Top Gear presenter Clarkson suspended over 'fracas'

Top Gear presenter Clarkson suspended over 'fracas'

The BBC said it has suspended Jeremy Clarkson, the controversial host of popular motoring programme "Top Gear", after he was involved in a "fracas" with a producer. The outspoken 54-year-old presenter helped the show become the world's most popular factual television programme, with 350 million viewers a week in 170 countries. "Following a fracas with a BBC producer, Jeremy Clarkson has been suspended pending an investigation," the BBC said in a statement. The online appeal, reading "We the undersigned petition the BBC to reinstate Jeremy Clarkson.