bladeplayer
Money List Winner
I agree, constant bullyboy behaviour with now added thugish spoilt child behaviour , left BBC with no choice , would have been an insulting decision not to sack someone in his position in this case
IMO of course
Clarkson Suspended from BBC and no top gear this week!!
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I agree, constant bullyboy behaviour with now added thugish spoilt child behaviour , left BBC with no choice , would have been an insulting decision not to sack someone in his position in this case
IMO of course
bladeplayer
Money List Winner
Thats who i meant , must admit i did not know they were still employed by the same presenter , surprised to hear it too . to be honest
ger147
Tour Winner
Are you sure? Last time I heard of Gray was his middle east gig and on BT sport as a commentator.
Didn't know he was back at Sky?
DanFST
Head Pro
I actually got it wrong, they aren't. I'm not sure of the Link between Talksport and Sky, as I know their is some Ofcom Rules. However there is definitely a relationship their.
Now the both work for Al Jazeera in Qatar, no worries about being derogatory to women there!
Apparently it was "commercially confidential" but presumably a tidy sum. He and the producer who also owned a chunk, continued to get a percentage of overseas sales as well, supposedly. I doubt he will have done badly from it.
Keys and Gray are over in Qatar now working for Al-Jazeera. Do Sky have a share of that?
Presenters can easily jump ship. How toxic was Jonathan Ross but he kept his head down and emerged at ITV and all was forgotten. He is even back at the BBC on the radio now. If the Top Gear 3 went to another channel it would take 4-6 months to put a new programme together by which time the dust would have blown over.
Channels will be lining up to take them, it makes economic sense and in entertainment economics win over morals every time.
Channels will be lining up to take them, it makes economic sense and in entertainment economics win over morals every time.
Foxholer
Blackballed
Er...No idiot in that regard! He owned 30% (his Producer mate owned 20% with Beeb owning 50%) and he/they sold to Beeb. Company valued at between 50 and 100 million, so probably at top end of that! He did 'make a mint' out of it!
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DanFST
Head Pro
I don't know the numbers, or even that he sold it until 5 minutes ago. But i'm still willing to bet he would have made more off dividends than he received for the payout.
Edit: Although he would have received a wage per show since he sold it.
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Think it's the only sensible option given Clarkson's previous history and the corporation has stopped short of sacking him and so it seems the best option for the parting of the waves. I don't like the programme and to be honest it has been stuck in a rut of trying to find the most ludicrous situation to put a vehicle in for a while and the show has lost its way.
Clearly it's popular and there is a charisma amongst the presenters but to say it'll be the detah knell of the programme would seem to be short sighted and the BBC has a great opportunity to reinvent the show under the Top Gear banner and change direction and content. That doesn't have to mean a dramatic plummet in audience figures and even if the show does lose numbers, the Top Gear "brand" will still be sold around the world and make the BBC a vast amount of money
Whether Clarkson and the others appear elsewhere (Sky) is open to debate (atlhough it seems pretty clear cut to me) and I imagine Sky will make them a generous offer to join. What format the show will take and whether it'll be a straight reincarnation of the existing format is less clear and I wonder if the BBC has branded things like "Star in a reasonably priced car" to stop it being used elsewhere.
In the end the outcome was inevitable
Clearly it's popular and there is a charisma amongst the presenters but to say it'll be the detah knell of the programme would seem to be short sighted and the BBC has a great opportunity to reinvent the show under the Top Gear banner and change direction and content. That doesn't have to mean a dramatic plummet in audience figures and even if the show does lose numbers, the Top Gear "brand" will still be sold around the world and make the BBC a vast amount of money
Whether Clarkson and the others appear elsewhere (Sky) is open to debate (atlhough it seems pretty clear cut to me) and I imagine Sky will make them a generous offer to join. What format the show will take and whether it'll be a straight reincarnation of the existing format is less clear and I wonder if the BBC has branded things like "Star in a reasonably priced car" to stop it being used elsewhere.
In the end the outcome was inevitable
Slime
Tour Winner
so the decision after all this and his admitted verbal and physical abuse of an employee, is that they are not renewing his contract!! which is up for renewal anyway at the end of March. Harsh punishment indeed.
FairwayDodger
Money List Winner
Yes. And now it will be different and maybe it will be crap but it is ridiculous to think it can't be decent and successful with anyone else.
Wildrover
Tour Rookie
So there is officially nothing worth watching on the BBC now, and not paying the Lic fee has/is being decriminalised, mmmmmm??
Pin-seeker
Well-known member
Forget That knob from Top Gear losing his job.
Zayn as quit 1D!!!!!
Zayn as quit 1D!!!!!
Dan2501
Tour Winner
Has a UK car show other than Top Gear hosted by Clarkson, Hammond and May ever been any good?
ADB
Journeyman Pro
I had it from a pretty reliable source of gossip from that industry
No such thing as bad press
FairwayDodger
Money List Winner
I don't know. All I'm saying is that it is impossible to say whether TG with different presenters would be a success or not. They make it internationally with different presenters, don't they? Are any of those any good?
Pin-seeker
Well-known member
Both Chris Evans & Steve Coogan would be very good for the show IMO.
Foxholer
Blackballed
Evans has ruled himself out - several times!
harpo_72
Journeyman Pro
I'm not disappointed, I stopped watching TG as it was too predictable. I like some aspects like the star in a car etc... But a proper car program would be nice.
