Disgraced former Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson will make his BBC comeback less than a month after being fired, but not in the capacity millions of fans called for.

The controversial 54-year-old will guest host an episode of BBC quiz show Have I Got News For You on April 24, just weeks after being fired for punching a Top Gear producer.

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Clarkson has hosted the satirical news show before and during one episode in 2008, threw a pen at a panellist which left him with a cut on his face, according to a BBC report.

Last month he was dismissed by the broadcaster after an altercation with Top Gear producer Oisin Tymon.

BBC chief Lord Hall said he felt “a line had been crossed”.

“There cannot be one rule for one and one rule for another,” Lord Hall said.

A petition to keep Clarkson as part of the Top Gear trio received more than one million signatures, with co-hosts James May and Richard Hammond also expressing their dismay at the decision on Twitter.

A Top Gear Live tour is scheduled for later this year, with dates in Sydney, South Africa and the UK, but it remains unclear whether Clarkson, May and Hammond will continue their duties.

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