Andrew Flintoff has revealed his struggle with anxiety, nightmares and flashbacks following the high-speed car accident which he says “changed my life forever”.
The former England all-rounder sustained serious facial injuries in a crash while filming Top Gear in December 2022.
Now the 46-year-old has spoken publicly for the first time about the incident and its aftermath as part of the second series of Freddie Flintoff’s Field of Dreams, which begins on BBC One on 13 August (21:00 BST).
The second series centres on taking the team on a tour of India and began filming before Flintoff’s accident.
The crash occurred 12 weeks before the tour was scheduled to take place. In the documentary, Flintoff is shown a week and a half after the accident in footage he shot himself on his phone. It reveals the initial extent of his facial injuries.
Filming of Top Gear was halted following Flintoff’s accident. In March 2023 the BBC apologised to Flintoff, who agreed in October of the same year a package of compensation, reported by The Sun to be £9m.
