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Top Gear ratings disaster over Jeremy Clarkson loss: 4 million viewers switch off
The BBC’s decision to cancel Top Gear while it investigates Jeremy Clarkson resulted in a loss of four million viewers.
Top Gear is the most watched programme on BBC Two, regularly drawing an audience of more than five million.
Its Sunday night replacement, Red Arrows: Inside the Bubble, drew just 1.3 million – less than six per cent of the viewing public.
The documentary, narrated by Eddie Redmayne, was screened on the channel last summer and brought in to plug a last-minute scheduling gap.
Top Gear fans on social media voiced their frustration over the decision to pull the show from the schedules.
But those who complained directly to the BBC have not been acknowledged. The corporation refused to say how many complaints it has received, citing the ongoing investigation as reason for the non-disclosure.
Sunday’s episode of Top Gear was pulled from the schedule at the behest of Danny Cohen, the BBC’s director of television. It had been due to feature Gary Lineker as the star in a reasonably priced car.
The BBC has also effectively cancelled a second episode of the top rating motoring series, as the investigation into the behaviour of Clarkson drags into a second week.
A spokesperson for the show has confirmed via the Top Gear official website that it would not return to the studio this week.
“We can now confirm that Top Gear will not be back in the studio this week,” the spokesperson said. “As such, the episode due for broadcast this Sunday night, 22nd March, will also be postponed pending the outcome of the investigation.”
The spokesperson confirmed that Ken MacQuarrie, the director of BBC Scotland, had been appointed to lead the investigation.
When the incident occurred, studio links were to be filmed for three remaining episodes of the show’s 22nd season.
Because of Clarkson’s suspension, the production was unable to film the show’s studio links for last week’s program, forcing them to postpone.
It is now expected that the BBC will most likely abandon the show’s 22nd season altogether. The series, hosted by Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May, is the highest rating show on the BBC’s BBC Two channel.
Clarkson was suspended after a “fracas” with one of the show’s producers, Oisin Tymon, after Clarkson was unable to get hot food after a day’s filming.
After a string of mishaps, Clarkson was given a “final warning” by the BBC last year.
Clarkson told UK media at the time he would be sacked if he made “one more offensive remark, anywhere, at any time”.
The investigation is expected to conclude at the end of this week and an announcement over Clarkson’s future is expected by Friday.
Clarkson has hinted that he may walk away from the corporation regardless of the outcome. Although the BBC owns the Top Gear format, Clarkson could host another motoring show for a rival broadcaster.
http://fullthrottle.newdaily.info/to...rs-switch-off/
Saw that coming a million miles away
The BBC’s decision to cancel Top Gear while it investigates Jeremy Clarkson resulted in a loss of four million viewers.
Top Gear is the most watched programme on BBC Two, regularly drawing an audience of more than five million.
Its Sunday night replacement, Red Arrows: Inside the Bubble, drew just 1.3 million – less than six per cent of the viewing public.
The documentary, narrated by Eddie Redmayne, was screened on the channel last summer and brought in to plug a last-minute scheduling gap.
Top Gear fans on social media voiced their frustration over the decision to pull the show from the schedules.
But those who complained directly to the BBC have not been acknowledged. The corporation refused to say how many complaints it has received, citing the ongoing investigation as reason for the non-disclosure.
Sunday’s episode of Top Gear was pulled from the schedule at the behest of Danny Cohen, the BBC’s director of television. It had been due to feature Gary Lineker as the star in a reasonably priced car.
The BBC has also effectively cancelled a second episode of the top rating motoring series, as the investigation into the behaviour of Clarkson drags into a second week.
A spokesperson for the show has confirmed via the Top Gear official website that it would not return to the studio this week.
“We can now confirm that Top Gear will not be back in the studio this week,” the spokesperson said. “As such, the episode due for broadcast this Sunday night, 22nd March, will also be postponed pending the outcome of the investigation.”
The spokesperson confirmed that Ken MacQuarrie, the director of BBC Scotland, had been appointed to lead the investigation.
When the incident occurred, studio links were to be filmed for three remaining episodes of the show’s 22nd season.
Because of Clarkson’s suspension, the production was unable to film the show’s studio links for last week’s program, forcing them to postpone.
It is now expected that the BBC will most likely abandon the show’s 22nd season altogether. The series, hosted by Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May, is the highest rating show on the BBC’s BBC Two channel.
Clarkson was suspended after a “fracas” with one of the show’s producers, Oisin Tymon, after Clarkson was unable to get hot food after a day’s filming.
After a string of mishaps, Clarkson was given a “final warning” by the BBC last year.
Clarkson told UK media at the time he would be sacked if he made “one more offensive remark, anywhere, at any time”.
The investigation is expected to conclude at the end of this week and an announcement over Clarkson’s future is expected by Friday.
Clarkson has hinted that he may walk away from the corporation regardless of the outcome. Although the BBC owns the Top Gear format, Clarkson could host another motoring show for a rival broadcaster.
http://fullthrottle.newdaily.info/to...rs-switch-off/
Saw that coming a million miles away
