[nwtv2003]

I still find it a little curious that we still don't actually know what happened to him. Wasn't it established fairly quickly what happened to Richard Hammond after his crash? And without being too morbid, there was a lot of concern over whether Hammond would survive that doesn't appear to exist around Flintoff's accident, so I find it a bit odd that things are still pretty hush hush.

As subsequently discussed we do have an idea on the severity of the injuries, but going back to your original point, I’m surprised it’s taken this long to decide as the accident was in December. In Hammond’s case we knew the severity of his injury almost instantly and the future of the show was decided promptly also. I’m guessing there must have been an investigation into Fred’s accident which may not reflect well on the programme or the BBC. 

It’s a shame it’s come to this, and given the reporter state of Freddie’s mental health after the accident I can’t see him returning to the programme, nor would I blame him.

Certainly this has the been the best format of Top Gear since Clarkson, Hammond and May (plus Wilman) left. Whilst not as good as the original trio, the filmed inserts and challenges in certain episodes have been enjoyable in their own right. Maybe time to give the show a rest in the circumstances, even back to BBC2.