Clarkson’s suspension cost BBC this much

Inquiry ... the BBC is investigating Jeremy Clarkson's Tope Gear 'fracas'. Picture: AFP/Ian Kington Source: AFP

BBC's Jeremy Clarkson has used his newspaper column to suggest he may be ready to walk away from Top Gear.

THE BBC's decision to cancel Top Gear while it investigates Jeremy Clarkson's hotel "fracas" has cost it four million viewers.

The popular motoring show regularly draws an audience of more than five million.

But its replacement on Sunday night, Red Arrows: Inside the Bubble, attracted just 1.3 million eyeballs, The Telegraph in the UK reports.

The program was pulled from the TV schedule after Clarkson was accused of punching a producer during a dispute over a cold dinner.

Amid the ratings disaster, the BBC announced it had launched an investigation into the alleged "fracas", trying to establish the facts of the incident before deciding its next move.

The investigation will be led by BBC Scotland director Ken MacQuarrie, with Clarkson and producer Oisin Tymon set to give him their versions of the "fracas".

Out of action ... Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has been suspended by the BBC. Picture: AP Photo/PA Source: AP

Meanwhile, 106 viewers have complained to Ofcom, the UK's media regulator, over the BBC's decision to postpone two episodes of the show, the Guardian reports.

The BBC has not said how many direct complaints it received, but its complaints department reportedly told viewers that it "received a wide range of feedback about this and some people have expressed their disappointment or have asked for more information".

Top Gear producer Oisin Tymon was involved in the 'fracas'. Picture: Supplied Source: No Source

Jeremy Clarkson allegedly punched a Top Gear producer. Picture: AP Photo/Matt Dunham Source: AP

A Change.org petition calling for Clarkson to be reinstated has been signed by more than 931,000 people.

In a column in The Sun newspaper on the weekend, Clarkson launched a thinly-veiled attack on the BBC.

"Nature made a mistake when it invented the dinosaur. It was too big, too violent ...," he wrote.

"All the dinosaurs died and now, years later, no one mourns their passing. These big, imposing creatures have no place in a world which has moved on."

'Time for this old dinosaur to move on?' ... Jeremy Clarkson's revealing column for The Sun. Picture: Supplied Source: Supplied

Clarkson has often found himself in trouble for remarks and behaviour deemed offensive.

Last year, Argentina's ambassador to Britain demanded an apology from the BBC after the Top Gear crew allegedly referenced the country's 1982 war with Britain over the Falkland Islands. The crew was forced to leave the country.

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