{"id":393471,"date":"2026-01-05T16:29:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T16:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/393471\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T16:29:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T16:29:09","slug":"jeremy-clarkson-aims-fresh-swipe-at-bbc-after-top-gear-sack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/393471\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeremy Clarkson aims fresh swipe at BBC after Top Gear sack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The Clarkson&#8217;s Farm and Grand Tour star departed the iconic motoring show after he physically assaulted producer Oisin Tymon over a lack of catering.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Mr Tymon chose not to press charges, while Mr Clarkson also apologised and moved on to The Grand Tour on Prime Video.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  In his latest column for The Sunday Times, the 65-year-old mentioned the dismissal and took a swipe at the BBC in the process.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordmail.co.uk\/news\/25739417.duke-marlborough-denies-strangling-estranged-wife-family-home\/?ref=ed_recent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Duke of Marlborough denies strangling estranged wife at family home<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>The former Top Gear host lives in Oxfordshire. (Image: Aaron Chown\/PA Wire)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He claims that despite being &#8220;rather publicly let go&#8221;, he does not hold a grudge against the broadcasting organisation.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;So, you\u2019d expect me to harbour something of a grudge,&#8221; he said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;I don\u2019t, for two reasons. Number one, since they &#8216;let me go&#8217;, my life has improved immeasurably and number two, when I look at what\u2019s happened to them since, I can\u2019t help feeling just a tiny bit smug.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He went on to cite controversies with Jimmy Savile, Rolf Harris and Huw Edwards before making his point that the BBC licence fee should be scrapped in part.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordmail.co.uk\/news\/25738796.emma-watson-set-return-roads-driving-ban-expires-soon\/?ref=ed_recent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Emma Watson set to return to roads as driving ban expires soon<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n    Stay connected to the heart of Oxfordshire for less! \ud83d\uddde\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>Our Flash Sale is ON: get trusted local news for just \u00a36 for 6 months or \u00a326 for all of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss out \u2014 subscribe now! \ud83d\udc47<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RZQMIFMB3r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/RZQMIFMB3r<\/a>\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    \u2014 Oxford Mail (@TheOxfordMail) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheOxfordMail\/status\/1990709553571270756?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 18, 2025<\/a>\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Get rid of it. Not all of it, mind,&#8221; said Mr Clarkson.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;I think that with social media making news so fractured and untrustworthy at the moment, we\u2019d all be happy to have a destination we can trust.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;So, I\u2019d keep Radio 4 and BBC News, set the annual licence fee at, I dunno, a tenner and tell the people running this slimmed-down operation that they\u2019ve got to stop taking the p**s.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Mr Clarkson is expected to return to screens later this year with the fifth season of Clarkson&#8217;s Farm.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Eight new episodes of the popular farming documentary will be released on Prime Video in 2026, although an official release date is yet to be confirmed.\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Clarkson&#8217;s Farm and Grand Tour star departed the iconic motoring show after he physically assaulted producer Oisin&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":393472,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,134,427],"class_list":{"0":"post-393471","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}