It’s part of the BBC’s remit to provide a lucrative habitat for some fairly repulsive cultural relics. They’ve been doing it for the Monarchy and Church of England for decades. Providing the same service for redundant, golf club bores on Match of the Day is second nature.
And if anyone thinks it’s about to stop, then think again. One of the BBC’s most lucrative little reptiles is the repulsive Jeremy Clarkson. With his quasi-mullet, ridiculous paunch and undersized ‘Brian May’ jeans, the repellent clown continues to profit from providing a leering caricature of 70′s style, suburban sexism to commissioning editors.
So we can look forward to more of the same. Society may have moved on, but it’s still a round of golf with Tarby and trebles all round at the BBC.