The BBC has responded to reports that Top Gear is set to be axed.
Filming for the 34th series of the motoring show was cancelled after presenter Freddie Flintoff was injured in an on-set accident at the test track at Dunsfold Park Aerodrome in Surrey, and a decision was made to cancel that current series.
Since then, executive producer Clare Pizey has left the show and the BBC itself.
A new report by The Sun claims that the broadcaster has decided that the show won't be coming back, although the BBC itself has explained that this is not necessarily the case at the current time.
A BBC spokesperson told Digital Spy: "A decision on the timing of future Top Gear shows will be made in due course with BBC Content."
Last month, Flintoff made his first public appearance since the accident. He was pictured at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff as England's men's cricket team faced New Zealand for a One-Day match, with Flintoff leading the team out and putting them through some drills.
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In the summer, former Top Gear presenter James May criticised people using the accident as an excuse to call for the trio of himself, Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond to return.
"I've noticed this on Twitter – it's died down a bit now, but for a while there were people saying, 'Top Gear's ended because Freddie Flintoff bashed himself up and why don't [May, Clarkson and Hammond] go back and rescue and save it?'
"I wanted to say to people, 'Look, the bloke's hurt himself.' It's not an opportunity for you to gloat or say, 'Oh, I prefer the other team.' You could possibly just say, 'Get well Freddie,' or something nice like that, rather than rejoicing in it.
"It's a while since it happened and he's obviously still not completely better. So it's not like my tunnel crash, [where] a couple of weeks later, I was okay, no lasting damage. That's obviously something a lot more serious."
Top Gear episodes can be streamed on BBC iPlayer.
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