Tinie Tempah is reportedly being lined up to host a replacement for 'Top Gear' called 'Bangers'.
Tinie Tempah is being lined up to host a show to replace 'Top Gear' for Channel 4
The new Channel 4 motoring series with the 'Pass Out' rapper is to air in a primetime slot like the long-running BBC show, according to a source.
An insider told The Sun on Sunday's Bizarre column: “'Bangers' is filling the 'Top Gear' hole for petrolhead viewers and is headed for primetime.
“It will celebrate classic cars from the Seventies, Eighties and Nineties and take them for a spin.
It will unearth unique classics and real gems of the decades, visit the cars’ owners and look at their history.
“Tinie is a great option as the talent attached to the project because he adores cars.”
The BBC cancelled the latest series of 'Top Gear' following Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff's accident.
The network stopped production on the show after the presenter was airlifted to hospital after being seriously injured in a car crash during filming at the programme's test track at Dunsfold Park Aerodrome in Surrey in December, and it was later announced it would be "inappropriate" to resume filming.
The network said in a statement: "Under the circumstances, we feel it would be inappropriate to resume making series 34."
A decision on how best to continue will be made later this year and the BBC plan to carry out a health and safety review of the show.
The statement continued: "We have sincerely apologised to Freddie and will continue to support him with his recovery.
"We understand this [halting the show] will be disappointing for fans, but it is the right thing to do, and we'll make a judgement about how best to continue later this year.
"Finally, there will be a health and safety review of the show, in line with our procedures.”
The statement came after sources claimed the 45-year-old former cricketer had decided to quit the show, which he has co-hosted since 2019 alongside Chris Harris and Paddy McGuinness, because he has been left traumatised by the crash.
An insider told The Times newspaper: “Freddie has been seriously emotionally and physically affected by the crash.
"He is a daredevil, that’s what he does, and he doesn’t feel like he is able to continue to play that role on the show.”
In February 2019, Freddie crashed into a market stall in Mansfield during 'Top Gear' filming.
And in September of the same year, he also crashed during a drag race at Elvington Airfield in Yorkshire, but walked away unharmed.
Tagged in Paddy McGuiness Tinie Tempah