BBC Fracas Top Gear

Clarkson on Top Gear: ‘I have lost my baby but I shall create another’

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By John McCarthy, Opinion Editor

April 19, 2015 | 2 min read

Canned BBC presenter Jeremy Clarkson has issued a strong message that he will to return to television with a new car-focused show, admitting that it’s time to put Top Gear behind him.

Following his dismissal from the BBC in the aftermath of an alleged punch up with a Top Gear producer, Clarkson said in his Sunday Times column that “I have lost my baby but I shall create another.

“I don’t know who the other parent will be or what the baby will look like, but I cannot sit around anymore organising my photograph album.”

The star also confirmed he will launch a rival to the BBC’s reformatted Top Gear for another broadcaster.

“Let’s stop being silly and pick up the pieces and start again... I just know I’m going to do another car show.”

Clarkson has previously stated that the Top Gear trio of himself, James May and Richard Hammond could be “back somewhere else" sparking speculation at which broadcaster will strike a deal with the out-of-work petrolheads.

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