Friends star Matt LeBlanc is new Top Gear host

Representatives of the popular show on BBC Top Gear announced that the former star of the cult TV series "Friends" Matt LeBlanc will become a co-host of the program along with Chris Evans. By the way, for the globally popular program, this will be the first presenter in 39 years who is not British. And we decided to remember how it all began.

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Source: telegraph.co.uk

Unforgettable perennial host Jeremy Clarkson. He has run the program since 1988.

The first two seasons of the show were hosted by British writer and journalist Angela Rippon.

Favorite "Captain Snail" James May. Appeared on Top Gear in 1999.

Jeremy Clarkson in 1988

The youngest of the hosts, Richard Hammond, appeared on the program in 2002, when the show had already acquired its own specific format. By the way, colleagues nicknamed him "Hamster" (Hamster).

This trio lasted 13 years.

After the scandal and the dismissal of Jeremy Clarkson, it became known that the new presenter would be British journalist Chris Evans.

The rest of the presenters left the show after Clarkson, although they went on a world tour so as not to disappoint the fans to the end.

During a tour in South Africa, 2015. (Photo: rexfeatures)

During the filming of an episode of the program in Spain, 2013. (Photo: rexfeatures)

At the National Television Awards, 2006. (Photo: rexfeatures)

While filming an episode of the program in Cornwall. (Photo: rexfeatures)