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Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Top Gear: Argentine minister calls for statement of regret

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The Argentine diplomat to the UK has required the BBC to make an open expression of remorse after the line over a release of Top Gear taped in the South American nation.
The stars and group of the show needed to leave Argentina in the midst of irate challenges - allegedly over a number plate that seemed to allude to the Falklands War.
The group, including Jeremy Clarkson, had been taping a Christmas unique.
Official maker Andy Wilman has denied the number plate was a "trick".
The team had headed out to Argentina a month ago to film the Top Gear exceptional, which saw Clarkson and co-stars Richard Hammond and James May drive the well known Patagonian thruway - Route 40 - to the southernmost city of Ushuaia.
'Hostile comments'
Be that as it may, taping must be given the ax when the show incited displeasure among local people after the utilization of a Porsche with the enlistment number H982 FKL - a clear reference to the 1982 Falklands War.
The show's autos must be deserted by the roadside and the group escorted to the air terminal in the wake of being pelted with stones.
An announcement from the consulate said: "Argentine diplomat to the UK, Alicia Castro, made a formal grievance to the BBC with respect to Jeremy Clarkson's provocative conduct and hostile comments towards the administration and the Argentine individuals, after Top Gear's late recording in Argentina, requiring the BBC to make an open expression of remorse."
It said the diplomat had met the BBC's chief of TV, Danny Cohen, at New Broadcasting House in London on Monday.
The announcement went on: "Besides, the Argentine envoy profoundly lamented Jeremy Clarkson's totally false allegations of asserted hatred against British nationals in Argentina."

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