text: Jeremy Clarkson will return to the BBC but not on Top Gear - even though bosses still haven't found his replacement. BBC2 boss Kim Shillinglaw, who has been tasked with finding a new presenter for the show, said Clarkson 'will be back' on the BBC, despite his very public sacking from Top Gear just last month. Speaking today about the show's future, the executive insisted there was 'no ban on Jeremy being on the BBC' and that the 54-year-old would return to the corporation once he had 'had some time'. Scroll down for video . BBC2 boss Kim Shillinglaw (left) who has been tasked with finding a new presenter for the show, said Clarkson (right) 'will be back' on the BBC, despite his very public sacking from Top Gear just last month . The final scenes filmed by the Top Gear team (pictured) before Jeremy Clarkson was unceremoniously sacked from the show will be aired this summer, according to the head of BBC2 . It comes as Ms Shillinglaw revealed that Clarkson's final moments on the motoring show would be aired this summer, saying that there was 'no way' she would let the material go to waste. She said: 'Jeremy will be back on the BBC. It's serious and unfortunate what happened but there is no ban on Jeremy being on the BBC. 'It's a a big deal what happened and Jeremy, as any human being would, needs some time.' Earlier this month, Clarkson pulled out of his planned appearance hosting BBC satirical show Have I Got News For You, which was due to be filmed this week, and aired a day later. It would have marked his first BBC appearance since the fracas which led to his departure. Referring to that decision, Ms Shillinglaw said: 'The BBC was prepared to have him on Have I Got News For You, it wasn't the BBC's decision not to go ahead with that particular show.' She confirmed that the scenes filmed before Clarkson's sacking were likely to air this summer, saying: 'No way would I want the available material not to be seen by viewers.' Kim Shillinglaw refused to say who would be replacing Clarkson. Asked if it would be a woman, she said female candidates were being considered . The channel boss also admitted that she had not yet found anyone to fill Clarkson's shoes on Top Gear. Amid growing pressure for a woman to be appointed as the lead host, she added that she not thinking of his replacement 'in terms of gender'. She said: 'I worked a lot with female presenters and when I used to work in science that was something across the piece that I really wanted to tackle, but I don't think I've ever approached an individual show thinking that was the way I want to cast it, so I think it's an open book on that. 'We'll definitely look at some women, but it's not a driving priority.' She added that the process of reinventing the show without its main star was 'creatively exciting'. Clarkson was suspended by the BBC last month during an internal investigation after he attacked Top Gear producer Mr Tymon, splitting his lip and verbally abusing him. Clarkson's contract was not renewed, with director-general Tony Hall saying 'a line has been crossed' and 'there cannot be one rule for one and one rule for another'. But the broadcasting veteran received widespread public support, including from friend David Cameron. Clarkson has said he is already thinking about his next television project. He wrote in his column for the Sunday Times: 'I have lost my baby but I shall create another. 'I don't know who the other parent will be or what the baby will look like, but I cannot sit around any more organising my photograph album.' Clarkson also revealed he was told he 'probably' had cancer two days before the 'fracas' with Mr Tymon, although he has since been given the all-clear. He said he considered turning his back on presenting altogether in the immediate fall-out from the incident. Jeremy Clarkson was suspended by the BBC last month after hitting a producer in a row at a hotel, before being told his contract would not be renewed by the corporation (pictured, in London earlier this month) He told the Sunday Times: 'Let's stop being silly and pick up the pieces and start again ... I just know I'm going to do another car show.' Earlier this month, North Yorkshire Police said Clarkson would face no further police action over his attack on the producer at a hotel. Clarkson first appeared on Top Gear in 1988, just after Noel Edmonds quit as lead host, rising through the ranks before leaving the show temporarily in 2001 during a ratings slump. When the show relaunched in 2002, Clarkson had rejoined the programme as head presenter, alongside Richard Hammond and Jason Dawe - who was replaced by James May in series two. The new studio-style format saw the show become the most watched programme on BBC2, and has been voted the best show on British television. Clarkson's brash presenting style, that often flirted with the boundaries of good taste, earned him legions of admirers and critics, and controversy was never far behind. He was censured by BBC bosses in 2014 after apparently using the n-word on television while reciting a nursery rhyme, and caused a stir a few months later after the Top Gear team were attacked while filming in Argentina. Locals had taken offence to a numberplate on Clarkson's car which read 'H982 FLK' - thought to be a reference to the Falklands war.
target: BBC2's Kim Shillinglaw says Clarkson 'will be back' because there is 'no ban on Jeremy being on the BBC'
  She insisted he would return in the future but currently 'needs some time'
  Also said Top Gear scenes filmed before sacking would be aired in summer .
  Ms Shillinglaw  said females were being considered to take Clarkson's post .