83 thoughts on “Clarksgone”

    1. Max Power

      get rid of May and Hammond too.
      Bring back what was best, the old Top Gear, a proper car programme. The three new hosts i would choose would be:
      1. William Woolard
      2. Quintin Wilson
      3. Chris Goffey

      Job done.

      1. Drogg

        If you what to do a proper car program Chris Harris is your only man Quintin Wilson has the knack of making the coolest cars sound ridiculously boring.

        1. Clampers Outside!

          They should bring on that German woman that always appears on Top Gear when they go to the Nurburgring…. she’s deadly/cool, funny, has a great laugh, and was always well able to handle Clarkson.

          My tuppence.

          1. Bacchus

            Sabine Schmidt. I’d like to see her as a co-presenter rather than the main one…. she would be on my list alright… for a few things.

        1. Frilly Keane

          I think James May and Sabine Schmitz would make a good oul’go of it.

          Use a guest presenter as the third, and for road trips.
          Straight away I think motorheads car junkies
          Jammyqueerie
          Simon Cowell
          Top Model Jodie
          Would all leap at the shot

          Ant n’Dec bring in a guest every week don’t they

          1. Clampers Outside!

            Jammyqueerie…. irritating
            Simon Cowell…. extremely irritating
            Top Model Jodie…. who? that one, turned body builder? *cringe*

            Could bring on Ant n Dec alright…. as speed ramps !! :)

  2. newsjustin

    Not renewing a contract is not quite the same as a disciplinary sacking.

    Typical BBC fudge. If they simple stood back an said, “can we tolerate an employee assaulting another (junior) employee?” In fairness, a place has gotta have some standards.

      1. Rob_G

        Lots of different types of producers, some a lot more junior than others. And I would be surprised if Clarkson didn’t have an Executive Producer credit, making him several rungs higher than Oisin Tymon.

        Still, this is all beside the point – if you hit a colleague, you can expect to be fired, no matter who you are.

          1. Rob_G

            Actually, I have, Mr. “he-was-a-producer-technically-a-higher-position-then-the presenter”

          4. Drogg

            Then you would know fracas happens all the time its the problem working with artistic people, who work stupid hours under high pressure most of whom are under payed and generally drink to much.

          7. Clampers Outside!

            From IMDB –

            Oisin Tymon … assistant producer / producer (74 episodes, 2008-2015)

            He’s not a minor ‘producer’

            There’s only these three ahead of him…
            Andy Wilman … executive producer / series editor (174 episodes, 2002-2015)
            Alex Renton … assistant producer / producer / series producer (110 episodes, 2006-2015)
            Grant Wardrop … producer / assistant producer / series producer (76 episodes, 2007-2014)

            No mention of Clarkson in any production credits.
            http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1628033/fullcredits

      2. Jones

        Except for the fact that Clarkson owns a stake of Top Gear so he is in essence the producer’s boss… Inception….

    2. Selfie Sensation

      his contract expires next month, by far the most sensible thing to do is to just let it expire, it amounts to a dismissal.

  4. Spaghetti Hoop

    Meanwhile his agent’s phone continues to ring. He’ll soon be back on the TV on another channel.

        2. Rob_G

          His breakthrough show was him driving around in a car for its entirety, so he has experience…

  6. Jim Jim

    He deserves it.. As much as I liked the show with him in it he is known for being an arrogant willy. To allegedly punch a co-worker for not having food when he and his pals went on the piss and missed their dinner time you can’t really blame the BBC for the decision.

  8. Raskolnikov

    I hope to Christ the other two clowns quit in solidarity with the big, curly headed buffoon. And then fail to secure any work ever again. In particular the squirty little bollix hammond.

    1. Liam

      James May is never off the telly, so I’m sure he’ll be OK. Hammond has appeared on quite a few other shows as well.

      The show has run it’s course – it used to be fun, but it’s been repetitive and overly scripted for years. Anyone suggesting a return to the old Top Gear of Wilson, Needel etc is mad – the only good bits on that show were the one’s with Clarkson. Once he left the show lost ratings until it was cancelled.

    1. Mark Dennehy

      Well, the bits where they take very cheap second-hand cars and go do something with them were kindof fun.

      If you didn’t listen too much to them.

      Actually, if you redid those bits with presenters who weren’t quite so… asshatty, they’d be even more watchable.

  12. Soundings

    Ryan Tubridy, he’s brilliant, shure he taught Elvis Presley how to play karate.

    On a serious note, if you had to choose a woman to replace Clarkson, HAD TO, who would you choose?

  13. Nikkeboentje

    I stopped watching Top Gear back in 2008. It became too scripted and farcical, more to do about the 3 presenters than the actual cars they were reviewing. Would love to see it re-invented with new presenters.

  15. rotide

    Doesn’t he own the format anyway?

    So they aren’t renewing his contract as presenter but he’s still making major dollar from his points on the show.

        1. Niallo

          Well they now own 100% of f all, like him or loath him, he entertains, he IS top gear.
          In the years between old top gear and new top gear he released shed loads of vhs tapes , basically a one man top gear show on a particular theme.
          They sold like hot cakes.
          Quentin wilson ? He has a show on channel 5 atm with jodie kidd (i think) and its rubbish !
          My guess is, if the other two have any sense theyll jump ship too, i can see it now “coming soon on sky atlantic…”

        2. Niallo

          Well they now own 100% of f all, like him or loath him, he entertains, he IS top gear.
          In the years between old top gear and new top gear he released shed loads of vhs tapes , basically a one man top gear show on a particular theme.
          They sold like hot cakes.
          Quentin wilson ? He has a show on channel 5 atm with jodie kidd (i think) and its rubbish !
          My guess is, if the other two have any sense theyll jump ship too, i can see it now “coming soon on sky atlantic…”

          1. jeremy kyle

            I used to have his tapes and think they are great, but as the show lost the focus on cars and basically became a bad sitcom that focused around 3 caricatures I just couldn’t watch it anymore.

            How many times can James May say “permission to say cock” after Clarkson “accidently” lights a fire before you think “this is literally the same thing every episode”.

            Fair enough people saying he made the show – there is truth to that, but it hadn’t been good (imo) in a long, long time. It was just a smelly blanket people were clinging to for comfort and I think it’s a good time to throw it in the wash.

    2. Nikkeboentje

      She is great around the track but usually has a panic attack if she has to do any off-road. There’s a great video of her in tears testing the Range Rover Evoque.

  17. Nice Anne (Dammit)

    Here would be my ideal starting line-up for a re-booted Top Gear….

    Sabine Schmitz for the “anything they can drive I can drive faster” angle (or just a general ‘Anything they have done, I can do better” perspective)

    Vicky Butler-Henderson for the engine and chassis perspective. Anything with half a CC on land or sea, she has ridden it, wrote about it or judged it. Perfect candidate.

    Christmas Abbott – Just to stop the show getting buried in all the “little englander caravan burning ooh dem furrigners”” crap again – bring in an American. A crossfit weightlifting champing who was the first female member of a NASCAR pit crew. The view from under the engine as it were.

    http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/pattisonave/NASCAR-welcomes-first-female-pit-crew-member.html

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