BBC rant all in jest: Clarkson

Jeremy Clarkson has described the past week as “turbulent” and claimed he was joking when he appeared to criticise BBC bosses during an expletive-laden rant at a charity event.

The currently-suspended Top Gear presenter said he woke up on Friday to the news his on-stage speech at the charity gala for young people at the Roundhouse in north London the previous evening had been videoed, and was told off by his lawyer.