>>Could be a moot point, given that
>>at least one BBC exec is already hedging the corporation's bets
>>about getting Clarkson
>>back once the furore has blown over.
>
>Would not surprise me that we're hearing in a year or so about how, in
>desperate need of a move to keep the show afloat, the Beeb lets him
>back in with a "very final warning."

BBC News reports today that they're planning to show the incomplete episodes later this year. In part, of course, this is perfectly understandable, as the films for the remaining three episodes had probably all been shot already (leaving only the host segments to be filled in on the Wednesdays before they were meant to air), and what the hell, the BBC paid for them. One wonders, however, if it might also be a trial balloon of sorts. I'd expect that a number of people in offices on the higher floors of Broadcasting House will be watching the response to same with great interest.

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