Top Gear boss on former host Chris Evans and his creative control ‘I didn’t want to do it’

Top Gear, which returns to screens on Sunday, is now hosted by Freddie Flintoff, Paddy McGuinness and Chris Harris.

“I’m going to be honest, I didn’t want to do it,” Clare admits, who before was the head of factual entertainment.

She continued: “I’ve been around long enough to know, when a show’s in meltdown, how terrifying it is for the team making that show.

“But I did know that I was senior enough that people would listen to me – if I said something’s not possible, I would be heard.”

source: express.co.uk