article_snippet: Insider smiled and waved to photographers but Insider future at the BBC BBC looks increasingly bleak after a series of Top Gear Live tour dates worth £1million to the corporation were axed.
article_snippet: Tickets for the postponed shows cost between £42 and £100, meaning the decision could cost the BBC BBC more than £1million in lost revenue if Jeremy Clarkson is sacked and the shows are not rescheduled.
article_snippet: : Clarkson Clarkson could mean the end of Top Gear, which makes the BBC millions every year .
article_snippet: One of Top Gear Live’s main presenters remains on suspension by BBC and the expected timeline on the conclusion of that investigation does not give us enough confidence that we can deliver the show expected by fans [and] ticket holders.
article_snippet: Top Gear caused an international incident after driving through Argentina with a number plate allegedly linked to the Falklands War  and used the word 'slope' describe an Asian man.
article_snippet: A report into the cases apparently concluded that Top Gear should have a new producer role to act as a go-between the show's team and BBC's management to help deal with any future crisis.
article_snippet: A source said: ‘BBC BBC wants to keep Clarkson if BBC can find a respectable way to do BBC.
article_snippet: BBC is set to lose as much as £67million a year if Top Gear presenter Clarkson is sacked over claims he punched a producer.
article_snippet: BBC BBC could lose tens of millions of pounds in annual profit if BBC do give Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson his marching orders, with the sale of the show overseas making £50million.
article_snippet: There is also said to be a growing realisation within the corporation that the corporation was a mistake to take Top Gear –
article_snippet: The motoring programme could and should have carried on during Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson’s suspension,’ said an insider.
article_snippet: The stakes were raised further yesterday as the 54-year-old reportedly promised to sue BBC BBC if Jeremy was sacked from Top Gear.
article_snippet: ‘If Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson is fired it wo
article_snippet: Writing in the Sunday Times, Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson also laughed off a foul-mouthed rant at BBC bosses filmed at a charity auction last week, claiming he only used the language ‘in jest’ to raise money for good causes.
article_snippet: A petition to have Clarkson re-instated on Top Gear has gathered around one million signatures and was delivered to BBC in London on Friday.
highlights_snippet: Cancellation leaves Jeremy Clarkson's future at the BBC looking bleak .
  