‘Top Gear’ producer denies he has quit

Top Gear producer Andy Wilman has denied reports that he has quit the hit show in the wake of Jeremy Clarkson’s sacking.

An email he sent to Top Gear staff congratulating them on making “one of the most iconic programmes in TV history” was widely reported yesterday as a resignation statement.

In it, he said: “Our stint as guardians of Top Gear was a good one, but we were only part of the show’s history, not the whole of it. Those two words are bigger than us.”