Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko te heke mai o Jeremy Clarkson i te BBC ka whakatauhia i te wiki e whai ake nei ina tukuna he ripoata ki te kaiwhakahaere-nui mo te 'whakataetae' me tetahi kaihanga. I whakamutua a Clarkson i muri i tana whakapae i patu i te kaiwhakanao Oisin Tymon i te wa o te riri i muri i te kiriata i runga i te kai wera i te hotera o Yorkshire. I tangohia te whakaaturanga tino rongonui i te rangi i te wa i whakarewahia ai he uiui. I kii nga rangatira o te BBC i tenei ra ka tukuna te purongo ki te kaiwhakahaere-nui a tera wiki. I taea e te BBC te pupuri i a Top Gear i runga i te rangi engari kaore a James May raua ko Richard Hammond i whakaae ki te haere ki te kore o to raua kaihautu Jeremy Clarkson, kua whakaatuhia. I noho puku a Clarkson (i te pikitia e tae atu ana ki te kāinga i tenei ra) i te wā i ui atu ia ki a ia he aha tana whakaaro mō tētahi kaiwhakahaere o te BBC e kī ana i whakataurite ia ki a Jimmy Savile. Kua whakamutua e te BBC ngā wāhanga e toe ana o Top Gear whai muri i te tūtukitanga - he nekehanga i ngaro ai i a ia ngā miriona mātakitaki me te whiwhi mano tini amuamu. I pātai atu ki a ia he aha tōna whakaaro mō ngā whakataurite a Savile i a ia e whakatā ana ki tōna huarahi, ka hurihia e te kaihautū Top Gear i whakatārewatia ōna kanohi. I kii te kaporeihana i tuku tono kia haere tonu a May me Hammond ki te whakaatu i nga waahanga ora o te whakaaturanga, ka honoa ki nga waahanga kua oti te tuhi me Clarkson, engari i whakakahoretia e nga kaitautoko e rua. I kī tētahi kaiwhakahaere o te kaporeihana ki The Sun 'he moemoea te mea katoa.' Kua kōrero a Clarkson rāua ko te kaiwhakanao a Mr Tymon ki tētahi tirotirohanga ā-roto mō te tūtukitanga o Top Gear. Kua tonoa te kaiwhakahaere matua o te BBC, a Ken MacQuarrie, ki te whakamārama i ngā mea i tupu i te wā o te kaupapa, engari kāore anō kia mōhiotia he rā mō te otinga o te uiuinga. Engari i whakahawea a James May ki nga whakaaro i whakawhiwhia ki a ia raua ko Richard Hammond te whai waahi ki te manaaki i te whakaaturanga me te kore o ta raua hoa mahi a Jeremy Clarkson. E ai ki ngā pūrongo, i whakakahoretia e rāua te tono ki te whakahaere i te Top Gear, me te kore o rāua kaihautū i whakamutua. Heoi anō, i tana kōrero poto mai i tōna kāinga i te uru o Rānana i te rā nei, i kī a Mr May kāore ia i kōrero ki tētahi i te BBC mō taua mea, nō reira kāore ia i whai wāhi ki te whakakahore ki te mahi...
I whakatārewatia a Clarkson i muri i tana whakapae i te patu i te kaiwhakanao a Oisin Tymon. Ko te whakaaturanga tino rongonui kua tangohia atu i te rangi i te wa e whakahaerehia ana he uiui. I tukuna e nga rangatira o te BBC nga tono kia haere tonu a May raua ko Hammond. Engari ko nga kaihautu e rua 'i whakakahore ki te haere tonu me te kore o ta raua hoa mo te wa roa'