Meanwhile, Top Gear won't be moved from BBC 2 to BBC 1

Aug 21, 2014 17:01 GMT  ·  By

The racial scandals in which Jeremy Clarkson has been involved in recently are still echoing on the halls of the BBC headquarters, and although the TV presenter has managed to keep his nose clean so far, his career at the BBC is still uncertain, depending heavily on his ability to keep away controversy.

Danny Cohen, the boss of BBC TV has made it very clear during a press conference in Edinburgh quoted by Radio Times, that Clarkson is not “untouchable” and that he isn't bigger than the network, thus hinting that he too is subject to firing.

To put it better in context, the TV boss said that “It's like football clubs – no-one's bigger than the club and that's why I was so clear in public and private that I was unhappy with it and wouldn't accept it. No one show or person is bigger than the BBC and that's they way I see it.”

Clarkson realized the gravity of his actions when a clip taken from Top Gear outtakes was leaked to the media, showing him saying a nursery rhyme with the N-bomb mixed in. He was immediately forced to issue a video apology and was told that a future transgression would cost him his job.

Proving the point, Clarkson was momentarily being punished for his racial scandals, Cohen added that “I made the decision [to move] Bake Off [from BBC2 to BBC1] but I am not planning a similar decision for Top Gear.”