They can suspend or sack him from the show, since they own Top Gear and can dictate who appears in it.
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Jeremy Clarkson Suspended
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Maybe it's like the situation where you get offered a new job and they want you to start straight away. When you tell your present company, they tell you, you have to work out your three months notice, so you punch your supervisor and get to leave immediately.
I still won't get over the punishment to us for not being able to watch the remaining shows. I don't get the logic there myself, unless it's contractual.
Surely the logic is that if someone is deemed unacceptable, continuing to show them after that ruling would not be logical. I don't think you'll be deprived, the show will continue whatever happens.
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With the technology available today in order to air the remaining shows, they could overlay all of J Cnutsons parts with Homer Simpson. Maybe then I'd wach the show.
Scratch that, it has to be Bender from Futurama
Scratch that, it has to be Bender from Futurama
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In my previous profession, if I had behaved like JC is alleged to have done, I would have been instantly dismissed, been walked off the premises and be waiting to be charged with assault.....but then I'm not God
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What would have happened if the producer had smacked Clarkson?
He would have gone in an instant, money matters most.
He would have gone in an instant, money matters most.
(Allman Brothers faded down, Clarkson Voice)... Tonight on Top Gear: Hammond goes camping. May goes slowly. And Harris goes to prison for historical sex abuse...(Allmans faded back up)
Sure. But as mentioned by Mike on post 47, you can still watch previous episodes. I actually watched the most recent TG last night on iPlayer!
I don't watch TV at home and haven't for many years now so I don't have a Tv licence so who am I to moan..
I agree Steve, that does appear illogical, though, since they were filmed before the suspension event, they do not conflict with that decision.
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Is the issue not that the "live" parts still have to be filmed (Wednesday before airing, I think) and since JC is suspended he can't be there?
That's easy though, just do it without him, or get someone similarly odious to read his script?
I've no idea, presumably the BBC have some valid reason. There seem to have been mixed messages, first he was announced as suspended and the episodes postponed, then at 4pm on Wednesday's BBC Radio news that the remaining episodes were being cancelled. Since then they've returned to saying he's suspended, leaving us to wonder why the episodes or part made episode have been cancelled if he's only suspended at that stage.
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I got the feeling from his comments on the news this morning that he's not planning on returning to the BBC.
The whole affair sounds more like he's jumped rather than been pushed and has himself engineered the suspension and refused to do the final shows.
d8veh suggested something similar in an earlier post.
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d8veh suggested something similar in an earlier post.
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It seems we will see the footage - according to the Sunday Times:
"A BBC source said that the corporation had plans to broadcast the footage, no matter what the conclusion of the investigation. "
"Staff are also making plans for a bonus episode of the show this spring, which was revealed last month in Driving. It is due to feature the first showdown on a track between the McLaren P1,the Porsche 918 Spyder and the Ferrari LaFerrari — three of the fastest road cars yet built, with a combined value of more than £2.5m."
Jeremy Clarkson always reminds me of that line from Sunset Boulevard.
"It's the pictures that got small" . Any other time Clarkson would have been Eddie Waring's understudy on It's a Knockout. May and Hammond would be on Blue Peter. And David Attenborough would be the face on the BBC.
"It's the pictures that got small" . Any other time Clarkson would have been Eddie Waring's understudy on It's a Knockout. May and Hammond would be on Blue Peter. And David Attenborough would be the face on the BBC.