Have We Got News For You! Clarkson To Host Another Show?

Clarkson is due to host Have I Got News For You, a satirical panel show scheduled to air in May.

15:23 18 March 2015

Jeremy Clarkson, who is currently suspended after being involved in a “fracas” with one of the producers of Top Gear, is due to host a satirical panel show Have I Got News For You, scheduled to air in may. 

 

Jimmy Mulville, from the production company Hat Trick, which makes the show, described the presenter as “a fantastic broadcaster.” 

 

He said: "As far as I'm concerned he is hosting Have I Got News for You, the BBC has not told me what to do yet and it will be an interesting conversation."

He joked: "Maybe we will get the producer on so he can hit Jeremy Clarkson live on television."

 

Meanwhile, the traveller community has condemned BBC Trust following its declaration that Clarkson’s use of the word “pikey” was not racist. 

 

The BBC Trust said in a statement: "The trust is not sanctioning the abuse of anyone. The Editorial Standards Committee's role is to hear individual complaints and judge them against the BBC's editorial guidelines and reach a conclusion.

 

"The committee recognised the potential of the word in question to be deeply offensive but did not agree that in this context it was used as a term of racist or ethnic abuse.

 

"The committee advised considerable caution if it is employed in the future."