Freddie Flintoff set to host iconic reboot of hit show after Top Gear crash

Former England cricketer Freddie Flintoff his acceptable to go the look of the iconic gameshow, Bullseye pursuing his tragic life-changing centrifugal clang connected BBC's Top Gear

The iconic darts crippled amusement Bullseye is acceptable to return, with nary different than Andrew Freddie Flintoff arsenic the host.

The 46-year-old Ashes fable expressed his excitement astir taking implicit the much-loved programme, which was famously hosted by comedian Jim Bowen during the 1980s and '90s. Freddie, who grew up playing the crippled with friends and adjacent holds a world grounds for the longest-distance bullseye throw, is nary alien to the sport.

Although Freddie precocious appeared successful the 2nd bid of the cricket documentary Field of Dreams, this marks his archetypal caller TV gig since his Top Gear mishap enactment his vocation connected pause. A root from the tv manufacture shared: "This is the cleanable relation for Freddie to commencement a full caller section successful his vocation and his fans volition beryllium thrilled to spot him connected our screens fronting specified a well-loved programme.

"Few would person predicted the determination but it's a genius signing due to the fact that Freddie has the aforesaid dry, Lancashire consciousness of humour and transportation arsenic Jim."

"Though it remains to beryllium seen whether he’ll proceed Jim’s ‘super, smashing, great!’ catchphrase oregon if they’ll dole retired jackpot prizes of speedboats to contestants who unrecorded successful landlocked towns and cities.

“But they’re apt to support the torturous signifier of saying ‘Look astatine what you could’ve won’ earlier bringing retired archetypal prize to hitch successful the faces of the losing competitors."

Talking astir the caller show, Freddie shared however thrilled helium was to beryllium hosting it. He said: "I emotion the darts and Bullseye was 1 of my favourite shows arsenic a kid. I can’t rather judge I’ll get to big this Christmas special. He added: "You can’t bushed a spot of Bully!"

The archetypal amusement besides featured an animated mascot - a dart-playing bull named Bully - portion Jim often teased the competing teams of two. Jim was known for his catchphrases, including: "Stay retired of the achromatic and successful the red, thing successful this crippled for 2 successful a bed".

The amusement was concisely revived connected Challenge TV successful 2006, with comedian Dave Spikey astatine the helm, but was cancelled aft 2 series. The quality comes aft sportsman Freddie had a bid mishap portion filming Top Gear.

In December 2022 a three-wheel roadster flipped astatine Dunsfold Aerodrome successful Surrey leaving him with life-changing injuries. Following galore operations, helium finished filming the 2nd bid of his BBC One show, Field of Dreams.

He said successful the show: "I genuinely should not beryllium present aft what happened. It’s going to beryllium a agelong roadworthy backmost and I’ve lone conscionable started."