Ben Collins has joined former Top Gear presenters Vicki-Butler Henderson and Tiff Needell at rival television program Fifth Gear.
Collins has been at a bit of a loose end since he outed himself and his Stig gig went belly up. He is now welcoming a new chance to perform “Stig-like” duties saying, “I’m delighted to be joining the Fifth Gear team.”
“I am looking forward to a new set of exciting challenges, apparently with and without the helmet,” he continued.
Series 18 of Fifth Gear will go to air later this year (later this week if twitter is to be believed) and The Artist Formerly Known As The Stig is expected to feature in at least five episodes.
Channel 5 exec, Steve Gowans, is excited too, “We’re delighted to have the Ben on board – it will be fascinating to see how he does in a head-to-head with Tiff and Jason [Plato] – the best drivers on TV.”
[Source: The Guardian | Pic: Tim Ireland/PA | Thanks to Richard for the tip]
3 replies on “Ben Collins joins Fifth Gear”
Looks like Twitter was correct.
The new season started on the 8th October.
Yep, I watched the first episode last week. He wasn’t too bad.
Yes , agree. He did good last year hope we’ll see new episode (better than before) this year.