10 years ago

Jeremy Clarkson suspended: Top Gear has made the presenter a multimillionaire and a household name - but could it survive without him?

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Not only have over 300,000 people signed a petition calling for the controversial Top Gear presenter to be reinstated – but the net worth of both Clarkson and his colleagues indicates a popularity that far surpasses the public broadcaster. Since Top Gear was re-launched in 2002, it has been carried by Clarkson to new heights, becoming an institution with global popularity. The main BBC network took over Top Gear in 1978 and later presenters included Barrie Gill, William Woollard and Noel Edmonds.

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2 months, 1 week ago

Jeremy Clarkson says he’s ‘sad’ about BBC’s latest Top Gear development

The Independent

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Richard Hammond says he ‘never thought’ his work with Clarkson and May would go on ‘as long as it has’

The Independent

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1 year, 4 months ago

Is it time for a Top Gear rethink? Ex-BBC host James May says it's 'time for a new format' but there is still a desire from viewers to watch fast cars

Daily Mail

James May today called for the BBC to give Top Gear a 'new format' as he argued there was still a lot of demand for a motoring show. James May, 60, hosted the programme from 2003 to 2005 alongside Jeremy Clarkson, 63, and Richard Hammond, 53 Freddie Flintoff, pictured in September, scraped his face 'horrifically' after he rolled a three-wheel …

1 year, 4 months ago

Ex-Top Gear star James May reveals sadness after BBC parks up motoring show 'for the foreseeable future' following Freddie Flintoff horror crash (but sources insist programme could be revived 'in a co

Daily Mail

James May hosted show from 2003 to 2005 alongside Clarkson and Hammond Ex-Top Gear star James May has revealed his sadness after the BBC parked up the motoring show for the 'foreseeable future' on Tuesday following a horror crash that nearly killed host Freddie Flintoff. James May, 60, hosted the programme from 2003 to 2005 alongside Jeremy Clarkson, 63, and …

1 year, 4 months ago

BBC’s ‘Top Gear’ on hiatus for ‘foreseeable future’ after host Freddie Flintoff’s 2022 crash

LA Times

BBC said hitting pause on “Top Gear” may be “disappointing news for fans, but it’s the right thing to do.” BBC has hit the brakes on its long-running auto show “Top Gear” for an indefinite amount of time. The decision may come to car enthusiasts’ dismay, but, the British broadcaster said, “it is the right thing to do.” In a …

1 year, 4 months ago

Richard Hammond defends Top Gear against ‘laddish’ perception: ‘We were just three nice blokes’

The Independent

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1 year, 5 months ago

Top Gear producers 'looking for other work and considering action over loss of earnings' amid reports the show will be axed after 46 years on screen following Freddie Flintoff's horror crash - as the

Daily Mail

Flintoff was 'lucky to be alive' after his horror crash on December 13 last year Top Gear producers are said to be looking for other work and considering legal action over loss of earnings amid reports that the show will be axed after 46 years following Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff's horror crash. For 13 years it was hosted by Jeremy Clarkson …

1 year, 6 months ago

Top Gear needs to be cancelled – and not just because of Freddie Flintoff’s crash

The Independent

1 year, 11 months ago

Jeremy Clarkson calls on the BBC to ‘save Top Gear’ after ‘horrific’ Freddie Flintoff accident

The Independent

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2 years, 3 months ago

Jeremy Clarkson: Former Top Gear presenter at the centre of Meghan controversy

The Independent

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3 years, 11 months ago

Jeremy Clarkson returns to Top Gear for first time since 2015 for Sabine Schmitz tribute

The Independent

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8 years, 5 months ago

The Grand Tour: Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May join James Corden for a Top Gear-esque race

The Independent

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8 years, 9 months ago

Top Gear: Eddie Jordan defends Chris Evans, says Jeremy Clarkson is 'past it'

The Independent

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8 years, 9 months ago

Chris Evans insists Top Gear is a 'hit' despite first episode of new series being panned by critics

The Independent

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9 years ago

Jeremy Clarkson on the year he lost his Top Gear job, his home and his mum

Daily Mail

Spiral: After a successful career and personal life, three years ago Jeremy Clarkson's 'luck stopped' For years, Jeremy Clarkson has seemed like the world’s luckiest man. On Top Gear, Clarkson, pictured with his co-presenters Richard Hammond and James May, rarely held back — entertaining and offending in equal measure Like the time he drove a Toyota Hilux into a 30-year-old …

