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Evans replaces Clarkson on BBC's 'Top Gear'

Broadcaster Chris Evans is to replace Jeremy Clarkson as lead presenter of the BBC’s hit motoring show “Top Gear”, the corporation announced Tuesday. The BBC said Evans, 49, had signed a three-year deal to present the world’s most popular factual TV programme — and announced that Clarkson’s former co-presenters, James May and Richard Hammond, would not be returning, after months of speculation. Clarkson was dropped from the madcap “Top Gear”