BBC blunders

Tonight, Top Gear concluded their final episode of the series (darn) with a wonderful tribute to British motoring. It was a dignified, uplifting, Elgar-esque (Nimrod-themed) affair. Even though one knows Top Gear is pro-British (for a rather international programme, watched by 300+ million around the world), one has to marvel at what Britain has to offer.

Best of British motoring lined up in front of Buckingham Palace

Oddly, directly after the emotional tribute, the BBC decides to air a show about the might of the German automotive industry and how it overtook the one in Britain. That's ridiculously contradictory... The programming director was either trying to be very even footed (as is the rule for BBC), or just plain mad. I'm leaning towards the latter...

Clarkson has come straight on to Twitter to share his displeasure:

I am properly cross with BBC2. What on earth were they thinking of?
— Jeremy Clarkson (@JeremyClarkson) August 4, 2013

We try our hardest to show British manufacturing and engineering is still astonishing. And then along comes BBC2...
— Jeremy Clarkson (@JeremyClarkson) August 4, 2013

What a shame...

Image source: BBC Top Gear/Sniff Petrol