9 years ago

Jeremy Clarkson: Former Top Gear presenter apologises and settles £100,000 racial discrimination claim

The Independent

9 years, 2 months ago

Top Gear suffers blow as executive producer leaves Chris Evans's BBC show

The Independent

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9 years, 4 months ago

Jeremy Clarkson’s old Top Gear team being 'poached' from the BBC for new Amazon Prime car show

The Independent

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9 years, 7 months ago

Top Gear's Clarkson, May, Hammond sign Amazon's new car show

Hindustan Times

Sacked BBC "Top Gear," host Jeremy Clarkson has signed a deal with Amazon to present a new motoring show alongside his former co-presenters Richard Hammond and James May. Amazon said the new show, to be overseen by the trio's long time executive producer Andy Wilman, will be available on its subscription streaming service Amazon Prime next year and run for …

9 years, 8 months ago

Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson and Chris Evans to go head-to-head with new series

Daily Mail

Former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson criticised the BBC ahead of last night's final episode of the show on BBC Two, as the show marked the end of an era. Head to head: Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond are said to have 'jumped at the chance' to do battle with Chris Evans after it emerged the trio are …

9 years, 8 months ago

Top Gear's Chris Evans pedals through London on electric powered bicycle

Daily Mail

He's the new Top Gear host, but car enthusiast Chris Evans' latest outing would no doubt have outgoing Jeremy Clarkson despairing over his dashboard. Chris Evans traded his customary four wheels for a significantly more environmentally friendly two ahead of an appearance in trendy Notting Hill, west London on Wednesday With a plastic bag hanging from either handlebar, the TV …

9 years, 9 months ago

Clarkson replaced by Evans on hugely popular Top Gear

Hindustan Times

Broadcaster Chris Evans is to replace Jeremy Clarkson as lead presenter of the BBC's hit motoring show Top Gear, the corporation announced on Tuesday. Clarkson was dropped from the madcap "Top Gear" programme, which has 350 million viewers per week in 170 countries, after he punched a producer in the face in March. A BBC spokeswoman said Evans' co-presenters would …

9 years, 9 months ago

Top Gear fans' first look at final episode starring Jeremy Clarkson

Daily Mail

Top Gear fans last night got their first look at the show’s final episode featuring Jeremy Clarkson. Scroll down for video New Top Gear: The extended programme features the trio of Richard Hammond, James May and Jeremy Clarkson - and is made up of footage filmed before the latter was sacked Mud, mud, glorious mud: Top Gear's future was thrown …

9 years, 9 months ago

James May and Richard Hammond to turn DOWN £4million Top Gear deal

Daily Mail

Chris Evans has admitted his is shooting a Top Gear film on Tuesday However, US broadcaster Netflix is keen to poach them for a new car show The BBC is planning to broadcast the two remaining shows in the series James May and Richard Hammond have shot new scenes for Top Gear Richard Hammond and James May are set to …

9 years, 9 months ago

James May and Richard Hammond 'could stay on Top Gear with guest host'

Daily Mail

Richard Hammond and James May are set to continue Top Gear without Jeremy Clarkson, it was claimed today. Scroll down for video It has been reported Richard Hammond and James May - pictured entering BBC headquarters together in April - might continue in Top Gear alongside a guest host The pair, who were both spotted entering the BBC headquarters in …

9 years, 10 months ago

Top Gear: Former producer Andy Wilman reveals BBC came close to axing Richard Hammond after first series

The Independent

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9 years, 11 months ago

Jeremy Clarkson hints at Top Gear return with Richard Hammond and James May outside of BBC at charity auction

The Independent

9 years, 11 months ago

Top Gear: Sue Perkins named bookies' favourite to replace Jeremy Clarkson

The Independent

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9 years, 11 months ago

Top Gear creator Derek Smith dies

The Independent

9 years, 11 months ago

James May and Richard Hammond's Top Gear TV contracts have expired – but will they re-sign without Jeremy Clarkson?

