Jeremy Clarkson

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Jeremy Clarkson

Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson (born April 11, 1960 in Doncaster , England ) is a British presenter , author and journalist .

Life

He became known in 1989 through the automobile magazine Top Gear , in which he was the main presenter until 1999. After a break, he returned to Top Gear in 2002 , which was only presented by three presenters - Richard Hammond , Jason Dawe (until 2003) and James May (from 2003). The show won the International Emmy for Best Entertainment Show in 2005 . In 2015, Clarkson's contract was not renewed due to several warnings from the BBC . Instead, on November 18, 2016, he started the program The Grand Tour with May and Hammond , which has since been broadcast exclusively on Amazon Video . From May 5, 2018, he hosted the 20-year special of the quiz show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

Clarkson writes weekly columns for British newspapers like The Sunday Times and The Sun . He was married to his agent Frances Catherine Cain from 1993 to 2014 and has three children with her.

Clarkson's cars

Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV

Jeremy Clarkson is or was the owner of:

Controversy

In October 1998, the Hyundai company complained to the BBC about statements at the Birmingham Motor Show that they considered "narrow-minded and racist". She was referring to the statement that Hyundai employees had "eaten a dog". Allegedly he referred to the employees at the BMW stand as "Nazis" and the cars as "Nazi staff vehicles". Clarkson also sparked spectator protests by performing a Hitler salute. In December, the BBC stated that Clarkson's statements on his Top Gear program could have been harmful to homosexuals and should therefore not have been broadcast. During filming in February 2004, Clarkson rammed a 30-year-old horse chestnut with a Toyota Hilux to prove how stable it was. This resulted in compensation from the BBC to the local community, which had assumed an act of vandalism by local residents until the Top Gear program was broadcast .

Clarkson, who describes himself as a “petrolhead” (car fanatic), polarizes and provokes with his politically incorrect statements and satirical-ironic swipes. With his uncompromising commitment to the car and the fun of driving, he repeatedly attracts the anger of environmentalists. He also likes to attack the British government's transport policy. These attitudes have made Clarkson a cult figure not only among British car enthusiasts. The program Top Gear is broadcast worldwide and has high audience ratings. His verbal attacks often hit Americans, but also Germans, French, Swiss and last but not least his British compatriots.

Until his dismissal in 2015, the BBC had repeatedly backed Clarkson and his team despite some outraged reactions from viewers. "Provocative remarks" by Jeremy Clarkson and his two co-presenters James May and Richard Hammond should not be taken seriously and made the show a decisive attraction. Sarcasm is part of the concept, and viewers should know that by now. It is also known that Clarkson often uses very exaggerated stereotypes to support or defend his views. Of course, the BBC would intervene if it appeared that the provocative statements were meant seriously.

At the beginning of 2008 he mocked himself in a newspaper column that the indignation over the loss of 25 million records on child benefit recipients in the UK was just "a lot of ado about nothing". In order to prove the harmlessness of the missing information, he published his bank details on the assumption that one could only transfer money to him. Days later, however, £ 500 was debited from him and transferred to a diabetic aid organization. He then withdrew his statements publicly and joined the other side:

"I was wrong and I have been punished [...] Contrary to what I said at the time, we must go after the idiots who lost the discs"

"I was wrong and I was punished [...] Contrary to what I said before, we have to track down the idiots who lost the CDs"

His bank told him that because of the data protection act ( Data Protection Act ) they could not find the perpetrator and could not prevent this from happening again.

Separation from the BBC and end of career with Top Gear

On March 10, 2015, it was announced that the BBC had suspended Clarkson from his Top Gear program . According to his own statements, Clarkson had been warned several times over the years for offensive remarks. On March 25, 2015, the BBC confirmed that Clarkson's expiring contract will not be renewed. It was also said that Clarkson had not been banned from the BBC. Clarkson did not comment on the matter, but the BBC director Lord Hall gave some details. Allegedly there had been an argument at a Yorkshire hotel. At dinner, for example, what was ordered was not delivered, to which Clarkson reacted with violence and hit the producer Oisin Tymon. Several fans, such as then British Prime Minister David Cameron , criticized the BBC's decision and called for Clarkson to be reinstated. The BBC boss also received death threats. Clarkson explained the attack on Oisin Tymon with great personal stress, under which he was under the death of his mother, his divorce and, as it later emerged, a false diagnosis of cancer. The subsegments filmed before the conflict, which were intended for the last two episodes of the 22nd season, were reworked and presented in a broadcast on June 28, 2015 by James May and Richard Hammond. In February 2016, Clarkson officially apologized for his statement to the producer, who in return said he was glad that the matter was now over.

In an interview with The Sun newspaper , for which Clarkson writes regularly, Clarkson claimed that he spoke to an unnamed BBC employee who offered him his position as a Top Gear host. The BBC said there was no such offer. Clarkson himself said that he would be under too much scrutiny if he took the position again and it would then no longer be the show he wanted to do, which is why he rejected the idea.

At the end of July 2015, Clarkson announced via Twitter that he had signed a contract with the online retailer Amazon with Richard Hammond and James May and that they would be producing and hosting a new car show for the video-on-demand service Amazon Prime Video from 2016 . Former top gear producer Andy Wilman is also part of the new team. The show's name was announced as The Grand Tour in May 2016 .

