Top Gear is moving its production to Bristol for the first time, with its new series set to air in 2022.
The hit BBC motoring show, presented by Andrew Flintoff, Paddy McGuinness and Chris Harris, will relocate from London in spring next year.
Hannah Wyatt, managing director for factual entertainment and events productions at BBC Studios, said: "Our Bristol hub is an already incredibly successful and vibrant production base that makes many of our highly popular returning factual entertainment series and blue-chip natural history titles – so the Top Gear team will be in very good creative company.
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"It’s an exciting move for the show."
The show, which used to be hosted by Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond, will produce its 33rd series in Bristol.
Dunsfold Aerodrome in Surrey will continue to be used as the Top Gear track, while the series will also still feature films shot around the world.
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BBC Studios’ base in Bristol already produces programmes such as Countryfile, DIY SOS, Antiques Roadshow, Fake Or Fortune? and Gardeners’ World.
It is also home to the Natural History Unit, which created Blue Planet II, Springwatch and Winterwatch.
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