Top Gear Australia returning in 2024

Top Gear Australia is set to return in 2024.

The television show, a localised spin-off of the BBC’s Top Gear, will air on online streaming platform Paramount+, operated by Network 10’s parent company Paramount.

It will feature three new hosts: Mighty Car Mods co-host Blair "Moog" Joscelyne, former rugby league player Beau Ryan, and actor Jonathan LaPaglia.

“It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity when you get asked to be part of one of the biggest motoring shows in the world,” said Moog, who has co-hosted the popular Mighty Car Mods YouTube series since 2007 with best friend Marty Mulholland.

“I will take my job seriously of frying the tyres of any vehicle that the producers are irresponsible enough to hand me the keys to.”

Filming for the new series is due to commence later this year.

“Top Gear Australia promises to deliver everything fans love about the show but with an Aussie twist,” said Paramount Australia and New Zealand senior vice president for content and programming Daniel Monaghan.

Top Gear Australia is produced by BBC Studios Australia and will air in 2024 on Paramount+ Australia as an eight-part series.

The original version of Top Gear Australia first aired on SBS in 2008 and 2009, hosted by Steve Pizzati, Warren Brown, Charlie Cox, and James Morrison.

Channel Nine picked it up for seasons three and four between 2010 and 2012, hosted by Pizzati, Shane Jacobson and Ewen Page.

Paramount+ also announced subscribers will have access to seasons 27 to 31 of the UK version of Top Gear, aired between 2019 and 2021, with hosts Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff, Chris Harris and Paddy McGuinness next year.

The future of the UK version of Top Gear is unclear. Production has not resumed after Flintoff was involved in a horror crash during filming in December 2022.