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Post by joandie on Apr 22, 2015 11:32:34 GMT
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Post by RedMoon11 on Apr 23, 2015 12:13:52 GMT
Top Gear: James May rules out returning without Jeremy ClarksonPresenter says the idea of Richard Hammond and himself hosting the BBC show with a ‘surrogate Jeremy’ would be ‘lame’ James May said it was still possible that Jeremy Clarkson could return to Top Gear. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/GettyJohn Plunkett
Thursday 23 April 2015 09.20 BST 04.20 EDT
Last modified on Thursday 23 April 2015 04.32 EDTTop Gear presenter James May has ruled out returning to the BBC show without Jeremy Clarkson, saying it would be “lame” to do it with a “surrogate Jeremy”. May said the idea that he would return alongside fellow co-host Richard Hammond with a new presenter in place of Clarkson, who was axed from the show after a fracas with a producer, was a “non-starter”. But May said he wanted to continue to work for the BBC and did not rule out all three presenters one day returning to the show. “Me and Hammond with a surrogate Jeremy is a non-starter, it just wouldn’t work. That would be lame, or ‘awks’ as young people say,” May told MediaGuardian. “It has to be the three of us. You can’t just put a surrogate Jeremy in and expect it to carry on. It would be forced. I don’t believe they would be stupid enough to try that. “It doesn’t mean I won’t go back, we may all go back in the future. It might just be we have a break from it. I don’t know.” May’s reluctance to return without his former colleague increases the possibility that the motoring show will return next year with an all-new presenting lineup. It is understood there are currently no Top Gear talks ongoing with May or Hammond, after their contracts expired last month. May said: “It would be a bloody tough call to do Top Gear without Jeremy, that would be a bit of a daft idea. “I don’t think you could carry on with two people and put someone in as the new Jeremy because they are not going to be the new Jeremy. That would be short sighted and I don’t think it would work. Virtually impossible.” May said it was still possible that Clarkson could return to Top Gear despite the fallout from his unprovoked attack on Oisin Tymon in March which left the producer seeking hospital treatment. BBC director general Tony Hall said a line had been crossed and Clarkson, a frequent source of controversy in the past, had failed to maintain standards of decency and respect at work. “In the future when all this has blown over there might be an opportunity for three of us to get back together on the BBC to do Top Gear or a car show of some sort,” said May. “The BBC haven’t completely closed the door on Jeremy’s return. They’ve not banned him or fired him, only just not renewed his contract for the moment. It’s a subtle difference but an important one.” May said he saw it as a “light kicking … not excluding him from the club”  ‘The BBC haven’t completely closed the door on Jeremy’s return,’ said James May. Photograph: Daniel Leal-Olivas/PA Clarkson wrote much of Top Gear, as well as co-presenting it, acting as a virtual executive producer on the show which he fronted alongside Hammond and May since 2003. May said there was “nothing to rule out” reuniting with Clarkson and Hammond for a motoring show on a rival broadcaster. Clarkson has been linked to a move to big-spending US on-demand service Netflix, home to Kevin Spacey’s House of Cards, which recently signed the producers behind the BBC’s Blue Planet and Planet Earth to make a new natural history epic, Our Planet, in 2019. But May said one or more of the presenters might have a non-compete clause which might hamper a switch in the short term. The presenter will return to BBC2 with a second three-part series of James May’s Cars of the People and has one or two other projects in the pipeline. His other BBC2 credits include James May’s Toy Stories, Man Lab, and Things You Need To Know. He said he would be happy to return to film new links and studio footage for the three episodes of Top Gear which were pulled from the schedule following Clarkson’s suspension and subsequent axing from the show. Three unseen films have been shot featuring Clarkson, Hammond and May together, plus a handful of films with only one presenter adding up to between 90 minutes and two hours of material. But May said he had not yet been invited back to complete the re-edited programmes, which BBC2 controller Kim Shillinglaw said she hoped would air on the channel by the summer, and “definitely” this year. May said: “The BBC still want me to make some documentaries for them, including about cars. I’m not out of making TV programmes about cars and motoring and car history.” With no Top Gear negotiations ongoing, May said he was rather enjoying having time off. “It may just be I don’t do anything,” he added. Shillinglaw said at a BBC2 programme launch on Tuesday that there was nothing to stop Clarkson returning to the BBC. She confirmed Top Gear would return next year and said she would look at female presenters to front the new-look show, having been credited with putting more women on screen in her time in charge of the BBC’s science and natural history output. “Jeremy will be back on the BBC,” said Shillinglaw. “It is serious and unfortunate what happened but there is no ban on Jeremy being on the BBC. It’s a big deal what happened and Jeremy, as any human being would, needs some time out.” Top Gear is one of the BBC’s most valuable show. Watched by more than 6 million viewers on BBC2, it is seen in more than 200 countries around the world and generates around £50m a year for the corporation’s commercial arm, BBC Worldwide. www.theguardian.com/media/2015/apr/23/james-may-top-gear-jeremy-clarkson-bbc-richard-hammond
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Post by marantha on Apr 23, 2015 18:30:36 GMT
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Post by RedMoon11 on Apr 24, 2015 0:09:07 GMT
I'm not surprised. Love the pix of the four of them Andy Wilman resigns as Top Gear team reconvene to plot next move
Andy Wilman, the executive producer of Top Gear, has resigned in a final blow for the show  Richard Hammond, Jeremy Clarkson, Andy Wilman and James May in central London Photo: Splash News By Hannah Furness, Arts Correspondent 5:28PM BST 23 Apr 2015 Andy Wilman, the executive producer of Top Gear and a friend of Jeremy Clarkson, has resigned from the BBC. Wilman, who is credited with revamping Top Gear to its current success, has told BBC executives he will no longer be working on the programme. He has formally resigned from the corporation, the Telegraph has learned. The decision came as he was photographed with his former team in London, in the first time they have been spotted together in public since the Top Gear fall-out. They are now understood to be plotting their next move in broadcasting, after Jeremy Clarkson was axed from their popular show last month following a "fracas" with a producer. James May has now confirmed he too will not return to the show, believing it would not be the same without its lead. The pair, along with Richard Hammond, are widely believed to be working on a new car show format with Wilman, which they may take to a rival British channel, Netflix or Amazon. The quartet were spotted in London today, entering Clarkson's home before leaving together to enjoy a drink at a local pub.  Jeremy Clarkson is seen with his former Top Gear colleagues Richard Hammond James May after meeting producer Andy Wilman(SPLASH) A spokesman for the BBC confirmed Wilman has quietly handed in his resignation. Mr Wilman has reportedly said that he "does not have any irons in the fire". The decision may not have come as a total surprise to Top Gear magazine subscribers, after Wilman used this month's edition to describe the "completely empty office" he now sits in. Speaking of how he first discussed the show with Clarkson over a pub lunch, he wrote: "As I sit here now in April 2015, in a completely empty office, I think that faraway lunch absolutely encapsulates the tragedy of what the BBC has lost in getting rid of Jeremy. "It hasn't just lost a man who can hold viewers' attention in front of a camera, it's lost a journalist who could use the discipline of print training to focus on what mattered and what didn't; it's lost an editorial genius who could look at an existing structure and then smash it up and reshape it in a blaze of light-bulb moments." He went on to lament the "BBC Meddling Dept", which he claimed had attempted to interfere in the decision to have an all-male line-up, complained about too many "middle-class public schoolboys" presenting, and objecting to his politically-incorrect language in the first meeting. Earlier this month, Wilman denied reports he had quit after an email he sent to staff on the show congratulating them on making "one of the most iconic programmes in TV history" was published. In what appeared to be a valedictory statement, he told colleagues: “For those of you who still rely on it for work, don’t worry, because the BBC will make sure the show continues. Our stint as guardians