# Top Gear S.22: Clarkson Fired -\> Amazon -\> The Grand Tour \[Nov 18th\] **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [January 14, 2015, 11:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-s-22-clarkson-fired-amazon-the-grand-tour-nov-18th/271461 "2015-01-14T11:50:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![LUC1F3R](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/luc1f3r/32/7299_2.png) [@LUC1F3R](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LUC1F3R)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 5:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-s-22-clarkson-fired-amazon-the-grand-tour-nov-18th/271461/81 "2015-03-20T05:32:10Z")
On the plus side I’m now glad I’ve been buying these episodes one at a time vs the entire season… ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 5:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-s-22-clarkson-fired-amazon-the-grand-tour-nov-18th/271461/82 "2015-03-20T05:50:13Z")
> **[Jeremy Clarkson Supporters Just Drove A Freaking Tank To The BBC](https://jalopnik.com/jeremy-clarkson-supporters-just-drove-a-freaking-tank-t-1692575093)** > > People are pissed that > Jeremy Clarkson has been suspended from Top Gear and the rest of the season has been cancelled. Apparently they're so pissed that they're driving a tank to the BBC. This is a real thing that just happened. ![https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CAig38UUkAAyMtv.jpg:large](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CAig38UUkAAyMtv.jpg:large) ![http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--viAVqSg9--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/twgzx6fvjhpkqknmpvm1.jpg](http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--viAVqSg9--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/twgzx6fvjhpkqknmpvm1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 5:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-s-22-clarkson-fired-amazon-the-grand-tour-nov-18th/271461/83 "2015-03-20T05:58:30Z")
Uh oh… ![http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd75/jsears77/hammond_zpsndi1cvxr.jpg](http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd75/jsears77/hammond_zpsndi1cvxr.jpg) Sounds like Clarkson is pretty sure he’s done there: [http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/mar/20/jeremy-clarkson-foul-mouthed-rant-bbc-top-gear](http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/mar/20/jeremy-clarkson-foul-mouthed-rant-bbc-top-gear) ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 7:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-s-22-clarkson-fired-amazon-the-grand-tour-nov-18th/271461/84 "2015-03-20T07:32:48Z")
Longer cut: ---
**Author:** ![purestock240](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/purestock240/32/5729_2.png) [@purestock240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/purestock240)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 8:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-s-22-clarkson-fired-amazon-the-grand-tour-nov-18th/271461/85 "2015-03-20T08:02:51Z")
Meh [ATTACH]34735[/ATTACH] ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2015, 8:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-s-22-clarkson-fired-amazon-the-grand-tour-nov-18th/271461/86 "2015-03-22T08:40:30Z")
> [@theblue](#): > > he punched Pier’s Morgan in the face on the final Concorde flight without issue. > [@Pier's Morgan](#): > > I started the feud. When I was editor of the Daily Mirror I published compromising paparazzi photos of Jeremy with a senior female BBC TV executive. (In one of the purest illustrations of the phrase ‘what goes around comes around’, the lady concerned is now one of my bosses at ITV. Fortunately, her outstanding professional skills are only matched by her capacity for forgiveness…) > > Jeremy took exception to my decision. > > When we next met, aboard Concorde’s last flight in 2003, he unleashed a foul-mouthed tirade and poured a glass of water over me. > > Then, at the British Press Awards a few months later, he punched me three times in the head – causing my blood to flow profusely. Pier’s Morgan writes about the recent suspension… and it’s really not what you’d expect: > **[PIERS MORGAN: Jeremy Clarkson is like any other 50-something](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/event/article-3002568/PIERS-MORGAN-Jeremy-Clarkson-like-50-angst-ridden-damaged-relationships-grieving-loved-ones-irritated-work-related-issues-battling-inner-demons.html)** > > I started the feud. When I was editor of the Daily Mirror I published compromising paparazzi photos of Jeremy with a senior female BBC TV executive. > ‘Morgan,’ he sighed, ‘I’m going through a difficult divorce, my first ex-wife has also came out of the woodwork to give me hell, I’m smoking too much, drinking too much, my back hurts, I’m all over the papers with this N-word scandal, I’m at war with my BBC bosses, and my mother has just died. I simply don’t have the energy for you any more.’ > > ‘I’m actually relieved,’ I replied, ‘because I’ve run out of vile epithets in the English language to deploy about you. There are only so many ways I can call you a fat, useless \*\*\*\*.’ > > Then we both roared with laughter, and ordered another round of drinks. ---
**Author:** ![sasquatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@sasquatch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sasquatch)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2015, 9:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-s-22-clarkson-fired-amazon-the-grand-tour-nov-18th/271461/87 "2015-03-22T09:13:28Z")
> [@Onyx Z32](#): > > Pier’s Morgan writes about the recent suspension… and it’s really not what you’d expect: > > [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/event/article-3002568/PIERS-MORGAN-Jeremy-Clarkson-like-50-angst-ridden-damaged-relationships-grieving-loved-ones-irritated-work-related-issues-battling-inner-demons.html](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/event/article-3002568/PIERS-MORGAN-Jeremy-Clarkson-like-50-angst-ridden-damaged-relationships-grieving-loved-ones-irritated-work-related-issues-battling-inner-demons.html) The most surprising bit of that article is that clarkson rode a bicycle to the bar. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 4:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-s-22-clarkson-fired-amazon-the-grand-tour-nov-18th/271461/88 "2015-03-24T16:12:27Z")
