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@cee-dee wrote:

 

Theatricals may well "push the boundaries" but after a time they've pushed so hard they've forgotten their direction so that the push "upwards" may have gone as far as it's going and having peaked, thereafter the only way is down. He won't be the first (nor the last) to think that he's bigger than he is and wrapped up in his own cocoon of self importance, blame everyone else for his ultimate demise.

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From what I can see of this whole incident it's not Clarkson who is making out that he is bigger than the BBC nor displaying a level of self importance - it seems that it is others that are ascribing those attitudes to him.

Top Gear is NOT a consumer show for car buyers - it used to be but Clarkson changed it from a failing review show into a successful entertainment show based on the subject of cars and car driving.   For most it has no more to do with the real world than a Bear Grylls survival show has!

The BBC are well within their rights to discipline an employee, as they have done, and as with any other business to sack their employee if they believe the circumstances justify this course of action.  The BBC have that simple decision to make and whatever that decision is it will be the "right" one as they are the sole arbiter as the employer.