Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond - who suffered a serious brain injury in
a high speed crash while attempting to break the British land speed record last week - is reportedly making an "amazing" recovery in hospital and is urging the BBC to show the footage of his crash.
Hammond was airlifted to the Leeds General Infirmary after Wednesday's accident at Elvington airfield near York.
After spending time in intensive care with what doctors described as a serious brain injury, Hammond has amazed doctors by his fast recovery and is now in a general ward.
After hearing that the BBC has postponed the new season of Top Gear "indefinitely", Hammond was incensed. According to a friend of his he is worried the programme will be officially cancelled while he is still in hospital.
"He's fuming they've postponed the next series because he fears that's the first step towards the BBC pulling the plug permanently," the unnamed friend told UK newspaper The Daily Star. "He's terrified they're going to axe it while he's stuck in hospital.
"He'll do anything to keep Top Gear going, even if it means broadcasting from his hospital bed. It would be an emotional broadcast for everyone involved and a ratings winner."
According to Hammond's co-presenter, Jeremy Clarkson, there's a very real possibility of the show being canned as media and public hysteria is rife over safety issues.
"Swarms of bureaucratic bluebottles are nibbling away at the crash site on York airfield desperately trying to find some reason why Top Gear should be banished from our screens," he said.
According to neurosurgeons at the hospital Hammond's remarkable recovery - which is not yet over - was bolstered by the fact that he regained consciousness in the immediate aftermath of the crash.
The true extent of the damage to Hammond's brain will only be known after 10 days.