Female presenter for Top Gear under new British law?

It's possible that the popular car show 'Top Gear' will have a female presenter in the future and this due to a new British equal rights law. The new act encourages employers in the public sector to promote diversity with its employees.

The programme Top Gear from the public broadcasting BBC is subject of the new law as well. The popular show has a white, male heterosexual cast and this could form a problem under the new law, which wants more female, coloured and gay employees on the work floor.

Critics of the law fear that program makers will lose their independence and that they will be forced to hire on base of gender, race or sexual orientation.

Andy Wilman, producer of Top Gear, claimed to the 'Daily Mail' that it was "utter drivel" to suggest that Top Gear excluded women saying: "If the show is allegedly female-unfriendly, why is almost half the audience female?

"Secondly, if we are to have a female presenter just to represent the sexes, then by that logic 'Loose Women' needs a bloke in the line-up pretty sharpish.

"I actually believe these sorts of mandates are patronising to women viewers, because they assume that women can't enjoy a show's presenters on merit, but can only appreciate a programme if spoken to by one of their own sex.'"