Top Gear presenter thanks the fans who want him back at the Beeb
Jeremy Clarkson has taken to Twitter to thank fans who want him back on Top Gear.
A petition calling on the BBC to allow shamed TV presenter Clarkson to return to the BBC motoring show has reached a MILLION signiatures, and was was delivered to the Beeb headquarters by TANK.
The vehicle, apparently driven by the motoring show's enigmatic professional driver The Stig, made its way from Westminster, through central London and towards New Broadcasting House near Oxford Street on Friday.
Clarkson's post read: "Many many thanks to all of the people who have called for my reinstatement. I'm very touched. We shall all learn next week what will happen."
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An hour before the above tweet Clarkson faced another problem as the BBC decide his fate after their investigation into controversial star.
Things are apparently going from bad to worse for the suspended Top Gear, according to the following tweet.
On Friday Clarkson also tweeted a picture of a collapsed wall.
The caption read: "And now, this has happened. "
The BBC announced the end of the Ken MacQuarrie-led panel earlier in the week as the suspended presenter was been pictured out and about at a Gala.
Attending the Roundhouse Gala - a charity event held to help raise funds for thousands of young people - many knew Clarkson's name was down to attend but few thought the suspended presenter would turn up.
Following a lunch at the Ritz - as the petition to reinstate him became fastest growing in two years - Clarkson once again looked carefree.
Staff at Camden's Roundhouse might be a little worried though as a source confirmed with Mirror Online that they were serving food.
The BBC have completed their investigation into Jeremy Clarkson and will announce the results next week. Clarkson is currently suspended following a "the fracas" with producer Oisin Tymon.
A BBC spokesman said: “Following last week’s suspension of Jeremy Clarkson, Ken MacQuarrie is now considering the evidence and will report to the Director-General on his findings next week.
Last week the presenter thanked his fans for their support, saying: "I am very grateful to everybody."
The petition's success comes following the news that James May and Richard Hammond refused to do the show without Jeremy.
A BBC executive revealed discussions were held about putting out the final few episodes with mainly recorded segments and the two co-stars filming the studio parts.
But the source said: “They didn’t want to do it without Jeremy so the talks didn’t get off the ground.
"There is a feeling that it is all of them or none of them.”
The controversial host’s fate lies with BBC Director General Tony Hall and not head of TV Danny Cohen as was previously suggested.
And the insider accused certain figures of pressurising Cohen to wrap up the probe.
The source added: “We must play everything with a straight bat but it is very frustrating while Clarkson’s friends continue to pour pressure on the BBC.
“Danny is getting on with his job as best he can but it is not easy.
“Our priority has to be the person who has allegedly been attacked but we are between a rock and a hard place in all of this.
“There is no way everyone is going to be happy whatever is decided.”
Clarkson, 54, and 36-year-old Oisin have both given their accounts of the incident to investigation chief Ken MacQuarrie, head of BBC Scotland.
Both are thought to have had lawyers present.
Mr MacQuarrie will also speak to witnesses.
Clarkson’s spokesman refused to comment on the claims and Oisin did not respond.
This is the latest in a long line of controversies which has seen the presenter offend foreign diplomats, viewers, MPs and his own bosses at the BBC.
Clarkson was put on what was called his final warning last year following a racism row after claims he used the N-word while reciting the nursery rhyme Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe during filming of the BBC2 programme.
But he is due to be back on the BBC next month presenting the third episode of the new series of panel show Have I Got News For You.
“We always have a field day with Jeremy," said Jimmy Mulville, managing director of Have I Got News For You producer Hat Trick.
"Maybe we will get the producer on so he can hit Jeremy Clarkson live on television.”
Jeremy Clarkson's timeline of shame
October 1998
At the Birmingham motor show In October 1998, Hyundai complained to the BBC over "bigoted and racist" comments.
He was reported as saying that the designer of the Hyundai XG had probably eaten a spaniel for lunch.
November 2008
Clarkson made an ill-judged joke about lorry drivers murdering prostitutes during an episode of Top Gear.
Complaining about the constant need to change gear, he said: “Change gear, change gear, change gear, check mirror, murder a prostitute, change gear, change gear, murder. That’s a lot of effort in a day."
Despite numerous complaints to the BBC and Ofcom, and a call from an MP for him to lose his job, Clarkson gave only a mock apology on the following week’s show.
February 2009
During a press conference in Australia in February 2009, Clarkson branded then Prime Minister Gordon Brown a “one-eyed Scottish idiot".
He later apologised for the "one-eyed" part of his comment but not the "Scottish idiot" aspect.
October 2009
The presenter caused outrage by ridiculing TV bosses for being obsessed with having “black Muslim lesbians” on shows to balance out the number of white heterosexual men.
July 2010
Clarkson got himself into trouble by making a joke about a woman in a burka wearing a red g-string while discussing dangerous driving conditions on the show.
The joke even upset the often-controversial Lily Allen, who tweeted that the joke was “distasteful”.
July 2010
In the same month, Alastair Campbell revealed on his blog that, in unaired comments, Clarkson had rebuffed claims that he wasn’t very sound on gay rights by replying “Oh yes I am. I demand the right not to be bummed.”
August 2010
Clarkson once again slipped up by making a jibe about people with disabilities.
The presenter was comparing two Ferrari’s and described the older one as a ‘simpleton’ that should be called the ‘430 Speciale needs’ instead of it’s real name ‘430 Speciale’, which prompted a backlash from the National Autistic Society.
August 2011
Clarkson and May were both filmed parking in disabled bay during the programme.
But Top Gear apologised on their behalf saying it was the producer's fault and not the presenters' decision.
November 2011
Clarkson said striking public sector workers should be shot while appearing on BBC's The One Show.
He told the shocked presenters: "I’d have them all shot. I would take them outside and execute them in front of their families.
“I mean how dare they go on strike when they’ve got these gilt-edged pensions that are going to be guaranteed while the rest of us have to work for a living.”
December 2011
Clarkson caused outrage when he described people who throw themselves under trains as "selfish" in his column in the Sun.
The presenter argued that following a death, trains should carry on their journeys as soon as possible.
March 2014
Jeremy Clarkson accused of racism after "slope" 'slur' during a special episode of Top Gear filmed in Burma.
The trio were tasked with building a bridge over the river Kwai in Thailand.
"That is a proud moment - but there's a slope on it," said Clarkson, as a figure walked toward them on the bridge.
Hammond replied: "You're right, it's definitely higher on that side."
Ofcom later ruled that the presenter had been "deliberately offensive".
May 2014
While filming for the BBC, Clarkson can be heard chanting: “Eeny, meeny, miny, moe...” He then mumbles: “Catch a n***** by his toe”.
The footage wasn't used but theDaily Mirror obtained a copy of the film in which the presenter can be heard saying the offensive word.
December 2014
Top Gear sparked controversy when they filmed in Argentina by driving a porsche with the number plate H982 FKL.
The number plate seemed to refer to the 1982 Falklands War in which Argentina and the UK clashed over ownership of the island.
The team had to leave Argentina in a hurry and claimed they had been hounded out of the country.
February 2015
Clarkson was cleared by the BBC Trust for his use of the word "pikey" in Top Gear. But the sign caused a significant backlash.
He used the sign in an episode of the hit show last year but the Trust's Editorial Standards Committee (ESC) concluded that the word had been used to mean "cheap", rather than as a term of racist or ethnic abuse in March 2015.
March 2015
Clarkson was suspended during an investigation into his bust-up with Top Gear producer Oisin Tymon, who was left with a split-lip after the presenter laid into him about the lack of a hot meal in the Yorkshire hotel where they were staying.
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