BBC officially announced that Matt Leblanc signed a contract for two seasons, with a salary of 1.5 million pounds.
Together with the American actor restarted work on the project will continue autojournalists British Chris Harris and Rory Reid. Periodically, they will join the company Sabine Schmitz, an expert on the «Formula 1», former team owner Eddie Jordan Grand Prix, Jordan and, of course, Stig.
In other words, everything except «face project» Chris Evans, whose name is on the BBC tend to associate failure of the 23rd season of Top Gear, has lost 50% of its premiere audience.
Not to mention the conflicts within the creative team. «I am leaving from Top Gear, — Evans wrote in his Twitter. — I gave everything I could show, but sometimes this is not enough. Team TV show more than perfect. I wish them continued success. „
With regard to the former leading Top Gear Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May, they are busy working on the Amazon Prime. Their new show will oversee the former executive producer of Top Gear Andy Wilman, who also left the BBC.
Photo: open source
With regard to the former leading Top Gear Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May, they are busy working on the Amazon Prime. Their new show will oversee the former executive producer of Top Gear Andy Wilman, who also left the BBC.
Photo: open source
