--- title: Jeremy Clarkson's Dismissal from BBC Celebrated by Argentinians description: BBC announced Wednesday it would not be renewing Jeremy Clarkson's contract after an 'unprovoked physical attack' on producer Oisin Tymon canonical: https://time.com/3761298/jeremy-clarkson-argentina/ author: Naina Bajekal article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-27T13:20:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:59:33.394Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Jeremy Clarkson's Dismissal from BBC Celebrated by Argentinians og:description: BBC announced Wednesday it would not be renewing Jeremy Clarkson's contract after an 'unprovoked physical attack' on producer Oisin Tymon og:url: https://time.com/3761298/jeremy-clarkson-argentina/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt578fc16f45a05957/698785288e0601bc1845af12/145502846.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: FILE Jeremy Clarksons Top Gear Contract With The BBC Will Not Be Renewed London England - May 31, 2012. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jeremy Clarkson's Dismissal from BBC Celebrated by Argentinians twitter:description: BBC announced Wednesday it would not be renewing Jeremy Clarkson's contract after an 'unprovoked physical attack' on producer Oisin Tymon twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt578fc16f45a05957/698785288e0601bc1845af12/145502846.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jeremy Clarkson's Dismissal from BBC Celebrated by Argentinians > Sponsored content. 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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account. ## Video: BBC Suspends 'Top Gear' Host Jeremy Clarkson After 'Fracas' [Watch (HLS stream): BBC Suspends 'Top Gear' Host Jeremy Clarkson After 'Fracas'](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/XBYXPnZL.m3u8) (1:57)  _Published 2015-03-11. Tuesday, BBC suspended the popular car show host after he allegedly hit a producer during an incident last week._  by [Naina Bajekal](https://time.com/author/naina-bajekal/)  ## Naina Bajekal Bajekal was executive editor and international editor at TIME. Mar 27, 2015 1:20 PM UTC  Jeremy Clarkson in London in 2012. Jeremy Clarkson in London in 2012.Ian Gavan — Getty Images  by [Naina Bajekal](https://time.com/author/naina-bajekal/)  ## Naina Bajekal Bajekal was executive editor and international editor at TIME. Mar 27, 2015 1:20 PM UTC Many Argentinians were delighted to hear the news of the BBC refusing to renew Jeremy Clarkson’s contract as host of _Top Gear_, after a controversy sparked during filming in the South American country last year. Clarkson drove a vehicle with a license plate apparently referencing the bloody 1982 Falklands War, which left 649 Argentine and 255 British military personnel dead. Clarkson’s ‘H982 FKL’ license plate sparked outrage among locals, who pelted the _Top Gear_ crew’s vehicles with stones. The BBC said the license plate was a coincidence and not intended to reference the war, while [Clarkson wrote on Twitter that they had done “nothing wrong.”](http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/jeremy-clarkson-defends-argentina-number-plate-row-for-once-we-did-nothing-wrong-9774308.html) The Argentinian ambassador to the U.K., Alicia Castro, demanded an apology from the BBC and accused Clarkson of [“fabricating a horror story”](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/11157976/Jeremy-Clarkson-fabricated-a-horror-story-said-Argentinian-ambassador.html) and seeking “to portray Argentinians as savages.” A few months on, Argentinian news articles discussing the end of Clarkson’s career at the BBC have seen a flurry of comments from Argentinians who are overjoyed to see the presenter go. One commented on the _Clarin_ newspaper’s website: “This is what happens when you mock the Malvinas,” using the Spanish name for the Falkland Islands. According to the [_Daily Express_,](http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/566567/Top-Gear-Jeremy-Clarkson-BBC-Two-sacking-Argentina-Falklands-Falkland-Islands-numberplate) one person called Clarkson a “disrespectful pig” and another merely said his fate was “Karma.” [**Read next: Russian military TV offers Jeremy Clarkson a job**](http://time.com/3761214/russia-tv-clarkson-job/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3761298/jeremy-clarkson-argentina/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3761298/jeremy-clarkson-argentina/"},"headline":"Jeremy Clarkson's Dismissal from BBC Celebrated by Argentinians","datePublished":"2015-03-27T13:20:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:59:33.394Z","description":"BBC announced Wednesday it would not be renewing Jeremy Clarkson's contract after an 'unprovoked physical attack' on producer Oisin Tymon","url":"https://time.com/3761298/jeremy-clarkson-argentina/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt578fc16f45a05957/698785288e0601bc1845af12/145502846.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Naina Bajekal","jobTitle":"Bajekal was executive editor and international editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/naina-bajekal/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt578fc16f45a05957/698785288e0601bc1845af12/145502846.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"FILE Jeremy Clarksons Top Gear Contract With The BBC Will Not Be Renewed London England - May 31, 2012.","caption":"Jeremy Clarkson in London in 2012.","creditText":"Ian Gavan — Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3761298/jeremy-clarkson-argentina/","name":"Jeremy Clarkson's Dismissal from BBC Celebrated by Argentinians"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"BBC Suspends 'Top Gear' Host Jeremy Clarkson After 'Fracas'","description":"Tuesday, BBC suspended the popular car show host after he allegedly hit a producer during an incident last week.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/XBYXPnZL/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-03-11T14:45:54.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/XBYXPnZL.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3761298/jeremy-clarkson-argentina/","duration":"PT1M57S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3761298/jeremy-clarkson-argentina/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```