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Clarkson suspended by Beeb - Top Gear off air this weekend

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  • Fiiish
    Fiiish Posts: 7,998
    Prediction: Hammond & May walk at the end of their contracts, all 3 get snapped up by another channel and the Beeb waves goodbye to 100s of millions of pounds.
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,080
    Chris Evans ruled himself out as replacement ... pity, he's one of the few that could have taken it on without too much problem
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,135
    Any truth in the rumour that Chris Evans is taking over?
  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,829
    edited March 2015
    Hard to argue with the BBC decision, especially as Clarkson has admitted punching the producer himself.

    'It was not disputed by Jeremy Clarkson or any witness that Oisin Tymon was the victim of anunprovoked physical and verbal attack.'
  • SELR_addicks
    SELR_addicks Posts: 15,516
    "BBC says Clarkson attacked producer who offered no retaliation for 30 seconds, and was halted only by the intervention of a witness."

    Defend that. Deserved to go.
  • NomadicAddick
    NomadicAddick Posts: 2,115
    stonemuse said:

    Chris Evans ruled himself out as replacement ... pity, he's one of the few that could have taken it on without too much problem

    apart from the problem that it would be terrible.
  • JohnBoyUK
    JohnBoyUK Posts: 9,054
    Gutted but you cant defend his actions sadly.
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,765
    Big northern Jessie. Half a minute of uncontested punching and he still couldn't put him down ;-)
  • Valiantphil
    Valiantphil Posts: 6,415
    Fiiish said:

    Prediction: Hammond & May walk at the end of their contracts, all 3 get snapped up by another channel and the Beeb waves goodbye to 100s of millions of pounds.

    Just seen Sky TV loading a lorry up with gold bars and putting Clarkson's postcode in the Sat Nav :)
  • smudge7946
    smudge7946 Posts: 4,131
    Good bye Jezza.
    Hold your head high. The bbc has retained staff for doing much worse.

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  • Fiiish
    Fiiish Posts: 7,998
    They're not even sacking him, they're just not renewing his contract, so they can't even claim any kind of moral high ground over this. What a shower.
  • JiMMy 85
    JiMMy 85 Posts: 10,202
    Chris Evans campaigned very, very hard to get the presenting gig on Sky Sports F1 (the job that Simon Lazenby does). Not surprised he'd go after Top Gear. I think he'd be a good fit.
  • JollyRobin
    JollyRobin Posts: 1,706
    Now I'm not one that thinks every person who punches someone should face criminal charges, but if the reports that he beat the guy for 30 seconds and hospitalised him in an unprovoked attack are true should Tymon not be considering that course of action?
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,411
    Shame but the correct decision I think in this circumstance. You've made some stinkers in your time Beeb but not this time.

    Love Top Gear, it was tired and jaded and the three presenters will go onto other things now. Time for a reboot for the program.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 70,031
    JohnBoyUK said:

    Gutted but you cant defend his actions sadly.

    My feelings as well.

    Having said that, the programme did need a bit of a refresh, but with Clarkson going, if Hammond, May and exec producer Wilman leave, it would be virtually a new show.

    Clarkson writes for The Sun and Sunday Times, it'll be interesting what they do or say - in normal circumstances "BBC star punches junior" would cause a massive outcry in The Sun.
  • All_Thaid_Up
    All_Thaid_Up Posts: 2,293
    And what is the betting that the producer joins them when they all move to Sky? Still think its all too convenient
  • dizzee
    dizzee Posts: 5,616
    edited March 2015
    They should get Dermot O'dreary to replace him.

    A boring try hard with no personality, replaced by a boring try hard with no personality. Perfect.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,393
    The amount of coverage devoted to this affair by the BBC is ridiculous .. Clarkson is talented but in a restricted way, a braggart and an unpleasant drunk .. he's now gotta find some new mug of an organisation to pay him lots for being a lampoon/caricature of himself .. let's move on down the road .. in top gear ((:>)
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,166
    Lincsaddick said:

    The amount of coverage devoted to this affair by the BBC is ridiculous .. Clarkson is talented but in a restricted way, a braggart and an unpleasant drunk .. he's now gotta find some new mug of an organisation to pay him lots for being a lampoon/caricature of himself .. let's move on down the road .. in top gear ((:>)

    ITV or SKY then.

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  • cafcfan
    cafcfan Posts: 11,209
    Fiiish said:

    They're not even sacking him, they're just not renewing his contract, so they can't even claim any kind of moral high ground over this. What a shower.

    I think I read somewhere that Clarkson had threatened to sue the BBC if he got the tin tack.

    Quite neat, then, to merely not renew his contract as it was running out (possibly in 6 days time) anyway.
  • nth_london_addick
    nth_london_addick Posts: 35,919
    Programme is over without him, regardless of his replacement he will move to another channel and create another spin off be paid bundles and move on,
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,383
    Expect Maximum Velocity or some other pants name to pop up by the turn of the year presented by all 3 of them
  • WestCountryAddick
    WestCountryAddick Posts: 2,545
    nth london addick said:

    Programme is over without him, regardless of his replacement he will move to another channel and create another spin off be paid bundles and move on,

    In it's current form, I would agree. James May has already stated that he doubts he will continue as 'for very complicated reasons' the three of them together make the show what it is. Hard to disagree. I would expect Top Gear to continue, but it will be a different show to what it was in the Clarkson years. Some will see that as a positive. Personally, I'll miss it and if the three end up on another similar show together, I'll definitely check it out.
  • Saga Lout
    Saga Lout Posts: 6,845
    Sounds like all three will be replaced. A huge headache for the BBC - how do they keep the cash cow going without it's stars?
  • EastTerrace
    EastTerrace Posts: 3,963
    I guess the decision was unavoidable due to hitting someone at work.

    However, bullying and over-pressure by managers happens all over the country everyday (overlooked by HR, as they are normally influenced by management) and nothing happens - although the long term effect can be worse that a slap.
  • nth_london_addick
    nth_london_addick Posts: 35,919
    We have a rule in my business all complaints go to the hr manager, and if the hr manager brings it to my attention I sack the hr mgr,

    No complaints so far 8)
  • Greenie
    Greenie Posts: 9,172
    What is the world coming too when two fellas can't have a bit of 'hand bags' without one getting sacked.
    Bloody nanny state.
  • nth_london_addick
    nth_london_addick Posts: 35,919
    seems really excessive to me considering how popular the show is and how many didn't want it to happen,

    May consider not paying my licence fee for the tenth yr running now I mean what's the point,
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,135
    What a wonderful weasel word 'handbags' is. It admits that violence has taken place, but diminishes its severity to next to nothing and implies that no one in particular is at fault. The reality seems to be quite far off of that though. One-sided violence coupled with a sustained verbal attack and unreasonable threats to sack a subordinate. These are the unacceptable actions of a workplace bully. You can call this 'handbags' if you like. But this behaviour is not acceptable in any modern workplace.

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