[Closed] Top Gear's Clarkson suspended by BBC

how can the BBC "suspend" him when he's not a BBC employee and is in fact paid pay and rations by the production company that he himself owns?

BBC bought the production company out a couple of years ago so i think they now own the rights to the programme including I guess who presents it

How long is it since they did the reboot, about 10 years?

I quite liked the mix they had before the reboot, and for 4 or 5 years afterwards but it died it's death quite a while ago, the constant use of offence to score cheap publicity is dull and repetitive. It is in desperate need of a refresh again.

Bad News is Good News eh..

Queue up for vilification and finger wagging, pleads for the show to be aired on Sunday and the Beeb "giving in" with just one more "final warning if.."

Etc.

Etc.

BBC have backed themselves into a corner on this one. They'll have to do some spectacular wriggling and backsliding to avoid sacking him over this. I wonder how much they've paid for a production company that will have a much less valuable product from now on? Clarkson will head to Sky and take the team with him.

<wildspeculation> So, presumably he thumped someone, if my reading of BBC news releases is still correct?</wildspeculation>

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[b]bikebouy[/b]
Bad News is Good News eh..

Queue up for vilification and finger wagging, pleads for the show to be aired on Sunday and the Beeb "giving in" with just one more "final warning if.."

Hardly, the filming happens on a Wednesday (tomorrow) so no time to get it ready. Guest (Linker) has been cancelled, audience won't travel there and not enough time to re-arrange.

I reckon it'll come back in a fortnight with a guest presenter until it's all been thrashed out, finish this series with CLarkson then go to Sky.

If they were clever, they might have written a clause in his contract that would prevent him from doing this.

Can only be done to a very limited extent - restraint of trade and all that (or, for footie fans, see the Bosman ruling).

I suspended by Friday, great vieweing figures on Sunday, everyone gradually realises this is just a clever advert for the show*

*possibly

Radio times, reporting he punched a producer last week, and got reported this week.

Bit like Angus Deacon and Have I Got News For You - sacked but guest presenters actually made it much better...

It's all or nothing.
Any presenters other than the present trio makes it pretty much 5th gear level of entertainment.

Binned Sky TV a year or so ago. Might have to re-sub. Only thing of interest left on BBC will be BBC4 and a halfarsed attempt at F1.

From the Radio Times

The penultimate episode of the series was due to air on March 22 and has been replaced by a documentary about the Caribbean featuring Simon Reeve, at 8pm

Why does the BBC insist on shooting itself in the foot? it is a non story broken by them.

I wish everybody would stop criticising Clarkson. He is a nice man. When I was eight he fixed it for me to milk a cow blindfold.

MSP - Member
How long is it since they did the reboot, about 10 years?

I quite liked the mix they had before the reboot, and for 4 or 5 years afterwards but it died it's death quite a while ago, the constant use of offence to score cheap publicity is dull and repetitive. It is in desperate need of a refresh again.

This..and some female presenters please.

I feel quite sorry for Jeremy Clarkson getting suspended; it's total discrimination against talentless bellends.

Star in a reasonably priced fracas.

I suspended by Friday, great vieweing figures on Sunday, everyone gradually realises this is just a clever advert for the show*

More than likely...

Have the figures for this series not dropped off at bit?
TBH I think there's only so manytimes they can stir up faux controversies to bump the viewing figures before the target audience, ape loses interest...

12 years isn't a bad run, time to let it die off slowly now IMO, maybe let them do the odd Christmas special, the other two have their side projects and Clarkson can do the odd program on Brunnel and guest on QI... One more series and it's going to be way past it's sell by date.

Tweet from Tom Green, a producer on BBC 5LIVE

Top Gear pulls in 150m in revenue for the BBC. That's three times 5 live's entire annual budget.

Why would the BBC kill it off?

His phone will probably be ringing off the hook just now with offers from other channels.

Maybe he phoned some old bloke up and told him he'd shagged his granddaughter - worked for Russell Brand!

