A woman has been arrested after BBC presenter Jeremy Vine posted shocking footage online showing a road rage driver threatening him in the road.

The Radio 2 host filmed a woman unleashing abuse after he cycled in front of her car on a narrow street in Kensington, west London, on August 26.

Father-of-two Mr Vine, 51, later uploaded the video on his Facebook page, where it has since been viewed more than 500,000 times.

Police said a 22-year-old woman was arrested on September 2 after officers assessed the footage.

Road rage: Jeremy Vine filmed a woman (pictured) unleashing foul-mouthed abuse

A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said: 'The 22-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of common assault and a public order offence.

'She has been bailed to return to police on a date in early September.'

Mr Vine, who also presents TV shows including Crimewatch, Panorama and Eggheads, wears a helmet camera for his journey between his home in Chiswick, west London and the BBC offices near Oxford Circus.

Keen cyclist: Mr Vine confirmed he had reported the incident to the police

The clip shows the driver of a black Vauxhall getting out and shouting at Vine after he had stopped in the middle of the road.

She said: 'Why the f*** would you stop in front of a car? You don't respect your f****** life. Move your bike, move your bike.'

The presenter claimed that she began kicking the bike off camera and, later at a set of traffic lights, she was filmed again getting out of the car and saying: 'If you take a picture of my car again I'm going to knock you out because that's my personal belongings. Don't f****** take a picture.'

Off camera, Vine claimed that she then made her hand into the shape of a gun and mimed firing it at him as he pulled alongside the car.

He later confirmed he had handed the footage over to police.

The woman denied this version of events in an interview with The Sun and claimed she had been provoked.

Giving her name only as Shayna, she said: 'He made me look impatient but he was riding on the pavement and came out on to the road in front of me, with no hand signals.

A car was heard beeping behind Mr Vine's bike, suggesting the driver was anxious to overtake

'The road had parking on either side. He was dangerous.

'He pulled out in front of me, making me have to make an emergency stop.