Jeremy 'Powerrrrr' Clarkson and James 'him off Top Gear and that wine programme' May are in a bit of hot water for being caught drinking and driving. It is not that they had gone out for a few beers and were caught doing 110mph on the M1, but because they were considered to have 'glamorised misuse of alcohol'.In the Top Gear Polar special, Clarkson and May raced co presenter Richard Hammond to the North Pole. Hammond was on a dog sled, whereas the other two were in a modified off road pickup truck. In the episode, Clarkson and May were seen drinking Gin and Tonics whilst driving over the frozen ocean, and there have been complaints to the BBC Trust.
In the programme, Clarkson addresses the viewer to inform them not to write in complaining as there were in international waters and there is no drink drive law. The BBC Trust has said that the footage was "highly irresponsible".
While drinking and driving shouldn't be made light of, come on, it was a joke! It wasn't making alcohol misuse glamorous in the slightest and the fact that the complaint was made after the show was repeated, by some Mary Whitehouse wannabe flicking through satellite channels desperate to find something to moan about, displays that millions of people watched the programme first time round and saw this for what it was - a silly bit of entertainment!
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