US Top Gear finally gets green light

The US spinoff of Top Gear has had more will-they-won't-they moments than a celebrity wedding, but at long last it looks like the BBC has found a willing partner to take the plunge and adapt the hugely popular show for American audiences.

BBC Worldwide will co-produce the new programme with US cable network the History Channel. Production of the 10-part series will begin in the autumn, with Adam Ferrara, Tanner Foust and Rutledge Wood replacing the celebrated British trio.

The show might be keeping its hallowed three-male-presenter format, but the producers are promising a completely different version of the original programme.