BBC court battle as The Stig plans to publish memoir

THE publisher embroiled in a legal battle with the BBC over a memoir by Top Gear’s The Stig attacked the corporation today for using licence fee cash on legal moves to block the book.

Book giant HarperCollins said it would “vigorously defend” its right to publish the book. It comes as the mysterious helmeted figure was apparently unmasked at the weekend.

The BBC has been trying to stop the publication of the book and claims that confidentiality agreements stop the driver from revealing his identity.