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Binge-watching old automotive content will soon no longer be necessary: Top Gear, the longest-running and most successful car show ever, is coming back.
The entire world came at a standstill in March this year, as the health crisis unraveled. This included movie and television productions, which, given the large number of people packed in a single place, put those same people at risk of infection.
Top Gear, then at its 28th season, also went on hiatus, with production expected to resume at a later, unspecified date. The BBC Director of Content Charlotte Moore is now putting a date on that: by the end of June this year, production on the series will have started.
In an op-ed for The Telegraph, Moore explains that the first steps to ease restrictions across the country will trigger the start of production on some of BBC’s most popular programs. Top Gear is the first one, and the goal is for it to “kick-start the TV industry and support our brilliant production sector nationwide,” Moore says.
“We've been looking very carefully at how we can safely put some of our shows back into production, and I'm pleased to announce that we plan to begin filming again on both EastEnders and Top Gear by the end of next month,” Moore writes. Other projects will follow suit.
She doesn’t go into specifics, since the op-ed is more about the importance of reviving the TV industry than about one series in particular, but she does say this: all operations will have to meet government guidelines on worker safety. Specifically speaking, for TV crews, this means maintaining social distancing and reducing personnel.
“Of course, we will work within Government guidelines. Crews will be strictly limited. Cast members will do their own hair and make-up. Social distancing will be in place,” she explains.
No word yet on when fans will be able to see Freddie Flintoff, Paddy McGuinness and Chris Harris (with makeup and hair done by their own hands) back in action, but at this point, any piece of good news is good enough, no matter how unsatisfying.
Top Gear, then at its 28th season, also went on hiatus, with production expected to resume at a later, unspecified date. The BBC Director of Content Charlotte Moore is now putting a date on that: by the end of June this year, production on the series will have started.
In an op-ed for The Telegraph, Moore explains that the first steps to ease restrictions across the country will trigger the start of production on some of BBC’s most popular programs. Top Gear is the first one, and the goal is for it to “kick-start the TV industry and support our brilliant production sector nationwide,” Moore says.
“We've been looking very carefully at how we can safely put some of our shows back into production, and I'm pleased to announce that we plan to begin filming again on both EastEnders and Top Gear by the end of next month,” Moore writes. Other projects will follow suit.
She doesn’t go into specifics, since the op-ed is more about the importance of reviving the TV industry than about one series in particular, but she does say this: all operations will have to meet government guidelines on worker safety. Specifically speaking, for TV crews, this means maintaining social distancing and reducing personnel.
“Of course, we will work within Government guidelines. Crews will be strictly limited. Cast members will do their own hair and make-up. Social distancing will be in place,” she explains.
No word yet on when fans will be able to see Freddie Flintoff, Paddy McGuinness and Chris Harris (with makeup and hair done by their own hands) back in action, but at this point, any piece of good news is good enough, no matter how unsatisfying.
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