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BBC holds internal investigation into Top Gear culture and practices after allegations of racist gaffes

Clarkson wrote that ‘foxy woxy and the birds’ should be left to ‘nibble’ at the ‘gooey parts’ of people who die by jumping in front of trains.

A report examining the hit show’s ‘culture and practices’ has been sent to director of television Danny Cohen and people working on the show were asked if they thought it was racist.

 

  • BBC reportedly launched probe following racism controversies
  • Presenter used word ‘slope’ – a derogatory term for those of Asian descent
  • Ofcom recently ruled that BBC had used an ‘offensive racial term’
  • Danny Cohen ‘wanted to launch disciplinary action against Clarkson’
  • But move was allegedly blocked by director general Tony Hall
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