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Hammond doing better, begs BBC to keep show alive

September 27, 2006

With the network’s cancellation axe hanging over Top Gear’s head, Richard Hammond, who has made a remarkable recovery from his 280-mph crash last week, is begging BBC to let the show go on. Series 9 (season 9 as we call it in the States) was due to start on October 8, but has been postponed indefinitely since Hammond’s crash. He and his fellow presenters, Jeremy Clarkson and James May, are afraid that such a postponement is the first step toward permenant cancellation. Agencies of the British government are poring over the crash site, trying to find evidence of wrongdoing. By all accounts, though, it was just an accident — accidents happen, and now because an accident happened on *gasp* a car show where they drive really fast, the BBC is thinking about cancelling the show. Hammond even wants to broadcast from his hospital bed in order to keep the show alive.

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