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| Top Gear will return, BBC insists | Top Gear will return, BBC insists |
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| Top Gear will return in the summer, the BBC has said - despite host Jeremy Clarkson declaring that it will not. | Top Gear will return in the summer, the BBC has said - despite host Jeremy Clarkson declaring that it will not. |
| At the end of the latest series last week, the BBC Two announcer stated the show would be back in the summer. | |
| But in his newspaper column in The Sun, Clarkson said: "Can I just say, here and now, it won't be." | But in his newspaper column in The Sun, Clarkson said: "Can I just say, here and now, it won't be." |
| A BBC spokesman responded by saying: "Top Gear will be back. A summer special is planned." A new series would reach screens in the autumn, he added. | A BBC spokesman responded by saying: "Top Gear will be back. A summer special is planned." A new series would reach screens in the autumn, he added. |
| Ratings winner | Ratings winner |
| "We're expecting all three boys to present the programmes." | "We're expecting all three boys to present the programmes." |
| But he refused to give any further details or explain the confusion. | But he refused to give any further details or explain the confusion. |
| The show made a successful comeback in January, four months after co-host Richard Hammond was involved in a serious high-speed crash while filming. | The show made a successful comeback in January, four months after co-host Richard Hammond was involved in a serious high-speed crash while filming. |
| An estimated eight million people tuned in to see the last episode in the series on Sunday - BBC Two's largest audience for 10 years. | An estimated eight million people tuned in to see the last episode in the series on Sunday - BBC Two's largest audience for 10 years. |