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Mr Wilman’s Motoring Adventure
Top Gear, Grand Tour, Clarkson and Me
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Twenty years of magic and mayhem on Top Gear and The Grand Tour - from the mysterious man behind the camera... Top Gear turned gloomy Sunday nights into celebratory Friday nights. It made household names of presenters Clarkson, Hammond, and May, with their unique chemistry and...
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Twenty years of magic and mayhem on Top Gear and The Grand Tour - from the mysterious man behind the camera...
Top Gear turned gloomy Sunday nights into celebratory Friday nights. It made household names of presenters Clarkson, Hammond, and May, with their unique chemistry and buddy movie antics proving irresistible to a global audience, earning them the Guinness World Record for the world's most popular factual TV show.
Then, a short while later, it was gone. How did a thoroughly sensible little consumer advice programme on cars become a global phenomenon? How did it all go wrong? And how did they rise from the ashes as The Grand Tour?
One man has all the answers - co-creator, and Jeremy's oldest friend, Andy Wilman invites you on Mr Wilman’s Motoring Adventure.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780241788950
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 06 November 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Michael Joseph Ltd
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 36.0mm
Width: 162.0mm
Height: 243.0mm
Weight: 653g
Pages: 416
About the Author
Andy Wilman is the author of no books. Except this one. He did however have a career in journalism which began at Auto Express and continued at Top Gear magazine, before making the leap from print to television when he helped produce Jeremy Clarkson's Motorworld. After a brief and monumentally forgettable spell in front of the camera Andy realised the best place for his face was behind it, and with that sorted he and Jeremy went on to make some very watchable telly, including Meet the Neighbours, the 2002 reinvented Top Gear, The Grand Tour, and a couple of cracking WW2 documentaries. His driving licence is currently in a drawer somewhere at the DVLA.
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