Sacked by the BBC : Jeremy Clarkson ( pictured on April 10 ) said receiving a cancer warning was one of the most stressful experiences of his life . Two days before assaulting a BBC producer , Jeremy Clarkson was told by a doctor that he might have cancer . Speaking for the first time in detail about the incident that resulted in his sacking from the Top Gear show , 55-year-old Clarkson said being given the warning was one of the most stressful experiences of his life . In an attempt to explain his state of mind at the time of the attack , he said : ‘ Two days before the “ fracas ” , I had been told , sternly , by my doctor that the lump on my tongue was probably cancer and that I must get it checked out immediately . But I couldn ’ t do that . 'We were in the middle of a Top Gear series . And Top Gear always came first. ’ Clarkson said he had now been given the all-clear , but wrote in his column in The Sunday Times : ‘ That was the most stressful day I have ever had in 27 years at the BBC . ‘ It was beyond-belief stressful , everything was gong wrong , and then you know ... there you go . But everyone has stressful days , and they manage to cope better than I had. ’ Clarkson was sacked by the Corporation after an ‘ unprovoked physical and verbal ’ attack in Hawes , North Yorkshire that left his victim , Oisin Tymon , 36 , in need of hospital treatment . The presenter said the show about cars had come to dominate his life after his divorce from wife Frances and the death of his mother Shirley , and he worried about all parts of the programme . Scroll down for video . Top Gear : Clarkson ( pictured centre with co-presenters Richard Hammond , left , and James May , right ) said the show about cars had come to dominate his life after his divorce and the death of his mother . Shock : Clarkson ( pictured with in London last Tuesday ) has said that two days before assaulting a BBC producer he was told he might have cancer . He said : ‘ I woke every morning worrying about every single line . And I went to bed at night worrying that the changes I ’ d made during the day were wrong . ‘ Friends would talk to me when we were out and , though I could see their lips moving , I couldn ’ t hear what they were saying. ’ He added : ‘ I felt sick because after I ’ d lost my home and my mother , I ’ d thrown myself even more vigorously into my job and now , idiotically , I ’ d managed to lose that too. ’ Clarkson also revealed that he expected to present another television show about cars in the future . The star was suspended by the broadcaster last month when he became the subject of an internal BBC investigation after he attacked Mr Tymon , splitting his lip and verbally abusing him . Divorced : Clarkson , 55 , and his wife Frances , 53 , pictured together in London in April 2008 while stile married . Clarkson 's contract was not renewed , with director-general Tony Hall saying at the time ' a line has been crossed ' and 'there can not be one rule for one and one rule for another ' . But the broadcasting veteran received widespread public support , including from friend Prime Minister David Cameron . Clarkson said he even considered turning his back on presenting altogether in the immediate fall-out from the incident . Earlier this month , North Yorkshire Police said that following an investigation Clarkson would face no further police action over his attack on the producer at a hotel . Clarkson pulled out of his planned appearance hosting BBC satirical show Have I Got News For You , which was due to be filmed next week , and aired a day later . It would have been his first BBC appearance since the fracas which led to his exit .
Clarkson , 55 , had cancer scare two days before assaulting Oisin Tymon . The former BBC presenter was found unconscious in his car at the end of a road near his home in Surrey after he allegedly attacked an elderly man with a baseball bat. Clarkson has been given all clear but says it was most stressful day ever . Former Top Gear presenter was sacked by BBC after 'unprovoked attack '