Jeremy Clarkson suspended from BBC

aceface57 · 11 Mar 2015 at 15:51

The ad isn't linked at all but made me laugh.

Above&Beyond · 11 Mar 2015 at 15:52

Top Gear is past its sell by date now, probably time they all moved on to something else.

ChrisJSY · 11 Mar 2015 at 15:55

Not according to the amount of people that watch it.
Don't let personal opinion cloud fact.

dunker · 11 Mar 2015 at 15:55

new show for those three on another channel,

PowerPowerPower

Mr Jones · 11 Mar 2015 at 15:56

Above&Beyond said:
Top Gear is past its sell by date now, probably time they all moved on to something else.

It's about the only thing bar Saturday Kitchen and Horizon I watch / record regularly from the BBC.

A load of weekend shows are reality driven stuff, it's terrible.

To replace a decent entertainment show with some informative points of current car / technology is rare without it resorting to buttering up to sponsors (Gadget Show / 5th Gear)

ElliorR · 11 Mar 2015 at 15:57

New series called Great Drugs? Almost the same.

escape sanity · 11 Mar 2015 at 15:58

ChrisJSY said:
Not according to the amount of people that watch it.
Don't let personal opinion cloud fact.

Don't know about the international audience but the UK viewing figures have dropped from their peak in 2007-2008.

ubersonic · 11 Mar 2015 at 15:59

escape sanity said:
Don't know about the international audience

It's the BBC's most watched show.

cu3ed · 11 Mar 2015 at 16:00

Yea, BBC are really struggling with easily the most popular TV show that goes out simultaneously in about 70 countries with over 350 million viewers.

Mr Jack · 11 Mar 2015 at 16:01

escape sanity said:
Don't know about the international audience but the UK viewing figures have dropped from their peak in 2007-2008.

Viewing figures for season 21 were 6.5 million, the highest since 2009 when it was topping 7 million. It wasn't showing a pattern of general decline.

OhEsEcks · 11 Mar 2015 at 16:06

I hope the next time I'm openly racist, xenophobic or punch a work mate in the face over a bit of dinner hundreds of thousands of people sign a petition calling for my reinstatement and excuse my abhorrent behaviour because I'm fat and unfunny with a **** TV show.

escape sanity · 11 Mar 2015 at 16:09

Mr Jack said:
Viewing figures for season 21 were 6.5 million, the highest since 2009 when it was topping 7 million. It wasn't showing a pattern of general decline.

And the average for this season is back down to 5.6 million with the most recent episode being the third least watched since 2006.

If even a very successful season still isn't getting as many viewers as it was getting in 2009, I am not sure how that is supposed to prove that it has not passed it's peak popularity-wise.

Glaucus · 11 Mar 2015 at 16:10

OhEsEcks said:
I hope the next time I'm openly racist, xenophobic or punch a work mate in the face over a bit of dinner hundreds of thousands of people sign a petition calling for my reinstatement and excuse my abhorrent behaviour because I'm fat and unfunny with a **** TV show.

You really are but hurt aren't you.
Pretty much everyone is saying there was no punch, blown out of proportion and wasn't serious.

cainer · 11 Mar 2015 at 16:11

escape sanity said:
And the average for this season is back down to 5.6 million with the most recent episode being the third least watched since 2006.

afaik they are figures for people that watched it live, i remember seeing a seperate list of figures from people who used the iplayer

ubersonic · 11 Mar 2015 at 16:12

OhEsEcks said:
I hope the next time I'm openly racist, xenophobic or punch a work mate in the face over a bit of dinner hundreds of thousands of people sign a petition calling for my reinstatement and excuse my abhorrent behaviour because I'm fat and unfunny with a **** TV show.

The thing is though he has never been openly racist, not sure if your refering to the time the media accused him of using the N word when in fact not only had he not done so but gone to lengths not to do so. Or the bridge comment which is totally excusable as it wasn't known as an offensive term in this country at the time (hence it's usage in childrens shows).

cu3ed · 11 Mar 2015 at 16:14

If anything this shoes how the BBC cant handle themselves, anywhere else before blowing it up like this, would have handled it behind closed doors.

Hagar · 11 Mar 2015 at 16:19

http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/coffee...on/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Rob Liddle in the spectator calling Ms Orr (of the guardian) staggeringly hopeless and an idiot

escape sanity · 11 Mar 2015 at 16:19

cu3ed said:
If anything this shoes how the BBC cant handle themselves, anywhere else before blowing it up like this, would have handled it behind closed doors.

How could they suspend a person with the profile of Jeremy Clarkson without it blowing up? Show a repeat on Sunday evening and hope that nobody notices?

Draeger · 11 Mar 2015 at 16:23

Why does it appear James May lives in some sort of terraced lockup garage with windows?

estebanrey · 11 Mar 2015 at 16:26

robj20 said:
I can see all three of them moving to Sky.

Cosimo said:
Contracts are up, tons of free publicity and Sky have a coup.

asim18 said:
Clarkson, Hammond and May should all resign, move to Sky and start a new show called First Gear.

Moving to Sky would be career suicide for them. The most watched Sky One Show ever only got just over a million viewers. Top Gear on BBC gets over 6 million every week.

Furthermore Sky One has no presence in the States unlike the BBC America which promotes their DVDs to Americans.

People keep suggesting that the Beeb 'need' Top Gear/Clarkson and they do, but believe me Top Gear needs the BBC just as much.

Top Gear, Doctor Who, Sherlock. Just three shows that are massive in the US . Now name me a single British Sky One show that is……