During his time on Top Gear, Quentin worked alongside Jeremy Clarkson, Vicki Butler-Henderson and James May, but after the departure of Clarkson in 1999, ratings began to decline and the BBC cancelled the series.
‘I was one of Top Gear’s original stars – you couldn’t make a show like it now’ When Top Gear first raced onto screens in 1977, no-one could have predicted how popular it would become.
Photo credit should read: Tim Ireland/PA Wire] Despite all this, Quentin is hopeful that series or another might one day return to screens, but he’s not convinced it could happen.
Although the show was revived just a year later, and then saw a presenter switch-up again in 2015, earlier this year it was confirmed the series would not return for the ‘foreseeable future’ following a horror crash that nearly killed presenter Freddie Flintoff.
It was a lovely time to make a TV programme about cars at time when cars were much more socially acceptable than now,’ he added.
