{"id":16457,"date":"2022-06-05T17:00:08","date_gmt":"2022-06-05T15:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1655763"},"modified":"2022-06-05T17:15:16","modified_gmt":"2022-06-05T15:15:16","slug":"paddy-mcguinness-on-the-future-of-top-gear-itll-always-change-hosts","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/paddy-mcguinness-on-the-future-of-top-gear-itll-always-change-hosts\/","title":{"rendered":"Paddy McGuinness on the future of Top Gear: \u2018It\u2019ll always change hosts\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Helen Daly\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Sunday, 05 June 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Paddy McGuinness has spoken out about the future of <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/top-gear-2022-air-date\/&quot;\">Top Gear<\/a> ahead of its highly anticipated turn this evening.<\/p>\n<p>The Bolton-born comedian has been a host on the motoring show since 2019, alongside Freddie Flintoff (who joined in the same year) and Chris Harris (who signed up in 2016), but admitted in a recent interview with <a href=\"&quot;http:\/\/radiotimes.com&quot;\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> that the presenting line-up will probably change again in the future \u2013 after all, it\u2019s already had 12 hosts to date.<\/p>\n<p>While discussing whether the show ever needs to reinvent itself now it\u2019s 32 seasons in, Paddy said: <span style=\"&quot;font-style:\" inherit=\"\">\u201cIt\u2019s our show now and we\u2019re all in it, you know, and who knows further down the line it\u2019ll stop here or carry on going\u2026 it\u2019ll always change hosts.<\/span><\/p> <p><span style=\"&quot;font-style:\" inherit=\"\">\u201cBut for now, it\u2019s not a case to reinvent \u2013 it\u2019s just keeping up the good vibes of it and keeping the viewers interested which it does every series it gets more and more viewers. And that\u2019s all we can do. Those feelings of reinventing it and pressure and everything else kind of went with the first series for me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Chris added: \u201cYou never know what\u2019s going to happen to you around the corner. But it\u2019s a great fun job. And it appears to be a brand that\u2019s working well for us and the BBC. So, crack on!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new season lands on BBC One tonight, and marks a return of non-UK adventures for the trio.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/top-gear-hosts-ae93921.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C200,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/top-gear-hosts-ae93921.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C200,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/top-gear-hosts-ae93921.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=355%2C236,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/top-gear-hosts-ae93921.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=355%2C236,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/top-gear-hosts-ae93921.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=405%2C270,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/top-gear-hosts-ae93921.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=405%2C270,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/top-gear-hosts-ae93921.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=554%2C369,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/top-gear-hosts-ae93921.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=554%2C369,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/top-gear-hosts-ae93921.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/top-gear-hosts-ae93921.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/top-gear-hosts-ae93921.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=408%2C272,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/top-gear-hosts-ae93921.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=408%2C272,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/top-gear-hosts-ae93921.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=556%2C370,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/top-gear-hosts-ae93921.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=556%2C370,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-1655766\" align=\"\" size-landscape_thumbnail=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/top-gear-hosts-ae93921.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Top Gear hosts in the RV (BBC)<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Right from the off, the hosts travel to Florida for a banter-filled trip in an RV around the Everglades to find some weird and wonderful local motorsports.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about the return to form, Chris said: \u201cI think we kind of exhausted the UK-only stuff. And even though the UK has been a fantastic place to shoot and we showcased so many corners of it, I think we were ready to travel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we stepped off the plane in Miami, we were just like kids in a sweet shop and we wanted to get on with it. The RV was was the perfect place to base our silly adventure. I just really, really enjoyed it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;editor-content\" mb-lg=\"\" hidden-print=\"\" js-piano-locked-content=\"\">\n<p><strong>Top Gear starts tonight on BBC One at 8pm. 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