After the BBC sacks Jeremy Clarkson, the Top Gear world responds

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The News Minute | March 26, 2015 | 2:31 p.m. IST

The sacking of Jeremy Clarkson by the BBC has attracted a lot of attention.

Clarkson, the presenter of BBC’s widely watched show, Top Gear, was fired by the public broadcaster on Thursday after he attacked a show producer during filming for not getting “hot food”.

A report by the BBC quotes the director general of the channel, Tony Hall, as saying: “For me a line has been crossed. There cannot be one rule for one and one rule for another dictated by either rank, or public relations and commercial considerations”.

He added that he “personally (had) been a great fan of his work and Top Gear” though.

Fellow Top Gear presenter, James May, when asked for a reaction said that although Clarkson was a “knob”, him and Richard Hammond, the show’s other presenter, were together with Clarkson as a “package” and that he loved working with him.

Hammond took to Twitter to respond, though.

Gutted at such a sad end to an era. We're all three of us idiots in our different ways but it's been an incredible ride together.
— Richard Hammond (@RichardHammond) March 25, 2015

With the show having a reported 350million viewing audience, reactions were fast and furious on social media where #BringBackClarkson has been trending.

There is no other man better suited to present Top Gear than @JeremyClarkson #BringBackClarkson pic.twitter.com/zwOeYi3Gug
— Sam Herring (@sam___herring) March 26, 2015

Stig + tank delivers #BringBackClarkson petition to BBC http://t.co/EjqPxEKXgj pic.twitter.com/TTjO8ddyjP
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) March 20, 2015

I hope that @MrJamesMay and @RichardHammond join @JeremyClarkson in another venue. @BBC can go play in traffic. #BringBackClarkson #TopGear
— Sohn von Odin (@MrJohnQZombie) March 25, 2015

Every now and again, i'll just scream out "HAMMOND!" because, well, someones got to do it. #TopGear #BringBackClarkson
— Darwin Brandis (@DarwinBrandis) March 18, 2015

Retweet if you want to #BringBackClarkson pic.twitter.com/Y2LCRE2vAA
— MDKSuperCars (@MDKSuperCars) March 17, 2015

@JeremyClarkson @MrJamesMay @RichardHammond @BBC_TopGear @BBC I think they're missing you guys #BringBackClarkson pic.twitter.com/6anHdYx3hy
— Iain Schofield (@iain_schofield) March 17, 2015

Twitter was not so kind though to Oisin Tymon, the producer who Clarkson attacked. Tymon, who did not report Clarkson’s indiscretions when the incident happened though, was trolled viciously.

A relief that Oisin Tymon can now put all this behind him and return to his homeland, the mining colony of Bespin Cloud City.
— rufus jones (@rufusjones1) March 26, 2015

Retweet if you'd like to see a celebrity run over Oisin Tymon in a reasonably priced car #BringBackClarkson
— Dick Masterson (@dickmasterson) March 25, 2015