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Freddie Flintoff's 'life-changing' Top Gear crash will be explored in a new Disney+ documentary. The 46-year-old beloved former England captain was left with facial and rib injuries from a collision while filming at the motoring show’s test track at Dunsfold Aerodrome in Surrey in 2022. Disney+ said the documentary - still without a title - will “look back at Flintoff’s incredible life and cricketing career that saw him win two Ashes series with England and become a national sporting hero, while charting his life today and return to cricket following his life-altering car crash in 2022.
" Setting up a batter, ft Freddie Flintoff.. Don't miss the wicket delivery, @ 0.
36 sec.. Directed by John Dower, the 90-minute film about Flintoff will see the Top Gear star through “his recovery” as well as “document his cricketing career”.
It is executively produced by Andrew Mackenzie and Naomi Templeton for South Shore, who worked on the BBC show Freddie Flintoff’s Field of Dreams and Flintoff. Flintoff first spoke about the crash publicly in the second series of his cricketing show, saying it was “a lot harder than I thought” to shake off the impact, and disclosing he had struggled with anxiety, nightmares and flashbacks. He rejoined England’s backroom staff for their T20 series against the West Indies earlier this year, and in September the England Lions named him as head coach.
Flintoff was also announced this year as the host of a Christmas special of darts-themed ITV quiz show Bullseye, which was originally fronted by late comedian Jim Bowen from 1981 until 1995. The BBC “rested” Top Gear for the foreseeable future in 2023, after reaching a financial settlement with Flintoff, with the agreement reportedly worth £9 million..
