London — British broadcaster the BBC has sacked Jeremy Clarkson, presenter of its hit auto-show “Top Gear.” The BBC is now looking to “renew” the program, which has an audience estimated at more than 350 million in 214 territories worldwide.
The move follows BBC exec Ken MacQuarrie’s investigation (see link here) into allegations that Clarkson hit the show’s producer Oisin Tymon while working on the show on March 4.
In a statement, Tony Hall, the BBC director-general, said: “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.”
Hall said Tymon had to go to hospital following “a physical altercation accompanied by sustained and prolonged verbal abuse of an extreme nature.
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The move follows BBC exec Ken MacQuarrie’s investigation (see link here) into allegations that Clarkson hit the show’s producer Oisin Tymon while working on the show on March 4.
In a statement, Tony Hall, the BBC director-general, said: “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.”
Hall said Tymon had to go to hospital following “a physical altercation accompanied by sustained and prolonged verbal abuse of an extreme nature.