of Top Gear was a good one, but we were only part of the show’s history, not the whole of it. Those two words are bigger than us.” At the time, he said: "And if I were to resign, I wouldn't do it publicly, I'd do it old school by handing in my, er, notice, to someone upstairs in HR. I work behind the camera and I wouldn't presume for one moment to think people are interested in what I do." He has worked on the show since "around 2000", masterminding its revamp with Clarkson and then BBC Two controller Jane Root. The BBC has not ruled out a return for Clarkson, with BBC Two controller Kim Shillinglaw saying there was no ban on him appearing in future programmes. Footage from the three final shows of last series, which were never broadcast following the presenter's suspension, will now be screened by the corporation. A one-off special featuring the pre-recorded scenes, shot before Clarkson attacked producer Oisin Tymon, will be broadcast this year. Mr Tymon had his lip split by Clarkson in a 30-second assault on March 4 and took himself to hospital with his injuries. He was also shouted at by the former Top Gear presenter in a torrent of verbal abuse. Clarkson reported the incident to the BBC five days later and was suspended on March 10. When asked what would happen to Top Gear, which is owned by the BBC rather than its presenters, Shillinglaw said: "It's not been an easy year, but it's kind of creatively exciting, what were going to do and have got to do, so that's what we're getting on with. We've got to move the show on. "It's a challenge but it's genuinely creatively exciting. We've got a great in-house team and it's going to continue to be made by them." It is not expected to return to British screens in its new format until 2016. |
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Post by RedMoon11 on Apr 24, 2015 0:45:45 GMT
Looks like James bought or was given a new Lancaster University hoodie on his visit the other day Back together: Jeremy Clarkson (left) is seen with his Top Gear colleagues James May (centre) and Richard Hammond (right) outside his west London flat, in their first public appearance since he was sacked  Discussions: Top Gear executive producer Andy Wilman (front centre) was also present at the meeting today, just hours before it was sensationally announced he had quit the BBC, in what is another blow for the show  Presenters: May had earlier said the BBC would be 'stupid' to try a version of the hit motoring show with 'a surrogate Jeremy', Richard Hammond and himself - adding that the idea was a ‘non-starter’   Something to smile about? The presenter looked in high spirits as he left the property with Mr Wilman. A BBC spokesman would not comment on the producer's resignation other than to confirm it  Put it there: Hammond and Clarkson shake hands as they part ways on a west London street  Leaving: Hammond arrived at the flat first, before May came in a BMW car - followed by Mr Wilman's arrival   Waving: It comes a day after BBC2 boss Kim Shillinglaw, who has been tasked with finding a replacement for Clarkson (left) on Top Gear, said the 55-year-old presenter ‘will be back on the BBC’ at some point  Keeping mum: The group has not yet revealed whether it will work together on another car programme Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3052014/James-quits-Gear-saying-lame-without-Jeremy-Clarkson.html#ixzz3YBOqDW6U
May Rules Out Role on ‘Lame’ Top Gear There is speculation that the executive producer and co-hosts will reunite at a rival broadcaster
Greg BrennanKaya Burgess Published at 12:01AM, April 24 2015 The format of Top Gear, as loved by millions of fans, was dealt a fatal blow yesterday as its senior producer quit the BBC just hours after meeting the show’s three stars. James May said yesterday that it would be “lame” for him and Richard Hammond to present Top Gear with “a surrogate Jeremy” and was photographed meeting his former co-hosts and Andy Wilman, the show’s executive producer, at Clarkson’s London flat. The BBC confirmed later that Mr Wilman, who co-created the current incarnation of Top Gear with his old schoolfriend Clarkson in 2002, had resigned, fuelling speculation that the four will reunite at a rival broadcaster. It also means that the motoring show, when it returns next year, looks certain to have a totally new presenting line-up and will be missing both its key creative forces in Clarkson and Wilman. Clarkson’s contract with the BBC was not renewed when it ran out at the end of March after he was found to have made an unprovoked attack on a junior producer. May and Hammond’s contracts