Freddie Flintoff: Last News

PADDY and Christine McGuinness's stunning family home is a seven-bedroom display of the couple's telly success. The Top Gear presenter and The Games star share the £2.1million home with their three children - and will continue to do so, after their marriage split. Paddy, 48, presents the BBC motoring programme alongside Chris Harris and Freddie Flintoff.

TOP Gear viewers have blasted the series as they branded the latest show the 'worst episode so far'. The BBC motoring programme, presented by Paddy McGuinness, Chris Harris and Freddie Flintoff, aired its latest episode last night. It saw Freddie sample the brutal, full-contact motorsport of F1 stock cars.

TOP Gear viewers were left stunned after they were convinced Chris Harris "dropped the c bomb." The BBC One favourite returned with Paddy McGuinness back alongside co-hosts Freddie Flintoff and Chris Harris. The trio were back behind the wheel for series 33 and went abroad for the first time in 18 months. In Sunday's episode, Chris, Freddie and Paddy hit the German autobahn in a trio of shiny new supercars from Ferrari, Pagani and Porsche.

THE One Show fans were left scratching their heads when they were asked to name this celeb. The ITV star had been given a massive makeover for Lorraine Kelly's new series - with the answer leaving some guests gasping. The answer was morning telly legend Mr Motivator - aka Derrick Evans - who was hugely famous throughout the 90s.

FANS of Top Gear were left complaining as the show was back on screens last night. The BBC One motoring programme returned for another outing with Paddy McGuiness back alongside Freddie Flintoff and Chris Harris for the brand new series.

TOP Gear’s Paddy McGuiness was left admitting he needed a ‘little cry’ during tonight’s edition of the show.  The BBC One favourite returned with Paddy back alongside co-hosts Freddie Flintoff and Chris Harris. The motoring trio headed to Thailand for the first episode of the series to participate in a ‘pick-up’ challenge.  The lads revealed Thailand was obsessed with pick-ups and they wanted to discover for themselves just why everyone loved such vehicles.  Chris poked fun at Paddy’s low-cut shirt at the start of the episode as he informed the guys there was one major rule of the road in the country.

THE BBC has been so bowled over by the success of Freddie Flintoff’s Field Of Dreams it has ordered a second series. More than 3.3million tuned in to watch the ex- England cricketer’s efforts at getting children from poorer areas of his hometown Preston interested in the game. The show became one of this year’s TV hits when it was screened in the summer.

Drag Race UK legend Tayce opened up about homophobia still being "rife" across the country, claiming she was blocked from having gay friends visit her hotel rooms while on tour by "judgey" reception staff.

HOLLY Willoughby has been tipped to present the reboot of Gladiators when it returns next year. It's been confirmed that the sports game show will launch on the BBC in 2023 and is being produced by Holly's husband Dan Baldwin and his Hungry Bear production company.

Tony Blair's office and told to "f*** off" when he was "Freddied". However, in an unearthed interview, the cricket ace confirmed his party days are in the past thanks to his family.The sportsman puts part of his transformation down to wife Rachael, who is "always there" to take care of him.The cricketer turned sports presenter explained: "I'm not that wild lad anymore.""[My wife] would give me a b**ching and I would listen...now I'm a dad and a husband," he said to OK! magazine.Rachael previously worked as a model and events management entrepreneur, and originally met Freddie while at a Birmingham cricket ground promoting one of her events.Soon after the couple got married, she scaled down her career and devoted her life to her family, including the four children she shares with Freddie.Family life proved to be a positive influence on Freddie, as he revealed on the First Time Dads podcast.A year after his first child was born, daughter Hollie, he was part of a record-breaking defeat of Australia in the 2005 Ashes match."My career at the time, I started doing really well," he enthused."Everyone said that couldn't happen, but it put everything into perspective.

Cricket legend Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff joined Drag Race UK icon Tayce to make a loud and proud arrival in Manchester city centre as they joined revellers in celebrating the LGBTQ+ community. The dynamic duo pulled into the city to toast the arrival of Manchester Pride with Tayce treating partygoers at the Oast House pub to an impromptu lip-sync performance.

