, a number of Top Gear presenters have suffered scrapes and chilling accidents while filming for the show. Flintoff's incident follows on from a 2006 Top Gear crash, in which former presenter Richard Hammond lost control of a high-speed supercar in Switzerland.
The freak accident left Hammond on life support in a coma for two weeks, after he sustained a frontal lobe injury. Production on that series of Top Gear was too delayed by several months.
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