by Joe Jeffrey
BBC Top Gear presenter suspended from BBC for fight with producer
Jeremy Clarkson has been suspended by the BBC with immediate effect following a “fracas with a BBC producer” it has been announced.
A statement by the BBC read: “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.”
Although details are rather sketchy, a source at the BBC revealed exclusively to CaravanTimes that Clarkson physically came to blows with the unnamed producer, adding: “It seriously looks like he’s blown it this time.
“The BBC bigwigs are on the warpath following recent events and this looks like it’s the final nail in the coffin as far as his career at the BBC is concerned.”
The BBC Top Gear presenter and caravan hater was previously issued with a final warning regarding concerns over racism following an internal investigation ordered by Danny Cohen, BBC director of television, following the amount of offensive language used on the popular BBC show.
It is certainly not the first time Clarkson has been reprimanded by the BBC, with the outspoken presenter previously facing a storm of protest from mental health charities upon branding people who throw themselves under trains as “selfish”. He was also investigated for breaching the broadcasting code by television watchdog Ofcom after comparing a Japanese car to people with growths on their faces, but was subsequently cleared.
