Ngokusho kwe-British Edition of Daily Express, nabasebenzi bakaGear Thayiya u-Andy Wilman bavalelisa nge-imeyili, imizamo yezintatheli yaba ngumphakathi. Umkhiqizi uqinisekisile okusele ukuthi amagiya aphezulu angeke avalwe: "Labo kini abasancike kumagiya aphezulu ungakhathazeki - ngoba i-BBC nakanjani yenza konke ukuze iqhubeke nombukiso."
UWilman noJeremy Clarkson ekuqaleni kwalezi zinhlaka ezimbili ndawonye eza nefomethi entsha yaphezulu, enikeza umbono wombukiso wethelevishini we-BBC nokusayina inkontileka yokuqala ngo-2002. Ikakhulu, kwakunguWilman "wadala" umshayeli ongaqondakali ongaqondakali.
"Okungenani manje bazofuna ngokwengeziwe. Futhi into eyodwa, uma ucabanga ngempumelelo yombukiso we-TV, owaqala eminyakeni eyi-13 eyedlule. Ngiyazi ukuthi akekho noyedwa kithi owayefuna ukuthi yonke into iqede ngale ndlela, kodwa ngifuna wonke umuntu abheke emuva futhi ekhumbula ukuthi basize ukudala okuthile okukhohlisayo, "kubhala u-Andy Wilman.
Khumbula, ngesonto eledlule BBC yachitha uJeremy Clarkson ngokuhlasela omunye wabakhiqizi abadlulayo. Ikusasa lamagiya aphezulu lihlala lithi, ngoba uClarkson ophila kangaka, uJames kungenzeka noRichard Hammond, naye ucabanga ukushiya umbukiso.