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CHRIS EVANS IS the new presenter of Top Gear.
The BBC Radio 2 DJ has inked a three-year deal with the BBC to replace Jeremy Clarkson, who was sacked earlier this year after punching the show’s producer.
Richard Hammond and James May, who presented alongside Clarkson, have previously said they did not want to continue working on the show without him.
Evans confirmed the news this evening in a tweet:
The radio DJ has long been a favourite to replace Clarkson - the pair recently recorded a segment together for the 20th anniversary of Evans’ TFI Friday which saw them racing around the Top Gear track.
In a statement from the BBC, Evans said he was “thrilled” to be taking over his “favourite programme of all time”:
I promise I will do everything I possibly can to respect what has gone on before and take the show forward.
The show’s first series with Evans at the helm will go into production in the next few weeks – the last episode featuring Clarkson will air on June 28.
Written by David Elkin and originally published on DailyEdge.ie
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All of a sudden I’ve an overwhelming urge to watch re-runs of Matlock….strange.
Is Willie O’Dea stuck in the 80s or what ?
That Durcan lad was on VB one night – he was ranting like a teenager on cocaine !
The sun went to bernards head years ago he is a g@bshite
… and Willie is the antidote, Mary!
Them threads are fresh!
A sugar tax? They do realise that there is sugar in pretty much everything? VAT itself is like a sugar tax.
They probably have the heating still on.
What little respect you all have for the people that these democratically elected heroes represent. Shame on you all
They’re liars and there is ample proof – your moral compass is askew Citizen ..
If burton turned up in a bikini, she’d clear the place like a bomb scare !
Bernard Durkan is first-cousin’s with Matlock. Fact.
That white jacket is the pure sign of an Idiot.one would imagine that he would have more cop.
Must be saving up to pay their Dail Bar tabs …..
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