Freddie Flintoff’s BBC shows confirmed as he recovers from Top Gear horror crash

Freddie Flintoff will reportedly be off the air until at least 2024 as he continues to recover from the shocking Top Gear crash that made him “happy to be alive.”

The former England cricketer, 45, was taken to hospital with facial injuries and broken ribs after a collision at Dunsfold Aerodrome in Surrey on December 13 last year.

Production on the car series had already been halted by the partnership and it is now believed that another of Freddie’s shows has been shelved.

In the untitled BBC2 series, similar to The Repair Shop, car owners would bring in their old firecrackers to be repaired by Freddie and his team.

With a source telling the publication, “It was hoped that the restoration show would have been an easy route back to television for Freddie, who is clearly shaken by the accident.”

Shock: The former England cricketer was airlifted to hospital with facial injuries and broken ribs after a collision at Dunsfold Aerodrome in Surrey on December 13 last year

On Hold: Production on the car series had already been halted by the collaboration and now another Freddie show is believed to be shelved (LR: Freddie Flintoff, Chris Harris, Paddy McGuinness)

And the fact that he could have made it this spring meant there was a chance we’d see him back on our screens by the end of the year.

“But it’s not a good sign that filming was called off at such a relatively late stage, and viewers will be upset that such a popular star has been off the air for so long.”

MailOnline has contacted Freddie’s representatives and the BBC for comment.

Last month, Freddie was seen for the first time since his horror attack that left him seriously injured four months earlier.

They had been driving a three-wheel open-top Morgan Super 3 car for the auto show when the vehicle flipped over at an airport.

He suffered broken ribs and serious facial injuries after the accident and has been resting since then to cancel his work commitments.

But Andrew was spotted with his face covered and wearing a bucket hat as he sat in the passenger seat of his car while his wife Rachael drove, in photos published by The sun on Sunday.

An onlooker told the publication, “He was reading something on his phone and stayed in the car while Rachael stepped into a store.

Stripped: The untitled BBC2 series, similar to The Repair Shop, was due to car owners bringing in their old firecrackers to be repaired by Freddie and his team (seen on Top Gear last year)

Accident: He was driving for the auto show in a three-wheel open-top Morgan Super 3 car traveling at 130 mph when the vehicle overturned

Recovery: Andrew was spotted with his face covered and wearing a bucket hat as he sat in the passenger seat of his car while his wife Rachael drove last month (Andrew and Rachel pictured in 2019)

“It was good to see him in public and apparently doing well after what he went through.

“He did look like he’d lost some weight.”

It comes after a BBC chief said it would be ‘really inappropriate’ for Top Gear to resume filming while Andrew recovers from his horror crash.

The ex-cricketer from England cheated death after being involved in a crash on the Top Gear test track while filming the car TV show at Dunsfold Aerodrome in Surrey.

He was airlifted to hospital last December after flipping a three-wheel open Morgan Super 3. It was later said that he was ‘lucky to be alive’ after the crash.

In March, the BBC announced that ‘under the circumstances’ it would be ‘inappropriate to continue making series 34 of Top Gear at this time’ following an internal investigation into the accident.

At a Broadcasting Press Guild (BPG) event on Thursday, BBC Chief Content Officer Charlotte Moore was asked if the company is determined to bring back Top Gear.

Charlotte said: ‘My priority right now is to support Freddie through his recovery, so I think it would be really inappropriate for us to continue filming now.

“I think when we get to the point where he feels ready … and we’ll start thinking about getting him back.”

On hold: Charlotte Moore, chief content officer at the BBC (pictured), said it would be ‘inappropriate’ to start filming Top Gear while Freddie is recovering

She added, “I think we need to talk about what Freddie wants to do. If someone is recovering, I don’t think we would push that… I think that would be really inappropriate, I wouldn’t be happy.

“I think you have to be very human about this and do the right thing.”

A statement from the BBC earlier this year said there will be a health and safety review of the show, ‘in accordance with our procedures’ following the accident involving the former cricketer on December 13.

It is understood that a decision on whether to resume shooting will be made later in the year.

Sportsman Freddie has taken time off work to recover and Top Gear is reportedly not returning.

The Morgan Motor Company was known for making three-wheeled cars before the war before returning them to production in the 2000s.