Andy Wilman

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Andrew Neville "Andy" Wilman (born August 16, 1962 ) is a British television producer . He became known as Executive Producer of the Top Gear program from 2002 to 2015. Since 2016 he has been Executive Producer of The Grand Tour .

Live and act

He was responsible for building the show, creating the humor alongside Jeremy Clarkson , and creating The Stig. In addition, he used to present some segments of the show himself. Like Clarkson, he attended Repton School in Derbyshire .

After Top Gear's original format was repealed by the BBC, Wilman and former presenter Clarkson created a new format. In 2006 he founded the production company Bedder 6 together with Clarkson, which has significantly influenced the success of Top Gear. Away from Top Gear, Wilman has long worked with Jeremy Clarkson and designed a number of new television projects. In April 2015, a month after Jeremy Clarkson left, Wilman resigned from the BBC as executive producer on Top Gear. Since 2016, Wilman has been the executive producer of the show The Grand Tour , which with Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond about their company “W. Chump & Sons ”will be produced and broadcast on Amazon Video for Amazon Prime customers.

Works

As a producer

  • Jeremy Clarkson's Motorworld (1995-1996)
  • Jeremy Clarkson's Extreme Machines (1998)
  • Speed ​​(2001)
  • Jeremy Clarkson Meets the Neighbors (2002)
  • Top Gear (2002-2015)
  • The Victoria Cross: For Valor (2003)
  • Jeremy Clarkson: Greatest Raid of All Time (2007)
  • Love the Beast (2009)
  • The Grand Tour produced by W. Chump and Sons (since 2016)

As a moderator

  • Top Gear (appeared in 35 episodes, 1994-2001)

Awards

year Award Project result Co-recipient
2005 BAFTA TV award Top gear Won Jeremy Clarkson, Gary Broadhurst
2004 BAFTA TV award Top gear Nominated Gary Hunter, Jeremy Clarkson

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Andy Wilman. Retrieved January 20, 2017 .
  2. ↑ a b Michael Safi, John Plunkett: Top Gear's Andy Wilman tells staff 'au revoir' after Jeremy Clarkson exit . In: The Guardian . March 31, 2015, ISSN  0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed January 20, 2017]).
  3. ↑ Jeremy Clarkson, The Stig and the Repton Connection . In: Derby Telegraph . March 11, 2015 ( derbytelegraph.co.uk [accessed January 20, 2017]). Jeremy Clarkson, The Stig and the Repton connection ( Memento of the original from January 20, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.derbytelegraph.co.uk
  4. ↑ Top Gear's Andy Wilman: 'If we'd had the guts we'd have ended Top Gear two years ago' . In: Telegraph.co.uk . ( telegraph.co.uk [accessed January 20, 2017]).
  5. ↑ W. CHUMP & SONS LIMITED - Officers (free information from Companies House). Retrieved January 20, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Wilman, Andy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wilman, Andrew Neville
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British television producer
DATE OF BIRTH August 16, 1962