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US actor Matt LeBlanc. Picture: @Matt_LeBlanc/Twitter

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Matt LeBlanc to step down as BBC 'Top Gear' host

By Reuters

The BBC said LeBlanc, 50, was finding the travel demands of the show too taxing.

  • FILE: Jeremy Clarkson. Picture: AFP

    'The Grand Tour' star Jeremy Clarkson off work with pneumonia

    The star tweeted on Friday that he was “in a wheelchair, connected up to tubes, in a hospital” in Mallorca, Spain after catching the infection.

    1752 days ago
  • Richard Hammond had to be pulled from the wreckage of the supercar. Picture: Twitter/@thegrandtour.

    Ex ‘Top Gear’ star Richard Hammond injured in car crash

    The 47-year-old was driving an electric sports car during filming for 'The Grand Tour' when the crash happened, the spokesman for the show said.

    1811 days ago
  • FILE: Chris Evans speaks onstage during the 'Top Gear' panel as part of the BBC America portion of This is Cable 2016 Television Critics Association Winter Tour at Langham Hotel on January 8, 2016 in Pasadena, California. Picture: AFP.

    Chris Evans quits ‘Top Gear’

    Evans broke the news on Twitter, adding that he ‘gave it his best but sometimes that’s not enough.’

    2152 days ago
  • FILE: Clarkson, Hammond & May posing for the media as they get set to take over Joburg. Picture; Kothatso Mogale/EWN.

    Jeremy Clarkson heading to SA to record new show

    The new motoring series 'The Grand Tour' will mark Clarkson’s first TV show since he left 'Top Gear'.

    2183 days ago
  • FILE: Host Chris Evans speaks onstage during the Top Gear panel as part of the BBC America portion of This is Cable 2016 Television Critics Association Winter Tour at Langham Hotel on January 8, 2016 in Pasadena, California. Picture: AFP.

    'Top Gear' returns with new line-up

    The show has British television & radio presenter Chris Evans & former 'Friends' star Matt LeBlanc as hosts.

    2191 days ago
  • FILE: Jeremy Clarkson. Picture: AFP.

    Jeremy Clarkson goes on a 'Grand Tour' for new show

    The new series reunites Clarkson with his co-presenters and producer from 'Top Gear'.

    2205 days ago
  • 'Top Gear' host Chris Evans. Picture: AFP.

    ‘Top Gear’ spins into more controversy with Whitehall stunt

    Images splashed across newspapers showed the show’s co-host speeding and spinning a car.

    2263 days ago
  • Jeremy Clarkson. Picture: AFP

    Ex-'Top Gear' host Clarkson settles lawsuit with producer he hit

    Jeremy Clarkson struck and verbally abused Oisin Tymon during filming.

    2283 days ago
  • US actor Matt LeBlanc. Picture: EPA/Paul Buck.

    Former 'Friends' star Matt LeBlanc joins BBC's 'Top Gear'

    The American actor will be the first non-British host of the show, the BBC said on Thursday.

    2303 days ago
  • FILE: Former 'Top Gear' presenter Jeremy Clarkson. Picture: AFP.

    Clarkson and 'Top Gear' presenters sign with Amazon for new car show

    The show will run for three seasons on Amazon Prime next year.

    2492 days ago
  • FILE: Clarkson, Hammond & May posing for the media as they get set to take over Joburg this weekend. Picture; Kothatso Mogale/EWN

    Jeremy Clarkson's Oscar blunder

    Clarkson made a joke referencing the Oscar Pistorius case, at a live event in SA.

    2526 days ago
  • FILE: Jeremy Clarkson. Picture: AFP.

    Clarkson claims 'Top Gear' wanted him back

    Jeremy Clarkson claims a top BBC boss asked him to return to the show he was dropped from.

    2533 days ago
  • FILE: British radio presenter Chris Evans (right) and British model Kelly Brook (C) are pictured on the trading floor as they attend BGC Partners’ Charity Day in London in 2011. Picture: AFP.

    Chris Evans named new 'Top Gear' host

    Radio and TV presenter Chris Evans has signed a three-year deal and will begin filming in a few weeks.

    2535 days ago
  • FILE: Jeremy Clarkson. Picture: AFP.

    Clarkson admits he was sacked over his ‘own silly fault’

    The former 'Top Gear' host says he’s very sad to have left the show after working at the BBC for 27 years.

    2562 days ago
  • Top Gear presenters, with recently fired Jeremy Clarkson while on their tour to South Africa, in Durban. Picture: Jeremy Clarkson via Twitter.

    James May: I won't return to 'Top Gear' without Jeremy Clarkson

    May told The Guardian that it would be “lame” to return to the programme with Jeremy Clarkson.

    2589 days ago
  • FILE: Jeremy Clarkson. Picture: AFP.

    Jeremy Clarkson will not face prosecution

    Clarkson was sacked after he punched his producer at a hotel in North Yorkshire last month.

    2606 days ago
  • British TV personality and former editor Piers Morgan. Picture: AFP.

    Piers Morgan has some advice for Clarkson: Lie on the beach with your girlfriend

    The controversial British TV personality has written an open letter of advice to the ex-'Top Gear' presenter.

    2618 days ago
  • Top Gear presenters, with recently fired Jeremy Clarkson while on their tour to South Africa, in Durban. Picture: Jeremy Clarkson via Twitter.

    Top Gear co-hosts react to Clarkson sacking

    Richard Hammond & James May have reacted differently to the sacking of their co-presenter Jeremy Clarkson.

    2618 days ago
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