I'm sure Rebekah Brooks will be tweeting her support

I'm still surprised he's only 54 ive seen him a few times round noting hill and he looks way older than that!

Tweet from Tom Green, a former producer on BBC 5LIVE

FT etc

Have the figures for this series not dropped off at bit?

viewing figures have been pretty much static at 6-7million for the last few years. some shows a bit more, some a bit less.

was actually surprised, given the number of threads on every single internet forum every monday about the previous night's show.

The penultimate episode of the series was due to air on March 22 and has been replaced by a documentary about the Caribbean featuring Simon Reeve, at 8pm

Prats of the Caribbean?

Not really. It's just a joke. You know, like on Top Gear.

Top Gear rarely made personal attacks like that. But you know, it's fine, but you don't like him. So carry on.

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I'm sure its just another marketing stunt.

Shame he didn't punch the producer of Call The Midwife too because that is what we are doomed to watch on a Sunday evening for the rest of time.

Top Gear rarely made personal attacks like that. But you know, it's fine, but you don't like him. So carry on.

Hey, I said it was a joke. Don't get offended.

All the "films" will almost certainly have been shot already. They just need to do the links. It shows how little they think of the others that they won't be allowed to do it without Clarkson.

Let's have a new format with Jane Omorogbe, Suzi Perry and VBH talking about....well, anything they like really.

I like James May.I
Dunno what I think about Hammond, he's a bit Sid Little really isn't he?

they should replace him with sabine shmitz.

someone who knows what they're talking about and can drive like a demon.

Rusty spanner , oh yes please
Not seen vbh on telly latly

sands - Member

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Hey, just because my joke wasn't funny doesn't mean I don't have a sense of humour! It's a rubbish one obviously but it does exist.

Hey, I said it was a joke. Don't get offended.

Not offended, but you're missing the point. It's different to say your a **** and people who use STW are ****s.

Clarkson said a lot of stupid and offensive things but he didn't often (that I can remember) target specific people.

Katy Hopkins or Clarkson??

[quote=withersea ]For the lovers of clarkson in the style of Marmite, sign up to get him back (although he hasn't actually gone anywhere (yet)).
support for jezza

He has the backing of Guido Fawkes and Katie Hopkins? He probably finds that reassuring.

#greatpublicity

whatnobeer - Member

Clarkson said a lot of stupid and offensive things but he didn't often (that I can remember) target specific people.

He's got very good lawyers.

I quite liked the guy at first.
Until I realised his act was an extension of his own repulsive personality rather than an Alf Garnett type parody.

whatnobeer

Not offended, but you're missing the point. It's different to say your a * and people who use STW are *.

Clarkson said a lot of stupid and offensive things but he didn't often (that I can remember) target specific people.

Yeah, you're right. It's fine for example to say, I hate all gays but it's totally wrong to say I hate Graham Norton.

Any reason they didn't call it a bit of Argy Bargy?

😆

tbh the producer probably deserved it.

JC is crass and often says things that should not but I personally don't think he's racist etc. He just likes to shock to make a point/impact and he takes the piss out of himself more than he does anyone else. He just goes about things in a way that a lot of people don't like and a a result he has ended up a bit like Marmite.

I want to know what the producer said/did before I decide.

But i would say as a license fee payer I want a refund every time they cancel a show.

Has anybody else noticed his huge bald spot has magically disappeared?

[quote=Rusty Spanner ]I quite liked the guy at first.
Until I realised his act was an extension of his own repulsive personality rather than an Alf Garnett type parody.

+1. I'm wondering whether those who still like him haven't worked this out yet, or they actually quite like [s]obnoxious gits[/s] people like him.

Shame he didn't punch the producer of Call The Midwife too because that is what we are doomed to watch on a Sunday evening for the rest of time.

And they all have Scouse accents this time, for added teeth pulling annoyance, 😐

I quite liked the guy at first.
Until I realised his act was an extension of his own repulsive personality

Ah, you know him personally then?

Funny, because I know two people who do and they say he is nothing like his TV persona...