NavySonicShell Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Not really much else to say I guess, can't wait to see what happens now, Jeremy has not given a statement yet to my knowledge. The official statement can be found here, or you can just read below: It is with great regret that I have told Jeremy Clarkson today that the BBC will not be renewing his contract. It is not a decision I have taken lightly. I have done so only after a very careful consideration of the facts and after personally meeting both Jeremy and Oisin Tymon. I am grateful to Ken MacQuarrie for the thorough way he has conducted an investigation of the incident on 4 March. Given the obvious and very genuine public interest in this I am publishing the findings of his report. I take no pleasure in doing so. I am only making them public so people can better understand the background. I know how popular the programme is and I know that this decision will divide opinion. The main facts are not disputed by those involved. I want to make three points. First - The BBC is a broad church. Our strength in many ways lies in that diversity. We need distinctive and different voices but they cannot come at any price. Common to all at the BBC have to be standards of decency and respect. I cannot condone what has happened on this occasion. A member of staff - who is a completely innocent party - took himself to Accident and Emergency after a physical altercation accompanied by sustained and prolonged verbal abuse of an extreme nature. For me a line has been crossed. There cannot be one rule for one and one rule for another dictated by either rank, or public relations and commercial considerations. Second - This has obviously been difficult for everyone involved but in particular for Oisin. I want to make clear that no blame attaches to him for this incident. He has behaved with huge integrity throughout. As a senior producer at the BBC he will continue to have an important role within the organisation in the future. Third - Obviously none of us wanted to find ourselves in this position. This decision should in no way detract from the extraordinary contribution that Jeremy Clarkson has made to the BBC. I have always personally been a great fan of his work and Top Gear. Jeremy is a huge talent. He may be leaving the BBC but I am sure he will continue to entertain, challenge and amuse audiences for many years to come. The BBC must now look to renew Top Gear for 2016. This will be a big challenge and there is no point in pretending otherwise. I have asked Kim Shillinglaw [Controller of BBC Two] to look at how best we might take this forward over the coming months. I have also asked her to look at how we put out the last programmes in the current series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CIDRA racer Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 I see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Politeness Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Well May and Hammond won't film without him, so either Top Gear is over or they'll try to replace it with a new panel and fail miserably 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SealedGecko Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 The show sucked anyway, case closed. Anyone who disagrees will get banned. I'm lying I'll probably just ban myself. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Politeness Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 The show sucked anyway, Strange so did your mother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdemko Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 The show sucked anyway, case closed. Your sister sucked my dick. Eyes closed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hornetguy97 Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 And on that bombshell, we will not see you next time... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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