A host of BBC car show Top Gear has apologised "unreservedly" for filming stunt driving near Britain's best-known war memorial.
Chris Evans says program makers were "unwise" to film close to the Cenotaph, a stone monument to Britain's war dead near Parliament in central London.
Some bystanders - including British Chancellor George Osborne - complained after co-host Matt LeBlanc and a professional driver were seen performing "doughnuts" in the street nearby.
Richard Kemp, a retired army officer, called the stunt "gravely disrespectful."
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