expired at the same time. “Me and Hammond with a surrogate Jeremy is a non-starter,” May told The Guardian. “It just wouldn’t work. That would be lame. It has to be the three of us. You can’t just put a surrogate Jeremy in and expect it to carry on. It would be forced. I don’t believe they would be stupid enough to try that.” He hinted that the trio may yet reunite on the BBC one day, and said: “It doesn’t mean I won’t go back, we may all go back in the future. It might just be we have a break from it. I don’t know. “In the future, when all this has blown over, there might be an opportunity for three of us to get back together on the BBC to do Top Gear or a car show of some sort. “The BBC haven’t completely closed the door on Jeremy’s return. They’ve not banned him or fired him, only just not renewed his contract for the moment. It’s a subtle difference, but an important one.” He described it as a “bit of a daft idea” for May and Hammond to return to Top Gear without Clarkson and said: “I don’t think you could carry on with two people and put someone in as the new Jeremy because they are not going to be the new Jeremy. “That would be short sighted and I don’t think it would work. Virtually impossible.” May said there was “nothing to rule out” the possibility of reuniting for a motoring show on a BBC rival, with Netflix, the online streaming site, seen as a frontrunner. Mr Wilman sent an email to the Top Gear team last month entitled “au revoir”, but denied at the time that it was a “resignation statement”. He made no comment yesterday. May, who makes other shows including James May’s Toy Stories, tweeted: “I have not quit the BBC, just so you know. www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/medianews/article4420812.ece
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Post by RedMoon11 on Apr 24, 2015 6:38:52 GMT
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Post by RedMoon11 on Apr 24, 2015 7:33:15 GMT
Top Gear set to return? Clarkson, May and Hammond TOGETHER for talksRUMOURS of a Top Gear return were sent into overdrive after Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May met with the show's exiting producer today.By BECCA LONGMIRE PUBLISHED: 17:57, Thu, Apr 23, 2015 | UPDATED: 04:18, Fri, Apr 24, 2015  Jeremy heads to London meeting with James May and Richard HammondThe trio were snapped heading to a three-hour meeting which will fuel speculation that they could be planning their next career move. Andy Wilman interestingly also joined the trio at the exclusive gathering - just hours before he sensationally quit as the Top Gear executive producer. Mr Wilman is an old school friend of Clarkson's and is regarded as being pivotal to reinventing the show and making it a global success. The BBC tonight revealed Mr Wilman had left the motoring series but would not say whether or not the decision was related to his friend's departure. Last month Clarkson's contract was not renewed after his infamous "fracas" with Top Gear producer Oisin Tymon. Today's meeting, held at Jeremy's West London home, will fuel rumours Top Gear will return but under a new name and with a new broadcaster.  Trio head to exclusive meeting in West London Jeremy has fuelled rumours he could be working on his next career moveOnline streaming services Netflix and Amazon Instant Video have been tipped to bid for the rights to a new show by the long-standing Top Gear trio. A rival British broadcaster has also been rumoured to bid for a new show fronted by Clarkson, May and Hammond. The meeting comes after James ruled out rumours suggesting that he'd return to Top Gear without his co-host Jeremy. In an interview with MediaGuardian today, James had said that using "a surrogate Jeremy is a non-starter". The 52-year-old continued: "It just wouldn't work. That would be lame, or 'awks' as young people say.  James May recently said he wouldn't return to Top Gear without Clarkson"It has to be the three of us. You can't just put a surrogate Jeremy in and expect it to carry on. It would be forced. "I don't believe they would be stupid enough to try that." He added: "It doesn't mean I won't go back, we may all go back in the future. It might just be we have a break from it. I don't know." According to the publication, the presenter also went on to say: "It would be a bloody tough call to do Top Gear without Jeremy, that would be a bit of a daft idea. "I don't think you could carry on with two people and put someone in as the new Jeremy because they are not going to be the new Jeremy. "That would be short sighted and I don't think it would work. Virtually impossible."  