Isn't the producer of the show his good mate and school chum Andy Wilman? The guy he is supposed to have thumped is a 36 year old assistant producer so not responsible for the style of the full programme. Part of me wonders if all this hasn't been orchestrated by Wilman and Clarkson. The programme is beginning to get a bit stale if this series is anything to go by and may be they want to inject a bit of spice into it? The whole thing is completely scripted anyway so this is part of it perhaps.
The press are now saying he wants to leave anyway; his contract is due for renewal and the rumour is that ITV and Sky are after him. The only thing he's been successful in has been Top Gear; he can't take that with him to another channel so it'll be very interesting to see what he does!
