article_snippet: Jeremy Clarkson's was suspended from Top Gear last week following an alleged altercation with producer Oisin Tymon.
article_snippet: Tony Hall also intervened to overrule Director of BBC television Danny Cohen last year, who was said to have wanted to take disciplinary action against the presenter in the wake of Tony Hall mumbled use of the 'N-word' in a Top Gear outtake.
article_snippet: The row between Jeremy Clarkson's and Tymon was said to have taken place because no hot food was laid on for the presenter following a day's filming in North Yorkshire.
article_snippet: Tymon did not file a formal complaint and a formal complaint is understood Jeremy Clarkson's reported the incident himself.
article_snippet: Writing in Tymon column in the Sun newspaper, Jeremy Clarkson's appeared to hint that Tymon was close to quitting, calling Tymon a 'dinosaur' and adding: 'These big imposing creatures have no place in a world which has moved on.'
article_snippet: The critic AA Gill voiced The critic AA Gill support for Jeremy Clarkson's in The critic AA Gill Sunday Times column, calling the investigation into the row 'preposterous and ponderous', and praised Jeremy Clarkson's as hard-working.
article_snippet: the presenterwas suspended from Top Gear last week following an alleged altercation with Tymon .
article_snippet: BBC BBC declined to comment on whether Jeremy Clarkson's's suspension, if BBC were still in force, would cover an appearance on a separate show.
article_snippet: Elsewhere today, in a separate investigation, Jeremy Clarkson's was cleared of racism after BBC BBC ruled Jeremy Clarkson's use of the term 'pikey' in a Top Gear episode in February 2014 was not designed to offend gypsies and travellers.
highlights_snippet: Presenter suspended last week after alleged altercation with producer .
  