The BBC appeared to have put an end to their Jeremy Clarkson woes when they made the decision not to renew his contract following a ‘fracas’ between the Top Gear presenter and a show producer.
Despite this, the Clarkson saga continues to cast a shadow on the corporation. The presenter’s untimely departure has meant that the producers of the BBC mockumentary W1A have had to re-edit a series plotline.
Hugh Bonneville, who plays the BBC’s head of values in the series which airs next week, admits that they had to ‘tweak the voice-over’ to keep up with events. A plotline written before the incident saw Clarkson get the BBC in trouble by writing an embarrassing tweet and using the word ‘tosser’. Now, the voiceover has been changed, the presenter’s surname bleeped out and his face will appear pixelated.
It’s almost like he was never there.
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