Top Gear stars reunite in first TV show after Freddie Flintoff crash

Top Gear's Paddy McGuinness and Chris Harris are gearing up for their upcoming quality connected TV, 2 years aft the driving bid was cancelled aft leaving co-star successful hospital

Former Top Gear duo Paddy McGuinness and Chris Harris are hitting the roadworthy again, this clip connected a quest to observe the secrets of ageing with style. As Paddy enters his fifties and Chris nears the milestone, they're embarking connected an epic travel to uncover the contented of European nations renowned for their graceful attack to midlife.

"We are connected a ngo to research each the antithetic ways our continental neighbours turn aged gracefully," Paddy, 51, reveals. "We're astatine a constituent successful our lives wherever we privation to marque the astir of our years ahead, truthful we effort retired arsenic galore experiences arsenic we tin to larn however immoderate of the oldest and well-preserved radical connected the satellite are doing it!".

This escapade marks the archetypal collaboration betwixt Paddy and Chris since their days connected Top Gear came to an extremity pursuing Freddie Flintoff's clang successful 2022.

The pair, who are adjacent mates, volition person to get cosy arsenic Paddy confesses determination wasn't "much room" successful their camper van. "We person to contend with surviving successful each other's pockets for the duration of the roadworthy trip," Chris, 49, chimes in. "So it's surely going to beryllium entertaining! ".

With boundless enthusiasm, the 2 acceptable disconnected successful pursuit of youthfulness, visiting countries similar Sweden, Greece, and Switzerland passim the series. They look unconventional anti-ageing techniques head-on, embracing them with gusto.

"We've truly tried to pat into some the accepted and modern methods of 'living well' that are adopted by each of the countries we visited," Paddy revealed. "From Swedish saunas, to milking goats, stone climbing and adjacent visiting a 'Gentleman's clinic'... you sanction it, we effort it!".

In the archetypal episode, filmed successful Sweden, Paddy and Chris sojourn a sauna wherever each the men are an mean property of 70 and bare arsenic the time they were born. In Greece, they larn however to unrecorded a simpler beingness of putting up fences, sportfishing and surfing.

The past halt connected their circuit is Switzerland, wherever the lads question to 1 of the country's apical wellness resorts to measure however good they are ageing. They are enactment done a rigorous grooming programme that reveals their existent biologic ages, bringing surprises and a daze for Chris.

"By the extremity of the series, I travel to immoderate rather large conclusions based connected the experiences we've had... which the assemblage volition get to see," Chris hinted. "I've learnt that determination are surely things I tin alteration astir my manner to amended my health."

"I've learnt a batch astir my ain wellness during the trip, immoderate of which truly shocked me, truthful I'll decidedly beryllium taking the proposal I've been given. I've besides learnt that beingness is for living, truthful program to bash plentifulness of that arsenic well!".

Paddy chimed in, "There are moments wherever we some truly bash immoderate soul-searching and deliberation astir however we tin marque the astir of the years ahead."

Both blokes were buzzing astir their sojourn to the Greek land of Ikaria, with Chris sharing, "]The slower gait and the 'simple life' cognition adopted by the radical of Ikaria was truly inspiring," adding, "And they are surviving proof, arsenic the radical determination are immoderate of the oldest successful the world."

Paddy was arsenic impressed, reflecting, "I truly enjoyed seeing the radical connected Ikaria permission each the complications of modern time beingness and technology behind, and conscionable get retired determination and bask everything beingness has to offer. "".

Despite some being centrifugal enthusiasts, tunes during their travel were dominated by one. Chris lamented, "Unfortunately for me, I don't get a look successful with the vigor erstwhile Paddy is around," earlier admitting decision to Paddy's prime of music, "So I was stuck with his atrocious playlist of 1980s powerfulness ballads and had to enactment up withPaddy singing on to them."

Much to his chagrin, state vibes slipped into their playlists too. Paddy couldn't incorporate his excitement, "You can't bushed a spot of Johnny Cash connected a roadworthy trip! " He proclaimed, "Luckily for Chris, helium was travelling with Bolton's champion karaoke performer, truthful the hours successful the van simply melted away!".

Curious astir the essentials for these roadworthy warriors, we discovered they travel prepared. Chris confessed the indispensable helium packs for the road, "I deliberation the astir invaluable point I instrumentality distant with maine erstwhile travelling with Mr McGuinness is decidedly earplugs," much-needed for Paddy's idiosyncratic concerts it seems.

Paddy, connected the different hand, ne'er forgets his swimming gear, exclaiming that the question staple for him is swimming trunks. He clarifies: "I'm not talking astir your accustomed 'just popping to the section leisure centre' brace of trunks,".

Paddy adds, "but the brightly coloured, novelty patterned ones that lone travel retired erstwhile a twelvemonth successful an effort to out-dad each the different dads astatine the edifice pool."

Watch Paddy And Chris: Road Tripping connected Sunday 29 September astatine 8pm connected BBC One