Tag: Jeremy Clarkson

• Tuesday, August 12th 2025 - 04:22 UTC

  The crushing of the unfinished BBC’s Top Gear program and its Patagonia Special

  

  Remember the BBC Top Gear program with Jeremy Clarkson, back in September/October 2014 when his planned tour of Argentine Patagonia and later Chile, ended with the team having to flee, given Argentine people’s animosity and which later included a diplomatic incident involving BBC?

• Monday, August 23rd 2021 - 09:21 UTC

  Patagonia Top Gear cars with Falklands' war plate number reference, crushed by Argentina

  

  Have you ever wondered what happened to Jeremy Clarkson and his Top Gear crew cars involved in the Argentine Patagonia incursion, which triggered a major diplomatic controversy since the number plate of the Porsche 928 read H982 FKL and was interpreted in Argentina as referring to the 1982 Falklands conflict?

• Friday, April 5th 2019 - 09:00 UTC

  Top Gear “Patagonia Special” cars shredded to nut size in “hush-hush” operation

  

  Imagine three top-line sport vehicles, worth tens of thousands of dollars, from some of the most famous world brands coming to their proud end rolled over by caterpillars and shredded to pieces no greater than nuts. And the vehicles did not belong to drug dealers or arms trafficker or were part of some US extravagant show.

• Saturday, March 30th 2019 - 07:27 UTC

  UK's The Grand Tour motoring program call Argentina “God's cesspit”

  

  The Grand Tour’s Richard Hammond has reignited the trio’s feud with Argentina by calling the country ‘God’s cesspit’. Jeremy Clarkson famously managed to rile millions of Argentines back in 2014 when he drove through Patagonia for an episode of Top Gear with a license plate number which read H982 FKL, sparking complaints the vehicle was referring to the Falklands War.

• Friday, July 31st 2015 - 05:44 UTC

  Ex-Top Gear team will front a new motoring program with Amazon Prime

  

  Former BBC' Top Gear hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May have signed up to present a new show on Amazon's streaming video service. The trio will front three series of a new motoring program for Amazon Prime, with the first season to be made available worldwide in 2016.

• Thursday, June 18th 2015 - 05:18 UTC

  Chris Evans will replace Jeremy Clarkson as lead presenter of Top Gear

  

  British TV and radio personality Chris Evans will replace Jeremy Clarkson as the lead presenter of an all-new Top Gear line-up, the BBC has announced. Evans said he was “thrilled” to get the job, describing the motoring show as his “favorite program of all time”.

• Friday, May 29th 2015 - 09:34 UTC

  Falklands War plates' complaint rejected by BBC Trust: 'lack of evidence'

  

  The BBC Trust has rejected complaints over Top Gear's Patagonia special, in which a car number plate which appeared to refer to the 1982 Falklands war. The production team fled Argentina following protests over the use of the registration number H982 FKL.

• Thursday, March 26th 2015 - 15:40 UTC

  Top Gear's Clarkson sacked; BBC admits the decision would “divide opinion”

  

  Jeremy Clarkson's contract will not be renewed after an “unprovoked physical attack” on a Top Gear producer, the BBC's director general has confirmed. Tony Hall said he had “not taken this decision lightly” and recognized it would “divide opinion”, but he emphasized that “a line has been crossed” and he “cannot condone what has happened on this occasion”.

• Friday, March 20th 2015 - 07:26 UTC

  Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson 'fracas' incident report nearing conclusion

  

  The BBC's report into Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson is to be handed over to the director general next week. The internal investigation into Clarkson's suspension, following a “fracas” with a producer, will be considered by Tony Hall next week.

• Wednesday, March 11th 2015 - 23:42 UTC

  Online petition for reinstatement of Top Gear's Clarkson close to half a million signatures

  

  Jeremy Clarkson made light of his suspension by the BBC on Wednesday as an online petition for him to be reinstated topped 500,000 signatures. The Top Gear presenter told reporters he was “just off to the job centre” as he left his home in London on Wednesday. Asked if he had any regrets about what had happened, he replied “yes”.