Andrew Flintoff is set to return to TV this month for the first time since his serious Top Gear crash nearly two years ago.
'Freddie' Flintoff was severely injured in an accident at the Top Gear Test Track - the Dunsfold Aerodrome, Surrey in December 2022.
The former England cricket captain reportedly flipped a Morgan Super 3 vehicle on the first bend at the test track during filming for the show while not wearing a helmet.
The vehicle was only travelling at 22mph but was open-top, meaning when it flipped Flintoff's face scraped along the tarmac, reported the Mail on Sunday.
The presenter is said to have sustained broken ribs and serious facial injuries in the incident with Flintoff’s son Corey, revealing at the time, his father was “lucky to be alive” describing it as a “pretty nasty crash”.
There were reports Flintoff's crash was so bad Top Gear staff who witnessed it had to be signed off work indefinitely as they struggled to come to terms with an incident described as "something you would truly want to unsee".
After months of speculation, the BBC finally made the decision, last November, to rest Top Gear for the "foreseeable future".
Andrew Flintoff to make return to TV in new BBC series
Nearly two years on from the crash at the Top Gear test track, Flintoff is set to make his return to TV in the second series of BBC's Field of Dreams.
The first series of Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams aired back in 2022 and saw the former England captain create a "cricket team like no other" in his home town of Preston.
It followed Flintoff as he transformed a rundown cricket club and changed the lives of the players in his "unlikely" cricket team.
Now Flintoff and his side are back for a second series, which is set to begin on BBC One and iPlayer in August.
The new series titled Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams on Tour will see the group head to India, one of the most revered cricketing nations in the world.
When Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dream on Tour will air on the BBC
The first episode of the new four-part BBC series - Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams on Tour will air on BBC One and BBC iPlayer on Tuesday, August 13 at 9pm.
For those that can't wait until then, a trailer (which can be watched above) for the new series is out now giving viewers a taste of what is to come.
The trailer seems to hint that Flintoff may open up for the first time about his Top Gear accident.
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In the clip, Flintoff says: “I wanted the boys to learn to be outside their comfort zone… but something happened which changed my life forever.”
A narrator then adds: “This is the story of the most unlikely cricket tour that almost didn’t happen.”
Flintoff has previously described his time after the Top Gear crash as "the hardest" he has faced in his life.
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