article_snippet.sent: Speaking today about the show's future, the executive insisted there was 'no ban on Jeremy being on the BBC'
  ' and that the 54-year-old would return to the corporation once Jeremy had 'had some time'.
article_snippet.sent: It's serious and unfortunate what happened but there is no ban on Jeremy being on the BBC'
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article_snippet.sent: It's a a big deal what happened and Jeremy, as any human being would, needs some time.'
article_snippet.sent: Earlier this month, Clarkson (right) ' pulled out of his planned appearance hosting the BBC'
   satirical show
article_snippet.sent: It would have marked his first the BBC'
   appearance since the fracas which led to his departure.
article_snippet.sent: Clarkson (right) ' was suspended by the BBC last month during an internal investigation after he attacked Top Gear producer Mr Tymon, splitting he lip and verbally abusing he.
article_snippet.sent: Clarkson (right) ''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'.
article_snippet.sent: Clarkson (right) ' was suspended by the BBC last month after hitting a producer in a row at a hotel, before being told the broadcasting veteran contract would not be renewed by the corporation (pictured, in London earlier this month) the broadcasting veteran told the Sunday Times: 'Let's stop being silly and pick up the pieces and start again ...
article_snippet.sent: Earlier this month, North Yorkshire Police said Clarkson (right) ' would face no further police action over the broadcasting veteran attack on a producer at a hotel.
article_snippet.sent: the broadcasting veteran was censured by BBC bosses in 2014 after apparently using the n-word on television while reciting a nursery rhyme, and caused a stir a few months later after the Top Gear team were attacked while filming in Argentina.
article_snippet.sent: Locals had taken offence to a numberplate on Clarkson (right) ''s car which read 'H982 FLK' - thought to be a reference to the Falklands war.