--- title: Top Gear: Jeremy Clarkson Suspended After 'Fracas' With Producer description: "Following a fracas with a BBC producer, Jeremy Clarkson has been suspended pending an investigation," the BBC said Tuesday canonical: https://time.com/3740047/jeremy-clarkson-top-gear-suspended-richard-hammond-james-may-ferrari-porsche-mclaren/ author: Helen Regan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-11T02:33:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-01T09:03:06.273Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson Suspended After 'Fracas' og:description: He's no stranger to controversy. og:url: https://time.com/3740047/jeremy-clarkson-top-gear-suspended-richard-hammond-james-may-ferrari-porsche-mclaren/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3655d9f5f2a59995/6987831ccd1bbae4f36f5a25/478636651.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: The Cheltenham Festival - Day 4 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson Suspended After 'Fracas' twitter:description: He's no stranger to controversy. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3655d9f5f2a59995/6987831ccd1bbae4f36f5a25/478636651.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _Top Gear_ Host Jeremy Clarkson Has Been Suspended After a 'Fracas' With a Producer > Sponsored content. 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Tuesday, BBC suspended the popular car show host after he allegedly hit a producer during an incident last week._ by [Helen Regan](https://time.com/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Mar 11, 2015 2:33 AM UTC Tuesday, BBC suspended the popular car show host after he allegedly hit a producer during an incident last week. by [Helen Regan](https://time.com/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Mar 11, 2015 2:33 AM UTC British _Top Gear_ host Jeremy Clarkson has been [suspended](http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/10/us-britain-clarkson-suspension-idUSKBN0M61UV20150310) by the BBC. Clarkson, 54, who is known for being outspoken, had already been given a final warning about his behavior after claims that he had used a racist slur during filming two years ago, Reuters reports. “Following a fracas with a BBC producer, Jeremy Clarkson has been suspended pending an investigation,” the BBC said in a statement on Tuesday. The U.K. broadcaster reported that he stands [accused](http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-31824040) of hitting the producer during an argument last week. Clarkson has not commented on the suspension. Sunday’s episode of the current season will not be broadcast and it is uncertain whether the remaining episodes will be shown. _Top Gear_ is one of the BBC’s most successful television programs and is watched in more than 200 countries. **READ MORE:** [**Here’s 6 Times the BBC Should Have Suspended Jeremy Clarkson But Didn’t**](http://time.com/3740238/top-gear-jeremy-clarkson/) _Read next:_ [_Julie Andrews on_ ](http://time.com/3739867/julie-andrews-the-sound-of-music/?iid=time%5Freadnext)[The Sound of Music _at 50 — And That NBC Remake_](http://time.com/3739867/julie-andrews-the-sound-of-music/?iid=time%5Freadnext) [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/?sl%5Fautoplay=true&xid=spl-fullbrief-article) ## Transcript [00:00] Jeremy Clarkson host of the BBC's car show Top Gear [00:03] has landed himself in hot water with the network over [00:06] the years for his loose cannon delivery on camera, but [00:09] his words aren't the only thing getting him in trouble [00:11] lately. He has a full size tattoo of his face. On his face. [00:15] [ LAUGH ] Tuesday BBC reported the comical, [00:19] yet politically incorrect host of the popular British TV [00:22] show was suspended after allegedly hitting a producer [00:25] after a heated argument last week. The network [00:27] [ INAUDIBLE ] Says it has also launched an investigation [00:30] into the incident. This Sunday's episode will not be [00:33] broadcast, and the other two remaining episodes in [00:35] the current series could meet the same fate. Clarkson [00:38] reacted to his suspension on Twitter jokingly. Saying, [00:42] " Wanted: new presenter for Top Gear. Applicant [00:44] should be old, badly dressed and pedantic but [00:47] capable of getting to work on time ." This is just the [00:49] latest incident where Clarkson's character has been [00:52] called into question in recent years. Last May he was [00:55] accused of sneaking in a racial slur while singing a [00:57] nursery rhyme during a show in 2011. Though [01:00] Clarkson denied the allegations, and claimed it only [01:02] sounded that way in the audio playback. Please be [01:05] assured, I did everything in my power to not use [01:09] that word. And last year, the BBC gave him a, quote, [01:13] final warning, after he deliberately used racially [01:16] derogatory language when referring to an Asian man [01:19] during a broadcast. Clarkson and his team have been. [01:22] Sort of pushing the BBC. But I think there's a point at [01:25] which the BBC has to, well, they've put them on the [01:28] naughty step, now, haven't they? I think he's been put [01:30] on the naughty step before. Before, okay, well. This is, [01:30] this is the next step. How long? Top [01:35] Gear is currently the most widely watched factual [01:37] television program in the world. more than 350 million [01:41] people tuned in every week in 170 different countries. [01:45] And Clarkson definitely has a legion of supporters. 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