Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has caused controversy by insulting Prime Minister Gordon Brown - for the second time this year.
Whilst recordng an episode of the TV show, Jeremy told the audience that Brown is a "c***".
Earlier this year, Jeremy called the Prime Minister a "one-eyed Scottish idiot."
The Prime Minister, who once dated a Romanian princess, is blind in his left eye after being kicked in the head during an end-of-term rugby match at his old school in 1966.
He also once had an ice axe impaled in his body whilst hill-climbing with former Labour leader John Smith.
Clarkson in new Brown insult row
The BBC
25th July 2009
The comment was made off air and was not intended for broadcast
BBC TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson has provoked controversy after using a swear word to describe Prime Minister Gordon Brown at a Top Gear recording.
The incident follows his recent apology for calling Brown "a one-eyed Scottish idiot" in Sydney earlier this year.
The offensive four-lettered insult came during the warm-up for the recording on Wednesday and was not for broadcast.
Beleagured: Prime Minister Gordon Brown
A BBC spokesman said no action would be taken and that the incident would not be referred to the BBC Trust.
BBC Two controller Janice Hadlow was at the recording and spoke to Clarkson afterwards.
'High regard'
According to the corporation, however, the presenter did not receive a dressing down as has been reported in several newspapers.
"As controller of BBC Two she holds both the programme and Jeremy in high regard," it said in a statement.
"After the recording she and Jeremy had a discussion about the programme, as controllers and presenters often do."
According to eyewitnesses, Clarkson used the offensive word while making off-the-cuff remarks on government policy.
Last year media watchdog Ofcom ruled that jokes made by Clarkson on Top Gear about lorry drivers murdering prostitutes did not breach the broadcasting code.
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Whilst recordng an episode of the TV show, Jeremy told the audience that Brown is a "c***".
Earlier this year, Jeremy called the Prime Minister a "one-eyed Scottish idiot."
The Prime Minister, who once dated a Romanian princess, is blind in his left eye after being kicked in the head during an end-of-term rugby match at his old school in 1966.
He also once had an ice axe impaled in his body whilst hill-climbing with former Labour leader John Smith.
Clarkson in new Brown insult row
The BBC
25th July 2009
The comment was made off air and was not intended for broadcast
BBC TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson has provoked controversy after using a swear word to describe Prime Minister Gordon Brown at a Top Gear recording.
The incident follows his recent apology for calling Brown "a one-eyed Scottish idiot" in Sydney earlier this year.
The offensive four-lettered insult came during the warm-up for the recording on Wednesday and was not for broadcast.
Beleagured: Prime Minister Gordon Brown
A BBC spokesman said no action would be taken and that the incident would not be referred to the BBC Trust.
BBC Two controller Janice Hadlow was at the recording and spoke to Clarkson afterwards.
'High regard'
According to the corporation, however, the presenter did not receive a dressing down as has been reported in several newspapers.
"As controller of BBC Two she holds both the programme and Jeremy in high regard," it said in a statement.
"After the recording she and Jeremy had a discussion about the programme, as controllers and presenters often do."
According to eyewitnesses, Clarkson used the offensive word while making off-the-cuff remarks on government policy.
Last year media watchdog Ofcom ruled that jokes made by Clarkson on Top Gear about lorry drivers murdering prostitutes did not breach the broadcasting code.
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