I imagine the BBC rues the day Jeremy Clarkson hit an Irishman for failing to bring him hot meats. They had to fire Clarkson after that and Top Gear never really got its mojo back. It wasn’t the 1970s, you see, and you couldn’t just abuse Irishmen willy-nilly anymore, even on the BBC. So, post-Clarkson, the BBC persisted with A-list presenters like Joey from Friends and cheeky-chappy archetype Chris Evans. McGuinness and Flintoff have an argument about whether Bolton is in Lancashire or Greater Manchester until I start screaming.

Source: The Irish Times October 09, 2020 04:00 UTC