MOTORING: REAR VIEW Mirror - BBC'S TOP GAFFE

0 Comments | Sunday Mirror, May 27, 2007 | by Brian Twomey

BBC Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has been told off by the British media watchdog Ofcom for a remark he made during an episode of Top Gear last year.

The producers of the programme were also warned about broadcasting the remark.

Ofcom's actions come after the organisation received complaints about Clarkson description of the Daihatsu Copen as being 'a bit ginger beer', rhyming slang for 'queer'.

His description was a made despite the fact that his co- presenters, Richard Hammond and ex-Car magazine columnist James May, liked the Copen.