Holly Willoughby and Freddie Flintoff-fronted show The Games won’t be returning to ITV after scoring mixed reviews from viewers earlier this year. The Olympics-style game show saw a crop of celebrities take part in a series of events across a week of live broadcasting.  Stars such as Christine McGuinness, Love Island’s Wes Nelson and former Strictly Come Dancing pro, Kevin Clifton, competed in track and field events, as well as swimming, diving, climbing and slalom canoeing.

Jack Grealish is being eyed for a spot on Sky's sports-based comedy gameshow A League of Their Own - with Micah Richards tipping him to show off his whit. The Manchester City and England forward raised eyebrows earlier this year by being baffled at a map of Britain, but Richards thinks his intelligence would surprise viewers in a more positive way.

England star Lucy Bronze as the Lionesses' celebrations continued into their second day.The Lionesses brought football home after beating Germany 2-1 in the Euro 2022 final at Wembley on Sunday evening. Chole Kelly was the difference maker when she reacted first to a loose ball in the box deep into extra time.And as the English side have rightfully enjoyed their celebrations, England boss Weigman turned down the chance to join in on some early celebrations.

Paddy McGuinness has returned to social media after taking a short break due to his marriage split with his wife of 11 years. The couple announced the split last week in a joint statement on both of their Instagram stories.

Paddy McGuinness has shared that he is back at work after confirming his split from wife Christine. The couple, who had been married for 11 years, confirmed they had parted ways last week after speculation about their relationship.

Paddy McGuinness has made a lighthearted return to social media just days after revealing that he and wife of 11 years Christine McGuinness have split. Rumours about the couple’s relationship have been the subject of much public scrutiny in recent months, with the pair officially announcing the they had separated in a joint statement released last week.

Freddie Flintoff’s Field of Dreams will see the cricket star-turned presenter attempting to prove that anyone can play cricket.In one of his toughest challenges yet, Freddie will be taking a group of reluctant teens from his hometown in Preston and hopes to make them into a competitive cricket team.While Freddie will attempt to become a role model for the teens, he’s not always been on his best behaviour himself.The Top Gear presenter has had some infamous drunken antics in his time and received several warnings for his wild behaviour.As he hopes to inspire young people to play cricket, here’s a look back at a few of the wildest moments from his younger days.In 2007 a wild drunken escapade lost Freddie his position of vice-captain of the England cricket team and got him handed a one-match ban.Flintoff had been on an eight-hour boozing session with his teammates after they lost their first match in the Cricket World Cup.The intoxicated Freddie proceeded to steal a pedalo and had to be rescued at sea after it capsized off the beach near his team’s hotel.After the incident, Freddie said he was “extremely sorry”, but it wasn’t the first time that he’d been warned about his behaviour.A statement from the England and Wales Cricket Board said: "Andrew Flintoff has been given warnings about his conduct and discipline for previous incidents of this nature.“In light of this and due to the serious nature of the incident in which he was involved at the hotel on Friday night we have decided to take further disciplinary action against him.“Andrew has been made fully aware of the team management's concerns and the fact the ECB considers this type of behaviour to be totally unacceptable."The World Cup pedalo incident wasn’t the first

TOP Gear viewers have ripped into last night's finale episode and have branded it "pathetic". This series saw presenters Freddie Flintoff, Chris Harris and Paddy McGuinness celebrate 100 years of the BBC by tackling 1920s-style motorsport.

TOP Gear recorded its highest-ever ratings when James May was part of the presenting team alongside Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond. And the long-haired petrolhead insists that a good proportion of their viewers were women, hitting back at claims from current host Paddy McGuinness that the BBC motoring show is more appealing to female audiences these days.

Preston-born star, who attended Greenlands Community Primary School and Ribbleton Hall High School, has spoken about the ordeal ahead of a new documentary. The 44-year-old Top Gear host said he "got so much stick for playing cricket" and likened it to the fictional working class lad Billy Elliot who discovered a passion for ballet. However, the television and radio presenter said Billy "he had it easier".