Hammond posted a pic on twitter about 2 hrs ago, with a drawn picture of one of his bikes on an aisle (in his garage presumably) with the caption:

Ok, now this is where being bored gets you. Not ready for retirement pic.twitter.com/aFq1OpIF58

— Richard Hammond (@RichardHammond) March 30, 2015

I assume that's a telling sign as well.

BBC have clearly had it in for him for a while now.

I'm officially down to ZERO programmes that i watch on that pile of shit channel.

Funny thing is...

Someone rob and murder someone there are outcries for forgiviness and how the person is really the victm.

There is a discussion and an altercation (that we don't know all the details or even the emotional state of Jeremy) and some folks want terminal measures... you could fine him, give him a time-off, send him to therapeut, social services, make amends and a lot of other things... firing him isn't the only option (altough the network have all the right to decide as they want)

James might think that, Richard might not, we've not heard from him.  I can understand the appeal but I just don't think it'll happen. Jeremy needs time off, not more work. If he can lose it over a meal and hit a colleague... well...

Hardly, some news outlets certainly did. The eeny meeny miny mo thing was just a joke because the version supposedly got in trouble for was not in the final programme and he didn't even use the word people claimed he did (when I was a child, I used that rhyme all the time and never had any racial thoughts with it at all, heck I think I said nicker not even knowing what it was, it was a rhyme). Then thing on the bridge incident was broadcast by BBC, ofcom even said he didn't use a racist slur, mainly because no one had even heard of this socalled racist word. And the Argentina thing was nothing but good publicity.

The BBC didn't fire him then, and they didn't fire him this time. They suspended him and during that time his contract has run out.

May said that, true, but I think he was thinking of Top Gear: it's either the three of them or none of them. And I agree. But that doesn't mean that he or Hammond won't make any more programs for the BBC, it just mean that those programs won't be Top Gear.

What I don't know is how things work in the UK/with the BBC. Does having a contract with the BBC to make a program forbids the ones involved to make another program for another company even if both jobs aren't related? For example, Hammond making Docs and or child shows for the BBC and also making a car show for Sky, ITV, etc. Could this happen?

Good to know.

Now the question is if the BBC is interested in keeping him and May knowing that they already said that they won't make more Top Gears without Clarkson.

Pretty much this. I've read around some sites and noticed that the ones who wanted Clarkson out haven't considered any of those options. Sure, BBC reserves the right to do whatever they want, but they should've put some thought on this because it's bad business. The producer is the victim here, I won't deny that. But firing Jeremy made him a target.

I believe that the only thing needed was a fine and some disciplinary measures, but nothing as brash as firing him.

Even more when the decision is bad for everyone, the victim, the network, his coleagues and customers.

But yes some people loves to do the moral talk but can't think straight even if their lives depend on that. They just want to push an agenda.

It doesn't matter how influential or successful the TV celebrity is, nowadays the BBC - or any company, institution or whatever, can no longer be seen to turn a blind eye based on how big and influential that celebrity is.

A guy attacked his colleague, and his behaviour was bad enough to be fired over, and bad enough for the police to have wanted to investigate further.