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On October 29 2014 07:17 Body_Shield wrote:
So according to him, he is/has become the thing he hates. And he's arguably wrong by the fact that his argument is on shaky ground at best.

Jeremy says Top Gear Series 22 will start in December
Posted by Sean on Nov 16, 2014 in News

A candid reply from Jeremy Clarkson on Twitter has stated that Top Gear Series 22 will return to our screens in December with 13 episodes!

Jeremy Clarkson livetweeted his adventures in Trail, British Columbia, after he was stuck in the small citiy for most of Sunday due to flight delays.

Famous British broadcaster Jeremy Clarkson received some small town B.C. hospitality this weekend after he was stuck in the city of Trail for several hours with nothing to do.

Quick question. What can 3 chaps do to kill time in Trail BC on a Sunday afternoon?

— Jeremy Clarkson (@JeremyClarkson) November 23, 2014

Clarkson, the longtime host of the popular BBC TV show Top Gear, arrived in Vancouver last week to film some segments for their upcoming season. There had been much speculation about where Clarkson would be shooting, but because of the immense popularity of the show, producers were tight-lipped about exact locations.

On Saturday, Clarkson told his 4.06 million followers on Twitter that he wouldn’t be out much while in Canada.

People of western Canada. I'm afraid when we are filming, we film. There's no time to do anything else.

— Jeremy Clarkson (@JeremyClarkson) November 23, 2014

But just 18 hours later, Clarkson and his co-hosts Richard Hammond and James May found themselves with plenty of spare time.

I should make it plain, we are marooned in Trail. This is full Planes Trains stuff. Even the temperature is correct: 1

— Jeremy Clarkson (@JeremyClarkson) November 23, 2014

People in Trail, a city of 7,500 in southern British Columbia, had plenty of suggestions on how to pass the hours.

Top Gear: Argentina makes formal complaint to the BBC
Argentina has expressed discontent to the BBC over its handling of complaints about a Top Gear special filmed in the country.

The show's stars - including Jeremy Clarkson - and crew were forced to abandon filming last month amid angry protests over a car number plate that appeared to refer to the Falklands War.

Argentine ambassador Alicia Castro said the response she received from the BBC's director of television, Danny Cohen, was "inadequate".

Ms Castro also raised the subject of future co-operation with the corporation when it needs to film in the South American country.

In a letter to the BBC Trust, the corporation's governing body, Ms Castro said Clarkson's behaviour in the country fell "well below" BBC editorial values, accusing them of "covering up".

A Porsche the Top Gear team were using had the registration H982 FKL, which some suggested could refer to the Falklands conflict between the UK and Argentina in 1982.

The BBC and Clarkson have maintained that the plate was a coincidence, saying that no deliberate offence had been intended.

Ms Castro pointed to the good relationship between Argentina and the BBC concerning wildlife programming, saying she hopes it will "continue to blossom" in the future.

"There is a record of excellent cooperation between the BBC and Argentina, with the BBC Earth's Walking Giants and BBC Patagonia being only the most recent examples of production teams that have been enjoying the hospitality and full co-operation of the Argentine people and government while working on the ground," Ms Castro wrote.

"I am sure you cherish this relationship as much as we do, and we hope that it will continue to blossom in the future," she said in her letter to Rona Fairhead, chair of the BBC Trust.
Top Gear car Argentina The car's number plate was thought to be a reference to the Falklands War of 1982

Walking Giants, presented by Sir David Attenborough, is a new one-hour documentary telling the story of the 200 fossils from seven giant dinosaurs that scientists have unearthed at a site in the deserts of Patagonia.

In response to complaints concerning Mr Clarkson and the number plate incident, Mr Cohen wrote to the Argentinian ambassador stating: "I would like to reassure you again that nothing we have seen or read since the team returned supports the view that this was a deliberate act."

However, Ms Castro said that Mr Cohen's "perfunctory" response showed that he had not investigated the incident in any depth.

She added: "Mr Cohen merely reassures us that it was not deliberate. We are not prepared to accept this as a full and adequate response to this supposed 'coincidence.'"

The Argentine ambassador also expressed her concerns about the tone and content of an article by Mr Clarkson in the Sunday Times in which he insinuated there was a conspiracy to eject the film crew from the country.

"This article is not written by an autonomous individual, as Mr Cohen would have it, but rather by an employee of the BBC, commenting on the making of a BBC programme," Ms Castro said.

The BBC Trust has said it had received the letter and would be responding in due course.

Top Gear Patagonia Special: first details
Here’s your first picture from the upcoming Top Gear Patagonia Special. And this year, this Christmas special will be broadcast at roughly the right time, too.

Jeremy, Richard and James will take a Porsche 928, Lotus Esprit and Ford Mustang through their most gruelling challenge to date: a 1600-mile trek through Patagonia to the southernmost city in the world, in order to stage an epic game of car football against Argentina.

There will be swamps, deserts, forests, beaches, and ski slopes for the three V8 sports cars to suffer. There will also be broken bones, mechanical calamities and even some cows. Plus, a climax that wasn’t really on the cards.

We’ll have more transmission times and dates for you very soon, so stay tuned…