Top Gear Christmas special...in February
THE Top Gear Christmas special will go out a little late this year, it was revealed last night.
The show will be broadcast in February, according to presenter James May, who also confirmed the next series will be six episodes rather than eight.
Top Gear specials have been the centrepiece of the past four Christmases on BBC2.
We were already calling it ‘Top Gear’s February Christmas Special'
May, who hosts the show with Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond, said: “It’s actually now a Winter Special in a very hot country. The reason is that it is part of the next series, our January/February one, which is quite a short one. We weren’t able to film it until quite late in the year and there is a lot of editing putting it together.
“We would be rushing it a bit if we got it out before Christmas. We were already calling it ‘Top Gear’s February Christmas Special’.
“At least we’ve avoided clashing with X Factor and I’m A Celebrity... There’s no point tearing your audience apart by dividing them.”