> [@Onyx Z32](#): > > I’d much rather see him picked up by Netflix actually. > It is thought Clarkson may sign for American network Netflix, which is becoming increasingly popular with global TV audiences. ![http://cdn.meme.am/images/300x/5018883.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/4/c/4c718c94484e750cf6854fb0ef445123332d0af8.jpeg) Set to be fired tomorrow from the BBC though… > **[Jeremy Clarkson to be sacked by the BBC](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11493270/Jeremy-Clarkson-to-be-sacked-by-the-BBC.html)** > > Jeremy Clarkson is to be sacked as Top Gear presenter after a BBC investigation found he did assault a producer in a row over steak and chips ---
**Author:** ![2TurboZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/2turboz/32/7577_2.png) [@2TurboZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/2TurboZ)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 4:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-s-22-clarkson-fired-amazon-the-grand-tour-nov-18th/271461/89 "2015-03-24T16:16:00Z")
Boo Hopefully May and Hammond bail as well. Fucking Tanner Foust ruining it for everyone ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 6:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-s-22-clarkson-fired-amazon-the-grand-tour-nov-18th/271461/90 "2015-03-24T18:25:12Z")
Maybe my prediction of “More Power” on ITV with all 3 will come true. ---
**Author:** ![rugsr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rugsr/32/7474_2.png) [@rugsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rugsr)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 8:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-s-22-clarkson-fired-amazon-the-grand-tour-nov-18th/271461/91 "2015-03-24T20:15:11Z")
The other 2 should leave and they make their own show…Final Gear ---
**Author:** ![joelster](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joelster/32/7258_2.png) [@joelster](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/joelster)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 4:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-s-22-clarkson-fired-amazon-the-grand-tour-nov-18th/271461/92 "2015-03-25T04:22:11Z")
> [@rugsr](#): > > The other 2 should leave and they make their own show…Final Gear Agreed. I can’t see how any network wouldn’t want to pick these guys up. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 5:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-s-22-clarkson-fired-amazon-the-grand-tour-nov-18th/271461/93 "2015-03-25T05:46:47Z")
Well Hammond and May’s contracts also expire at the end of March so if they all want to leave it is an option. I’ve love nothing better than to see the show get a reboot on another network with Clarkson, Hammond and May. The show has been on the decline the last few years as the current producers have turned the hosts into over the top caricatures of themselves. It’s been no secret that the hosts and producers have been at odds the last few seasons. A new network that cedes more control to Clarkson is just what the show needs. ---
**Author:** ![superfan99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@superfan99](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/superfan99)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 5:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-s-22-clarkson-fired-amazon-the-grand-tour-nov-18th/271461/94 "2015-03-25T05:47:03Z")
Hammond and May have already said they won’t do the show without Clarkson, and all of their contracts are up at the end of this season. ---
**Author:** ![LUC1F3R](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/luc1f3r/32/7299_2.png) [@LUC1F3R](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LUC1F3R)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 6:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-s-22-clarkson-fired-amazon-the-grand-tour-nov-18th/271461/95 "2015-03-25T06:18:43Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > Well Hammond and May’s contracts also expire at the end of March so if they all want to leave it is an option. > > I’ve love nothing better than to see the show get a reboot on another network with Clarkson, Hammond and May. The show has been on the decline the last few years as the current producers have turned the hosts into over the top caricatures of themselves. It’s been no secret that the hosts and producers have been at odds the last few seasons. A new network that cedes more control to Clarkson is just what the show needs. Exactly…and on the plus side they’ll have to make a new track and bring back every car they ran at the old track. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 6:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-s-22-clarkson-fired-amazon-the-grand-tour-nov-18th/271461/96 "2015-03-25T06:18:52Z")
I’m pretty sure they said they wouldn’t do the show **while this short inquiry was going on** without Clarkson. That’s not the same as saying now that he’s fired they’re permanently walking away. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 6:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-s-22-clarkson-fired-amazon-the-grand-tour-nov-18th/271461/97 "2015-03-25T06:54:42Z")
> [@LUC1F3R](#): > > … and on the plus side they’ll have to make a new track and bring back every car they ran at the old track. They _could_ recreate the track somewhere else. All the dimensions are know and people have been driving a virtual Top Gear test track for years in video games. ---
**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 7:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-s-22-clarkson-fired-amazon-the-grand-tour-nov-18th/271461/98 "2015-03-25T07:23:57Z")
Clarkson has been terminated from the BBC. [http://transmission.blogs.topgear.com/2015/03/25/bbc-releases-statement-on-clarkson/](http://transmission.blogs.topgear.com/2015/03/25/bbc-releases-statement-on-clarkson/) ---
**Author:** ![91MR2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/91mr2/32/7217_2.png) [@91MR2](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/91MR2)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 7:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-s-22-clarkson-fired-amazon-the-grand-tour-nov-18th/271461/99 "2015-03-25T07:27:29Z")
Fuck that. End of an era… ---
**Author:** ![drewster99](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/drewster99/32/5468_2.png) [@drewster99](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drewster99)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 7:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-s-22-clarkson-fired-amazon-the-grand-tour-nov-18th/271461/100 "2015-03-25T07:29:31Z")
I’m sure they’ll all end up together again at some point, but this sucks. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-s-22-clarkson-fired-amazon-the-grand-tour-nov-18th/271461.md?page=4) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-s-22-clarkson-fired-amazon-the-grand-tour-nov-18th/271461.md?page=6)