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Katie Rosseinsky

Top Gear on BBC One: Everything you need to know as Paddy McGuinness and Freddie Flintoff make their debut

Top Gear is back with more fast cars, wild stunts and two brand new presenters.

Paddy McGuinness and Freddie Flintoff are set to get behind the wheel - and in front of the studio audience - as hosts following former Friends star Matt LeBlanc’s departure from the show.

They’ll be joined by Chris Harris, who joined the show back in 2016 alongside previous presenter Chris Evans.

Here’s everything you need to know before the series kicks off.

What’s in store for the new series of Top Gear?

Trio: The show has a brand new presenting line-up (BBC Studios/Lee Brimble)

The 27th series of the long-running car show sees the trio taking on some of the toughest Top Gear challenges yet.

McGuinness, Flintoff and Harris will be jetting across the globe to test out super-fast vehicles in some of the world’s most intense locations, heading from the Ethiopian desert to the rainforests of Borneo to the wilds of Iceland.

A little closer to home, they’ll be putting a modified Daimler hearse to the test on a rally course in Wales and even heading to a shopping district in downtown Mansfield.

Different: The stars have promised the shows will

As well as the usual high jinks, the presenters have promised that this season will have a “different vibe” that will “embrace all sorts of emotions.”

“I feel as though we’re bringing a different vibe to the show, which is a positive in my eyes, with families watching it,” McGuinness said ahead of the launch.

“Chris does his pure car reviews but there’s also funny bits… then there’s hugs and nice bits such as what we thought about Ethiopia.

“I think that’s a good thing. It just happens because that’s how we are and that’s the way the world is now.”

What time is Top Gear on TV?

The series begins at 8pm on Sunday, June 16 on BBC Two.

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