James and Richard are spotted heading to meetingHowever, his agent later said the presenter was still talking to the BBC about his Top Gear future. In a statement Mr May's agent said: "Conversations regarding the future of BBC's Top Gear are ongoing, James continues to be involved in those conversations however no plans have been 100% confirmed." Clarkson was suspended last month and then later axed from the show after he had an altercation with Mr Tymon. The Beeb said the producer was left with a split lip and was verbally abusing by Clarkson after the presenter could not receive a hot meal at a hotel he was staying at. The former host's contract was not renewed, with director-general Tony Hall saying "a line has been crossed" and "there cannot be one rule for one and one rule for another". www.express.co.uk/news/showbiz/572487/Jeremy-Clarkson-James-May-Richard-Hammond-spotted-Top-Gear-fracasTop Gear producer Andy Wilman quits showwww.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-32437814
Clarkson pal and Top Gear producer Andy Wilman resigns from BBC
Departure of long-time colleague fuels speculation that team will reunite on a motoring show for another broadcasterwww.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3052014/James-quits-Gear-saying-lame-without-Jeremy-Clarkson.htmlTop Gear: Executive producer Andy Wilman resigns from motoring show, then meets with Clarkson, Hammond and May
Wilman was widely regarded as a mastermind behind the show's successwww.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/top-gear-executive-producer-andy-wilmans-resigns-from-motoring-show-then-meets-with-clarkson-hammond-and-may-10199908.html
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Post by RedMoon11 on Apr 24, 2015 13:32:26 GMT
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Post by RedMoon11 on Apr 24, 2015 15:36:58 GMT
The Daily Star is among several papers to suggest Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond are set to be reunited on a new TV show after being spotted together in London. It comes after May said he would not return to Top Gear in the wake of Clarkson's sacking from the BBC's motoring programme.  'Total overhaul'The sighting of former Top Gear colleagues Jeremy Clarkson, James May, and Richard Hammond in London sparks speculation of an on-screen reunion.  The Top Gear team in 2011 The Daily Star says the trio - spotted together for the first time since Clarkson was sacked from the programme following a "fracas" with a producer - appeared to be planning a new motoring show. The Daily Telegraph is among the papers to note they were seen with Top Gear executive producer Andy Wilman, who confirmed he had left the BBC show. "Reunited... but what were they plotting?" it asks. On Wednesday, May said he would not return to Top Gear without Clarkson as a co-host, although his agent later told the media he was still in talks with the BBC. Hammond has not confirmed his plans. The Daily Mirror says there was industry speculation that Clarkson, May and Hammond could sign a deal with online broadcaster Netflix. The Sun says BBC bosses are now looking at a "total programme overhaul", while reporting that any new project by the former presenters would be hampered by a contract clause that prevents them launching a rival show for 12 months. www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-32442702 |
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Post by RedMoon11 on Apr 24, 2015 18:44:22 GMT
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Post by dit on Apr 28, 2015 21:42:45 GMT
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Post by RedMoon11 on Apr 29, 2015 14:15:32 GMT
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Post by dit on Apr 29, 2015 17:11:17 GMT
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Post by flatin5th - Knight of the NC on May 3, 2015 11:46:32 GMT
and now there are reports of the new Top Gear presenter line up.
Phillip Glennister
Jodie Kidd
Guy Martin
Excellent choices for a completely different direction for a revamped programme.
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Post by Vivienne on May 4, 2015 15:20:23 GMT
and now there are reports of the new Top Gear presenter line up. Phillip Glennister Jodie Kidd Guy Martin Excellent choices for a completely different direction for a revamped programme. |
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Post by Vivienne on May 4, 2015 15:23:51 GMT
Well what else is new. I tried to quote and write a reply and it didn't work! Sir Flat do you think this means the show will take a more serious turn?
