Yesterday Jeremy Clarkson was suspended from Top Gear by the BBC following a ‘fracas’ with a member of staff. Today, the Telegraph reports that the incident occurred on set in Newcastle after the Top Gear presenter grew angry about the lack of catering arrangements for the crew, allegedly leading him to punch a show producer.
While sources close to Clarkson deny any punch-up occurred, the BBC are still pushing ahead with plans to drop the remaining Top Gear episodes from their broadcasting schedule. This has not gone down well with Clarkson, who appeared to let his feelings known when he retweeted an upset fan on Twitter:
@JeremyClarkson how can @BBC not show the remaining episodes of Top Gear, cant this be resolved without making the fans suffer
— Nathan Badcock (@nathbadco) March 10, 2015
While Clarkson waits for things to cool down, he has at least invoked a degree of sympathy from a former BBC employee. The actress Frances Barber says BBC catering is enough to give anyone violent thoughts.
Anyone who has had BBC catering would understand throwing a punch ..just
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