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Andrew Neville Wilman (born 16 August 1962) is an English television producer who is best known as the co-creator (with Jeremy Clarkson) and former executive producer of the Top Gear show, from 2002 to 2015, as well as being the executive producer of The Grand Tour. He was responsible for much of the show's style and humour, along with Jeremy ...
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"The original reason they wanted me on Top Gear was to do consumery investigative stuff. But Watchdog were really doing that better. So they wanted somone to be naked more often. My first piece, I was in a sauna. Then I went to do limousines and I was naked in the back in a Jacuzzi. And then the full big frontal which was the Nude Classic Car Show. I thought that was gonna be great for my career, but now I star in porn films, which is what's paid for my car."
―Andy Wilman, 1999
Andy Wilman is the current executive producer of The Grand Tour and the former executive producer of Top Gear. Wilman and Clarkson were responsible for much of that era of Top Gear's style and humour. Wilman and Clarkson were childhood friends from Repton School in Derby.
Wilman's career on Top Gear started in the original format, as he was presented at least 38 segments from Series 32 in 1994 through to Series 45 in 2001, only 2 of which were regular roadtests. In 2002, after the original show's demise, he along with Clarkson, took control of the show.
Wilman, alongside Richard Hammond and James May, famously quit Top Gear in 2015 following Jeremy Clarkson's Dismissal. Wilman, Clarkson, May, and Hammond now own W. Chump & Sons, the television studio responsible for producing The Grand Tour. Wilman is referred to by name as 'Mr. Wilman' on The Grand Tour, which was used as a scapegoat for the premise of the Namibia Special.
In 2020, Wilman was reported to have been one of the victims of Covid-19, and according to Clarkson, had difficulty in breathing, though according to another source, was on the mend.
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•Series 32, Episode 4 - Interview with car collector and dealer Tom Hartley •Series 33, Episode 1 - Cars stolen for spare parts •Series 33, Episode 2 - Ogri comics •Series 33, Episode 5 - Regular people who own supercars •Series 33, Episode 12 - Specially made Land Rovers for the film Judge Dredd •Series 34, Episode 7 - Car decorators •Series 34, Episode 10 - Westfield kit car and a kit car building competition (inspiration for Series 8, Episode 7) •Series 34, Episode 11 - The last VW Corrado •Series 34, Episode 12 - History of the VW Beetle •Series 35, Episode 1 - Private car theft detective •Series 35, Episode 6 - Siamese banger racing with Jeremy •Series 35, Episode 8 - Hearses •Series 35, Episode 10 - Pensioner racing drivers •Series 36, Episode 2 - Reynard Formula 1 cars •Series 36, Episode 4 - Not-boring Japanese cars •Series 36, Episode 10 - Interview with Chris Rea •Series 36, Episode 12 - Mazda RX01 roadtest •Series 36, Episode 13 - VW Beetle convention •Series 37, Episode 4 - Classic banger racing •Series 37, Episode 7 - Mazda CUX roadtest •Series 37, Episode 12 - Louis Vuitton •Series 37, Episode 15 - Max Power cover cars •Series 38, Episode 3 - Ferrari's 50th Anniversary •Series 38, Episode 13 - Soviet car club •Series 39, Episode 3 - What cars attract girls •Series 40, Episode 1 - Nude Classic Car Show •Series 40, Episode 5 - Motorhomes •Series 40, Episode 8 - Limousines •Series 41, Episode 6 - Silver State Classic •Series 44, Episode 3 - Motorway service station food •Series 44, Episode 4 - Feng Shui and keeping children occupied in cars •Series 44, Episode 6 - Interview with Jaguar test driver Norman Dewis •Series 44, Episode 8 - Old drivers •Series 44, Episode 12 - Secrets of car salesmen •Series 44, Episode 14 - Volvo crash test center •Series 45, Episode 3 - Ireland's car industry and the Shamrock •Series 45, Episode 5 - Classic Nissan Figaro dealers •Series 45, Episode 7 - Petrol can collector
Apr 24, 2015 · Wilman’s resignation comes after an email he sent to Top Gear staff in the wake of Clarkson’s sacking was leaked and mistakenly reported as a resignation statement. Wilmans used the email to ...
Dec 1, 2023 · Top Gear and Grand Tour mastermind Andy Wilman: ‘Engines have character – EVs are just transport’ Jeremy Clarkson’s longtime right-hand man on the power of petrol, life on the farm and why ...
Feb 11, 2014 · Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SubscribeToTopGear Check out our teaser for Top Gear Series 21!Welcome to the most comprehensive collection of official Top Gear cl...
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Aug 13, 2013 · Andy Wilman, Top Gear Executive producer, remembers his highlights of series 20.Subscribe to see all the reviews, races and challenges: http://bit.ly/zx9OQI ...
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Grand Tour producer Andy Wilman, who had worked on Top Gear with old schoolchum Jeremy Clarkson since 2002, says: “Making that film was a joy. It was the first thing we’d done since leaving the BBC, and it has a real attitude. “It hits you in the face like hearing a Clash album for the first time.
