European Film Academy CEO Matthijs Wouter Knol has denied he is a candidate to become the next director of the Berlin Film Festival.
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James May, former presenter of Top Gear, has suggested that the show needs a "rethink". Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, he said it would be a "shame" if the BBC didn't refresh the format of the popular motoring series.
May, who used to host the show with Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond, made these comments after the BBC announced that Top Gear would be off air for the "foreseeable future". He described this decision as "very sad".
The 60 year old presenter believes that now is the perfect time for a new approach to the show. He said: "It does need a bit of a rethink. It's time for a new format and a new approach to the subject because the subject has not been this interesting, I suspect, since the car was invented."
He also mentioned that he, along with Clarkson and Hammond, already fill a gap for this type of show on Prime Video with The Grand Tour. This show was created by the trio after they left Top Gear in 2015 and follows a "similar format to the way we left it", according to May.
When asked about what a new format could involve, May suggested a "greater scrutiny" of cars, including how they are powered. He believes this could still be done in an "entertaining and informative kind of way.".
Top Gear's filming was paused when host Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff, 45, had to go to hospital in December 2022. The former England cricket captain got badly hurt in an accident at the Top Gear test track at Dunsfold Aerodrome in Surrey.
The BBC told the PA news agency on Tuesday that it is "excited about new projects being developed" with the current presenters of Flintoff, Paddy McGuinness and Chris Harris.
BBC Studios also said a health and safety review of Top Gear found "important learnings which would need to
European Film Academy CEO Matthijs Wouter Knol has denied he is a candidate to become the next director of the Berlin Film Festival.
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