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Jeremy Clarkson has been ordered not to cause a diplomatic row during a Top Gear road trip to Argentina.

BBC bosses gave the presenter, 54, the ultimatum after allowing the show to film its Christmas special in Patagonia this week.

Clarkson’s past outbursts include calling a Burmese man a ‘slope’ – and ­Argentine relations have been poor since the Falklands war.

Beeb bosses felt the presence of un-PC motormouth Clarkson - and his sidekicks, Richard Hammond, 44, and James May, 51 - would spark a diplomatic incident.

One senior BBC insider claimed the green light for the Christmas special had been received “right on the deadline” for filming to be completed in time.

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And they revealed: “There was real panic when bosses learned that Top Gear was going to Argentina of all places.

“Clarkson and his crew have a record of upsetting foreigners – from Mexicans, the French and Asian – the last thing the BBC needed was a big incident with Argentina.

“Jeremy has been warned to be on his very best behaviour and to do nothing that would upset his hosts.

"He has promised to do so.”

However, on arrival at an Argentine hotel, he tweeted a picture of bar saying: “I am going to f****** live here.”

Clarkson is is no stranger to controversy.

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From joking that striking public servants should be executed in front of their families, to saying that trains should continue on their journeys when they have hit someone, Clarkson's comments have frequently offended.

The video compilation also includes the moments that the multi-millionaire joked about lorry drivers murdering prostitutes and his comments calling the then Prime Minister Gordon Brown a "one-eyed Scottish idiot."

Clarkson has denied that he used the n-word, but the Mirror hired a firm of audio forensic experts to analyse the clip and they confirmed that the n-word was indeed used by Clarkson.

Read nine of Clarkson's most outspoken moments here.

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