Netflix has confirmed that it will show Chris Evans’s Top Gear internationally which will put it in direct competition with Jeremy Clarkson’s new motoring show on rival Amazon.

Ted Sarandos, Netflix’s chief content officer, said on Tuesday that the revamped BBC2 motoring show will be made available on the streaming service as it falls under the existing deal it has with the BBC.

“Theoretically it should follow the deal of the old format where Top Gear is still under the terms of the old deal,” said Sarandos.



“So in many parts of the world we already have it picked up and we’ll continue to talk to them about doing it as well. The show is very popular on Netflix as you can imagine. There’s a change in format but people definitely prefer the British Top Gear over the local Top Gear in almost every country in the world.”

Sarandos said Netflix, which has more than 75 million subscribers globally, is also “continuing talks” to make Top Gear available in as many of its international territories as possible.

Chris Evans and Matt LeBlanc in trailer for revamped Top Gear – video Guardian

Evans’s new-look Top Gear, which has co-hosts including Friends star Matt LeBlanc and ex-F1 team owner and presenter Eddie Jordan, will debut on the BBC next month.

Former presenters Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond set to unveil their as yet unnamed new show on Amazon in the autumn.