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Post by flatin5th - Knight of the NC on May 4, 2015 18:36:57 GMT
I think so! I cant see that group doing properly funny stuff. But - Clarkson, May and Hammond we not that funny at times! An opportune moment for a new broom perhaps!
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Post by RedMoon11 on May 7, 2015 10:32:39 GMT
NYP seeks apology for inaccurate reports over Clarkson caseNorth Yorkshire Police is seeking an apology and a correction from a number of national news providers who have misreported aspects of the force's handling of the recent Jeremy Clarkson case.North Yorkshire Police investigated an incident involving Mr Clarkson in April 2015. This involved interviewing those who were present. The investigation came to a close once all the interviews had been completed. In accordance with usual practice, on that same day, North Yorkshire Police attempted to contact Mr Clarkson through his solicitors, to inform him that no further action would be taken by the police, prior to a public statement being issued to that effect. As it was Easter weekend, Mr Clarkson's solicitors informed North Yorkshire Police that their client was overseas, but that they would try to contact him. At 9.38am on 7 April, North Yorkshire Police received confirmation from Mr Clarkson's solicitors that he had been advised of the decision that no further police action was required. The public statement was issued on the North Yorkshire Police website an hour later. A spokesman from North Yorkshire Police said: "Recent media reports that North Yorkshire Police withheld or concealed a decision not to charge Mr Clarkson, or that Mr Clarkson 'was made to wait five days' before being made aware of the result of the investigation, are quite simply untrue. It is also untrue that we did not respond to calls for comment. "The coverage is inaccurate and misleading, and we are contacting the publications concerned to request that they issue both a correction and an apology." 5 May 2015, 15:30 www.northyorkshire.police.uk/15401
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Post by Vivienne on May 8, 2015 20:13:29 GMT
Well I hope Jeremy gets due justice. Sometimes he deserves it!
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Post by flatin5th - Knight of the NC on May 9, 2015 21:52:43 GMT
I do hope that every other 'fracas' is investigated by NYP - starting with the Premier League!
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Post by dit on Nov 23, 2015 15:43:14 GMT
Blow to Jeremy Clarkson over hotel 'fracas' plaque
End of presenter’s career immortalised on sign from anonymous donor at Simonstone Hall in YorkshireThe hotel where Jeremy Clarkson had his “fracas” with producer Oisin Tymon is to install a plaque that reads: “Here lies the BBC career of Jeremy Clarkson. Who had a fracas on this spot 4th March 2015. The rest is legend.” Simonstone Hall says in a post on Facebook: “We were presented with this plaque from one of our guests last night! We think it would be quite appropriate to put it on the patio where the fracas took place!!” Although the donor remains anonymous, suggestions it was sent by Amazon are understood to be wide of the mark. www.theguardian.com/media/mediamonkeyblog/2015/nov/23/jeremy-clarkson-fracas-plaque-simonstone-hall-hotel-yorkshire
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Post by RedMoon11 on Nov 24, 2015 14:05:07 GMT
Blow to Jeremy Clarkson over hotel 'fracas' plaque
End of presenter’s career immortalised on sign from anonymous donor at Simonstone Hall in YorkshireThe hotel where Jeremy Clarkson had his “fracas” with producer Oisin Tymon is to install a plaque that reads: “Here lies the BBC career of Jeremy Clarkson. Who had a fracas on this spot 4th March 2015. The rest is legend.” Simonstone Hall says in a post on Facebook: “We were presented with this plaque from one of our guests last night! We think it would be quite appropriate to put it on the patio where the fracas took place!!” Although the donor remains anonymous, suggestions it was sent by Amazon are understood to be wide of the mark. www.theguardian.com/media/mediamonkeyblog/2015/nov/23/jeremy-clarkson-fracas-plaque-simonstone-hall-hotel-yorkshire   |
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