You won’t believe the things Jeremy Clarkson did!

Lorry driver ‘joke’ (November 2008)

Jeremy first sparked massive controversy when he made an offhand remark to the other presenters when driving Lorries. He said: “What matters to lorry drivers? Murdering prostitutes? Fuel economy?” He added: “This is a hard job [driving a lorry] and I’m not just saying this to win favour with lorry drivers: change gear; change gear; change gear; check your mirrors; murder a prostitute …” While ofcom cleared Clarkson that the remarks were within their programming code of conduct, others didn’t brush it out so casually.