article_snippet: Earlier today Top Gear producer Andy Wilman was forced to deny reports Top Gear producer Andy Wilman has quit the hit show in the wake of Jeremy Clarkson's sacking.
article_snippet: An email sent to Top Gear staff congratulating them on making 'one of the most iconic programmes in TV history' was published yesterday and widely reported as a resignation statement.
article_snippet: In it, Top Gear producer Andy Wilman said: 'Our stint as guardians of Top Gear was a good one, but Our were only part of the hit show's history, not the whole of it.
article_snippet: But today Mr Wilman, whose friendship with Jeremy Clarkson dates back to their school days, said the email was 'not a resignation statement, and nor was the email meant for public consumption'.
article_snippet: Top Gear producer Andy Wilman said: 'the email was a private note of thanks to 113 people who have worked on the hit show over the years, but clearly one of those 113 is a bit of a tit, because they shared the email with a website.
article_snippet: Jeremy Clarkson was looking cheerful yesterday (pictured) as Jeremy Clarkson picked up a new car . '
article_snippet: A spokeswoman for the hit show said: 'Andy's email was intended as a heartfelt message to people who had worked with Andy's email and Jeremy, to recognise the fact that with Jeremy leaving it was the end of an era. '
article_snippet: It was bringing down the curtain on the Jeremy Clarkson era, not announcing his own departure.'