Complaints over Thatcher's sacking

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The former Prime Minister's daughter was dropped as a contributor to the One Show on Tuesday night after talks with corporation bosses.

Her position is understood to have become regarded as untenable after she declined to issue an unconditional apology for the remark, made after filming the show last Thursday during a conversation with presenter Adrian Chiles and several guests.

A spokesman for the corporation said it had received "a few hundred" complaints by from people upset about the decision.

Ms Thatcher's agent launched a stinging attack on the BBC and said it should apologise to her for "condoning" the leaking of a private conversation.

Ali Gunn said Thatcher was the victim of a personal campaign.

She said: "I would like to say that this comment was made in jest afterwards in the green room over a drink and no-one objected to it at the time. I think it's absolutely outrageous that the BBC has condoned this leak.

"They haven't even disciplined the member of staff and frankly we issued a fulsome apology that was rejected by them. But they should be issuing us with an apology."

The remark was made during a conversation about the Australian Open tennis tournament, in reference to a player who had recently been knocked out of the men's singles draw.

Crowned queen of the jungle in the 2005 series of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!, Ms Thatcher was a regular contributor to the magazine show and the programme's website praised "her dry, self-deprecating wit and tenacious spirit".