Traditional children's rhyme now forbidden

Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has sparked fury after he was reportedly caught on camera using the n-word during filming of the hit BBC series.

In unaired footage the 54-year-old presenter was allegedly heard reciting the rhyme 'eeny, meeny, miny, mo' before muttering 'catch a n***** by his toe'.

According to the Mirror, Clarkson uttered the n-word during filming of the third episode of Top Gear series 19 as the star reviewed the £25,000 Toyota GT86 and the Subaru BRZ - which costs around the same amount.

Telling viewers that they may find it difficult to differentiate between the two vehicles he demonstrated how to do it using the child's counting rhyme.

Audio forensic experts studied the clip and confirmed to the newspaper that Clarkson had used the word, which is deemed highly offensive.

Legal experts have said that the presenter could have breached equality legislation, depending on the context in which the word was used and whether a crew member had been offended by what was said.

'If it had been brought to the attention of the police they would have considered whether an offence had taken place and whether it was in the public interest to prosecute,' said solicitor Lucy Scott Moncrief.

'All employers and programme makers have policies on discrimination and I would have thought that this kind of language would have been a breach of those and could have led to disciplinary action.'

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