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Clarkson suspended from BBC

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  • 10-03-2015 6:00pm
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    brevity
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    Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson suspended by BBC over 'fracas' with producer

    http://gu.com/p/46gv2

    A BBC spokeswoman said: “Following a fracas with a BBC producer, Jeremy Clarkson has been suspended pending an investigation.

    “No one else has been suspended. Top Gear will not be broadcast this Sunday. The BBC will be making no further comment at this time.”


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    Big Nasty
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    And on that bombshell. .......


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    CharlieCroker
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    Big Nasty wrote: »
    And on that bombshell. .......

    ......Not back to the studio!!


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    trishasaffron
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    At last!:)


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    Kevin McCloud
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    He really has the iq of a donkey.


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    IvySlayer
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    Top Gear is usually recorded on a Tuesday, hopefully this isn't some PC crowd or overbearing health and safety nonsense. Why can't May and Hammond just do it on their own, unless they siding with Jeremy


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    Duke O Smiley
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    I know the Bbc are really damn stupid, but surely they aren't stupid enough to sack him?

    England would fall


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    Myrddin
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    Kevin McCloud wrote: »
    He really has the iq of a donkey.

    Actually, he really doesn't. He's a master of controversy, and quite an insightful and powerful presenter when he wants to be. As for this situation, I'd say Clarkson is pretty much invincible in the BBC as long as the viewers are there, and that this 'last warning' nonsense is just that, a nonsense token to appease his critics.


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    Ruu
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    He'll be back in time for the next Top Gear. :)


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    bnt
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    What is Piers Morgan up to these days? You know, if they're going shopping for a new host ... :eek:

    From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch’.

    — Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut



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    IvySlayer wrote: »
    Top Gear is usually recorded on a Tuesday, hopefully this isn't some PC crowd or overbearing health and safety nonsense. Why can't May and Hammond just do it on their own, unless they siding with Jeremy

    The part before an audience is recorded on a Tuesday, but Clarkson would have been in the prerecorded pieces.


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    pajor
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    bnt wrote: »
    What is Piers Morgan up to these days? You know, if they're going shopping for a new host ... :eek:

    I'm getting ads on this page for the Russell Brand podcast. It's a sign! :pac:


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    bnt
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    bnt wrote: »
    What is Piers Morgan up to these days? You know, if they're going shopping for a new host ... :eek:
    Uh-oh: Piers seems to be thinking along the same lines:

    From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch’.

    — Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut



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    The Black Oil
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    Probably bound to happen. Suppose one unwritten rule of TV is that what the producer says flies, or else.

    An 'oh cock' moment, or another publicity stunt? Seems unlikely.

    Moderator: Television, Psychology and Dublin County North.

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    liam7831
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    http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-31824040

    Is Jezzer finished or a publicity stunt:rolleyes:


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    redbuck
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    They fairly threw him under the bus on the BBC news at 10 I'd say he's out.


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    The Black Oil
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    Didn't see the TV bulletin, but they're not being OTT on Radio 4. They're talking to the guy who voices Clarkson when the show is shown in Iran.

    Moderator: Television, Psychology and Dublin County North.

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    testicle
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    Apparently the producer in question is from Carrickmacross.


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    dickwod1
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    I was enjoying Top Gear this season, I went off it a bit over the last few seasons, Wouldn't have cared last year but gonna miss it now if it doesn't air Sunday.


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    mike2084
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    The Mirror is reporting that this is a row about no food being available at the end of a day of filming.

    http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/jeremy-clarkson-suspended-producer-top-5309060


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    wpd
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    Publicity stunt


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    monkeysnapper
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    i know he can be a bit over the top but if the bbc sack him im sure itv will snap him up in a second . if the other to follow him then the bbc will be making a huge error. top gear is sold nearly everywhere in the world


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    Red Kev
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    He was on a final warning if he made another offensive remark.

    This involves something else, namely a fight with his own staff.

    I think they'll let him away with it, TG is such a big draw. Have to agree with dickwod1 above, I thought this year was a big improvement on the past few years, though overall it seems to be running out of energy.

    The final programmes will be broadcast at some stage after the dust dies down.


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    PWEI
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    This eventually had to happen as he is out of control & is so arrogant that he thinks he's some sort of untouchable legend.
    What's shocks me though is that over 150,000 people have already signed a petition to get him reinstated.
    It's a very disturbing picture of the British psyche that this right wing bigot is so popular there.
    Condoning the behavior of this obnoxious aggressive bigot sends out a message to people that they can be like that & get away with it.


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    fryup
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    dickwod1 wrote: »
    I was enjoying Top Gear this season, I went off it a bit over the last few seasons, Wouldn't have cared last year but gonna miss it now if it doesn't air Sunday.

    same here, the very season its good ..this happens:(

    clarkson!!!


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    alchemist33
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    I'm going to have a very disappointed 11-year-old who's been talking about the potential La Ferrari showdown for weeks.


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    Ellen OG
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    My BF is so upset over Clarkson getting sacked... He says it will never be the same again x


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    ktulu123
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    He's not sacked & Top Gear will be back soon. If BBC have a brain that is...


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    colm_mcm
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    http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/mar/11/bbc-jeremy-clarkson-suspension-top-gear


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    alchemist33
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    colm_mcm wrote: »
    http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/mar/11/bbc-jeremy-clarkson-suspension-top-gear
    Clarkson told reporters outside his London home: “I’ve been suspended, haven’t I? I’m just off to the jobcentre.” He added: “At least I’m going to be able to get to the Chelsea match tonight.”

    It just gets worse and worse for Jeremy.


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    mike2084
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    I don't think this the end for him though, either the BBC will sort this out, or the as is suggested in the an Irish Times article they take the whole thing under a different name to Sky. Apparently Sky have been courting the three amigos for some time and as Clarkson writes for both the Sun and Sunday Times it would make sense.

    http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/uk/has-clarkson-s-latest-fracas-finally-sealed-top-gear-s-fate-1.2134945


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