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.
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
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.
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?
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.
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 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 ((:>)
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.
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.
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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'It was not disputed by Jeremy Clarkson or any witness that Oisin Tymon was the victim of anunprovoked physical and verbal attack.'
Defend that. Deserved to go.
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.
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.
A boring try hard with no personality, replaced by a boring try hard with no personality. Perfect.
Quite neat, then, to merely not renew his contract as it was running out (possibly in 6 days time) anyway.
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.
No complaints so far 8)
Bloody nanny state.
May consider not paying my licence fee for the tenth yr running now I mean what's the point,