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| BBC gives TV bosses a sneak peek of Top Gear – including Chris Evans feeling sick | BBC gives TV bosses a sneak peek of Top Gear – including Chris Evans feeling sick |
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| Related: Top Gear's Chris Evans and Matt LeBlanc: start of a special relationship? | |
| The BBC has given TV bosses a sneak peek of the new-look Top Gear – including footage of Chris Evans feeling sick after a high-speed drive and a race with a fighter jet at the “Top Gun” base. | The BBC has given TV bosses a sneak peek of the new-look Top Gear – including footage of Chris Evans feeling sick after a high-speed drive and a race with a fighter jet at the “Top Gun” base. |
| The corporation’s commercial arm unveiled the teaser, which was about 1 minute 40 seconds long, to promote the new show to more than 700 TV buyers gathered at its annual programming showcase in Liverpool. | The corporation’s commercial arm unveiled the teaser, which was about 1 minute 40 seconds long, to promote the new show to more than 700 TV buyers gathered at its annual programming showcase in Liverpool. |
| The footage included Evans being driven at breakneck speed around a racetrack by one of his co-hosts, German racing driver Sabine Schmitz. | The footage included Evans being driven at breakneck speed around a racetrack by one of his co-hosts, German racing driver Sabine Schmitz. |
| He asked for the drive to be stopped mid-journey to be sick, although the segment ended before he was shown actually doing so. | He asked for the drive to be stopped mid-journey to be sick, although the segment ended before he was shown actually doing so. |
| Schmitz and Evans were also seen racing a fighter jet at the “Top Gun” training base in Nevada. | Schmitz and Evans were also seen racing a fighter jet at the “Top Gun” training base in Nevada. |
| Other highlights from the series, which is due to air in May, included Formula One driver Jenson Button taking Evans for a drive around the Top Gear track in Surrey. | Other highlights from the series, which is due to air in May, included Formula One driver Jenson Button taking Evans for a drive around the Top Gear track in Surrey. |
| “It went down a storm,” said one TV buyer at the BBC Worldwide event on Monday night at Liverpool’s Echo arena. “The arena was packed and the clip was well received. There was a great reaction to it.” | |
| The event marked the first official appearance of Evans’s “magnificent seven” presenting lineup. | The event marked the first official appearance of Evans’s “magnificent seven” presenting lineup. |
| Those in attendance included Friends star Matt LeBlanc, who in the video clip was seen braving the British weather in an open-top Reliant Rialto three-wheeler from London to Liverpool. | Those in attendance included Friends star Matt LeBlanc, who in the video clip was seen braving the British weather in an open-top Reliant Rialto three-wheeler from London to Liverpool. |
| The presenters drove into the arena in supercars, among them the Aston Martin DB10, which featured in the latest James Bond film, Spectre. | |
| Former F1 team boss and BBC presenter Eddie Jordan recorded a video clip from South Africa, where he is attending a charity event. | Former F1 team boss and BBC presenter Eddie Jordan recorded a video clip from South Africa, where he is attending a charity event. |
| The new series will see the Top Gear team head to locations including Norway, Kazakhstan, Scotland, South Africa, Morocco and Cuba. | The new series will see the Top Gear team head to locations including Norway, Kazakhstan, Scotland, South Africa, Morocco and Cuba. |