It’s been a bumpy road for Top Gear ever since a hungry Jeremy Clarkson punched a producer. His journalistic approach which is combines a great level of wit and the temperament of an adolescent which strangely charms viewers by the masses.
Advertisement
Mark Thompson, the former director-general of the BBC, has suggested the corporation should have done more to keep Jeremy Clarkson. I’m speaking as somebody who loves the BBC. but some people at the BBC didn’t want us there… However I would say his pungent, transgressive, a little out-of-control talent was something the BBC could ill manage to lose. The presenter, who signed a £10 million-a-year (R177m) deal for a new motoring show for subscription channel Amazon Prime, disclosed Harding’s presence by mischievously posting online an unflattering photograph of him, unshaven, sunburnt and wearing a grubby T-shirt and baseball cap, during a lunch on shore.
Although rumours are swirling about who will take Chris’ place, it’s believed Matt LeBlanc – who co-hosted the last series – will return as the solo presenter later this year.
It seems as if ex-BBC boss Mark Thompson agrees, despite Clarkson’s troubled exit from the series after he assaulted a producer. That show just got bigger and bigger by accident, we never adjusted to that and were collapsing under the weight of the work we were doing. “He said that Clarkson had called him up unexpectedly to tell him: “‘I won’t apologise.
Mr Thompson left the BBC in 2012 to work as chief executive at The New York Times.
The Grand Tour is set to air on Amazon Prime in the autumn. “I don’t care what you say, I won’t”. His vehicle was automatic so we stuck him on Eurostar, pumped him full of drugs and left him to it. “Yes, it’s the head of BBC news”, Clarkson confirmed.
Some of you might remember that Martin was originally rumoured to be joining the show after Short, Fat, and Slow made a decision to start driving cars for Amazon.
Advertisement
‘It’s like, ‘Can James May still say c**k, or will the BBC sue?’