The Independent

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9 years, 11 months ago

James May hints he will not continue on Top Gear without Jeremy Clarkson

The Independent

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9 years, 11 months ago

Jeremy Clarkson sacked live: Alan Yentob 'wouldn't rule out' ex Top Gear host's BBC return

The Independent

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9 years, 11 months ago

Jeremy Clarkson sacked from Top Gear: BBC deliver verdict to presenter following 'fracas' with show producer Oisin Tymon

The Independent

9 years, 11 months ago

Top Gear BBC2 slot sheds 3m viewers as ratings dip for second week following Jeremy Clarkson's suspension

The Independent

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9 years, 11 months ago

BBC will not renew Jeremy Clarkson’s ‘Top Gear’ contract

LA Times

The BBC will not renew the contract of Jeremy Clarkson, the scrappy host of BBC’s “Top Gear” car show, after an alleged and widely publicized fracas with a producer on the show. A BBC statement on Wednesday said a physical altercation occurred between Clarkson and producer Oinsin Tymon, and the BBC also published its internal investigation of the incident. This …

9 years, 11 months ago

Jeremy Clarkson: Top Gear live shows cancelled in Norway after presenter suspended by BBC

The Independent

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9 years, 11 months ago

James May struggles to cope without Top Gear filming while Jeremy Clarkson waits for BBC decision

The Independent

9 years, 11 months ago

Jeremy Clarkson 'working on new TV show': Top Gear star touting Countryfile-style programme ahead of BBC inquiry

The Independent

10 years ago

Jeremy Clarkson suspension: Richard Hammond and James May 'refuse to film Top Gear' without him

The Independent

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10 years ago

Jeremy Clarkson suspended: BBC apologises to viewers for pulling Top Gear

The Independent

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$Jeremy Clarkson: David Cameron backs 'friend' and 'huge talent' after witnesses claim Top Gear 'fracas' was over steak$

10 years ago

Jeremy Clarkson: David Cameron backs 'friend' and 'huge talent' after witnesses claim Top Gear 'fracas' was over steak

The Independent

10 years ago

Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson might have a problem with foot-in-mouth disease

Firstpost

Host of the extremely popular Top Gear show, Jeremy Clarkson has been suspended by the BBC after a dramatic incident with his producer. BBC should stop hiring ‘black Muslim lesians’ to balance out the numbers of white heterosexual men According to UK based newspaper Metro, in 2009, Clarkson told Top Gear magazine that BBC bosses were obsessed with hiring “black …

$BBC suspends 'Top Gear' host Jeremy Clarkson over 'fracas' with producer-IndiaTV News$

10 years ago

BBC suspends 'Top Gear' host Jeremy Clarkson over 'fracas' with producer-IndiaTV News

India TV News

Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson was suspended for allegedly hitting a producer, the BBC reported on Wednesday. Clarkson, 54, has allegedly threw a punch at the show's assistant producer Oisin Tymon when he discovered there was no food prepared for a day of filming at a location in Newcastle. After learning about the “fracas”, senior BBC bosses – understood to …

10 years ago

Jeremy Clarkson suspended by BBC: Top Gear presenter no stranger to gaffes and controversy

The Independent

10 years, 3 months ago

Jeremy Clarkson will not face further BBC action as Top Gear n-word footage was not broadcast

The Independent

10 years, 6 months ago

Jeremy Clarkson will return to Top Gear next year unless he is eaten by 'a pack of wild dogs'

The Independent

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11 years, 1 month ago

Top Gear turns 21: The things you never knew about the BBC show as it returns for a 21st series

The Independent

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12 years, 5 months ago

If only Top Gear and the BBC had the guts to tell Jeremy Clarkson to stop talking for once

The Independent

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Clarkson's Farm star Kaleb Cooper becomes a millionaire - two years after paying himself just 50p an hour for gruelling farm work

Daily Mail

Kaleb Cooper is reaping the rewards from his starring role on Clarkson's Farm. The Mail's Richard Eden can now reveal that Jeremy Clarkson's, 64, popular sidekick pocketed £910,000 profit at Kaleb Cooper Productions, the company into which he channels his earnings from the series. Kaleb Cooper, 26, is reaping the rewards from his starring role on Clarkson's Farm The Mail's …

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What is Kelly Clarkson's net worth in 2025? Grammy-winning singer's wealth sees highs and lows after divorce

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Jeremy Clarkson delights fans as he shares major update following the closure of his Diddly Squat Farm Shop

Daily Mail

Jeremy Clarkson has delighted fans after revealing his Diddly Squat Farm Shop is set to reopen on Saturday. To the delight of fans, Clarkson revealed earlier this week that Diddly Squat Farm Shop would reopen on Saturday following its 'winter break'. Sharing a snap of the sign, Clarkson wrote: 'Just 3 days to go until Diddly Squat Farm Shop reopens …

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