An internal report into Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson is to be handed over to BBC’s director general next week.
The internal investigation into Jeremy Clarkson’s suspension, following a “fracas” with a producer, will be considered by Tony Hall next week.
Director of BBC Scotland, Ken MacQuarrie, who is leading the investigation, “is now considering the evidence”, a BBC spokesperson said.
“Once this has been considered, we will set out any further steps.”
“The BBC will not be offering further commentary until then,” the spokesperson concluded.
Jeremy Clarkson, 54, was suspended from Top Gear on March 10, following an alleged altercation with producer Oisin Tymon.
Oisin Tymon did not file a formal complaint and it is understood Jeremy Clarkson reported the incident himself.
A lawyer for Oisin Tymon said his client “intends to await the outcome of the BBC investigation and will make no comment until that investigation is complete”.
All remaining shows in the current series were pulled following the incident.
Top Gear is one of the BBC’s most popular and profitable TV shows, with an estimated global audience of 350 million.
The show’s success is largely attributed to Jeremy Clarkson, who has appeared on the show since 1988.
An online petition calling for Jeremy Clarkson’s reinstatement – set up by political blogger Guido Fawkes – has accrued more than 975,000 signatures since the presenter’s suspension.
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A BBC internal investigation has begun after Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson was suspended from the show following a “fracas” with producer Oisin Tymon.
The enquiry is being headed up Ken McQuarrie, the director of BBC Scotland.
Jeremy Clarkson, 54, was suspended from Top Gear last week following an alleged altercation with producer Oisin Tymon.
Oisin Tymon, 36, did not file a formal complaint and its understood that Jeremy Clarkson reported the incident himself.
The row has been said to have occurred because no hot food was laid on for Jeremy Clarkson following a day of filming in North Yorkshire.
Writing in his column in the Sun newspaper, Jeremy Clarkson appeared to hint that he was close to quitting calling himself a “dinosaur” and adding: “These big imposing creatures have no place in a world which has moved on.”
An online petition to reinstate Jeremy Clarkson has reached more than 900,000 signatures.
The critic AA Gill also voiced his support for Jeremy Clarkson in his Sunday Times column, calling the investigation into the row “preposterous and ponderous”, and praised Clarkson as hard-working.
Top Gear is one of the BBC’s most popular and profitable TV shows, with an estimated global audience of 350 million.
The remaining shows in the current series were pulled off-air following the incident.
A lawyer for Oisin Tymon said his client “intends to await the outcome of the BBC investigation and will make no comment until that investigation is complete”.
No official date has been fixed for the investigation to present its findings.
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