Positions on environmental protection

Clarkson has long been known for his critical stance towards environmentalists. However, he changed this attitude after an experience in Asia. When he tried to navigate a boat on the Mekong system from Siem Reap to Vietnam in 2019 as part of an episode for The Grand Tour in Southeast Asia , he found that a lake had shrunk to knee depth. He was stuck on a dry river on this tour. He described this experience as a “plastic demonstration of global warming ” and as “alarming, really alarming”.

further activities

Clarkson has also released various DVDs under his name . Under the title “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”, for example, with the usual satirical and ironic way he examines the question of whether a good car is even being produced in the USA.

2005 Clarkson was from the Oxford Brookes University, the honorary degree " Doctor of Engineering awarded".

In 2007, as part of a Top Gear: Polar Special , Clarkson and his colleague James May were the first people to reach the north magnetic pole determined in the Polar Challenge with a car (a modified Toyota Hilux ) with a deviation of less than one kilometer.

In addition, the presenters from Top Gear (including "The Stig") took part in the 24-hour race in Silverstone in 2007 . You took part here under regular racing conditions with a BMW 330d .

Jeremy Clarkson referred to e.g. B. 2011 the Skoda Yeti in the television program Top Gear as “best car in the world”.

Clarkson has been a council guest fourteen times (as of 9/2018) in the humorous quiz program QI - Quite Interesting .

Web links

Commons : Jeremy Clarkson  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
Wikiquote: Jeremy Clarkson  - Quotes

swell

  1. ^ Tom Bryant: Jeremy Clarkson talks of "difficult divorce" from wife of 21 years Frances. In: The Mirror - TV News. March 22, 2015. Retrieved February 4, 2019 from Mirror.co.uk.
  2. ↑ Jeremy Clarkson: Volvo XC90 . In: The Times , January 18, 2009. 
  3. ↑ Jeremy Clarkson: Range Rover TDV8 Vogue SE . In: The Sunday Times , March 15, 2009. Retrieved March 4, 2011. 
  4. ^ The world according to Clarkson, Sunday Times , April 30, 2006
  5. ^ Clarkson, Jeremy: Mazda MX-5: It's far too cool for you, Mr Footballer . In: The Sunday Times , January 13, 2008. 
  6. ^ To inspection of Jeremy's £ 6,995 CL600 . topgear.com. August 15, 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  7. ↑ a b c d e f g Jeremy Clarkson: Round the Bend . Penguin Books Ltd, 2011, ISBN 978-0-7181-5842-2 , p. 230.
  8. ^ Watson, Leon: Yours for £ 13,000: Jeremy Clarkson's Mercedes which he bought in 2002 for £ 100,000 and reviewed on Top Gear . Associated Newspapers Ltd. March 2, 2014. Accessed June 29, 2020.
  9. ^ Clarkson, Jeremy: The Clarkson review: Mercedes-Benz SLK 55 AMG (2012) . Driving.co.uk. May 13, 2012. Retrieved December 25, 2019.
  10. ↑ Jeremy Clarkson: "20 years of Clarkson: Ford GT review (2005)" driving.co.uk, July 3, 2005
  11. ↑ Jeremy Clarkson Drives a Volkswagen Golf GTI, Captain Power Doesn't Care About Its Emissions . autoevolution. September 27, 2015. Accessed January 23, 2017.
  12. ^ A b Jeremy Clarkson: Round the Bend . Penguin Books Ltd, 2011, ISBN 978-0-7181-5842-2 , pp. 140-141.
  13. ↑ Top Gear Star Clarkson's Ford for sale . Autotrader. August 31, 2007. Archived from the original on December 10, 2009. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  14. ↑ Jeremy Clarkson: Jeremy Clarkson's Star Cars , Sunday Times. August 15, 2016. Retrieved March 11, 2017. 
  15. ↑ a b BBC backs 'provocative' Top Gear BBC News, August 2, 2006.
  16. ↑ BBC News: Clarkson stung after bank prank, Jan. 7, 2008
  17. ↑ Jeremy Clarkson suspended over 'fracas' with Top Gear producer BBC.com, accessed on March 11, 2015
  18. ↑ Guido Bellberg: BBC suspends Jeremy Clarkson - we fans mourn. The world of March 10, 2015, sighted on March 10, 2015
  19. ↑ Jeremy Clarkson: BBC statement in full on BBC News, March 25, 2015, accessed June 17, 2015
  20. ↑ Jeremy Clarkson: Top Gear exit was my own silly fault. BBC News, May 21, 2015, accessed June 17, 2015
  21. ↑ Focus: Top Gear: BBC fires Jeremy Clarkson. Like "Two and a Half Men" without Charlie Sheen: Top Gear at the end. from March 25, 2015
  22. ↑ KURIER: KURIER - Top Gear: David Cameron supports the "great talent" Jeremy Clarkson. from March 12, 2015
  23. ↑ Hosted moderator: BBC shows "Top Gear" episodes with Clarkson. Spiegel Online from April 22, 2015
  24. ↑ Top Gear: BBC to air final Jeremy Clarkson episode on June 28. In: The Guardian, June 16, 2015, accessed June 17, 2015
  25. ↑ Michael Ballaban: Jeremy Clarkson Settles Case, Formally Apologizes To Producer He Punched. In: Jalopnik. Retrieved February 25, 2016 (American English).
  26. ↑ BBC denies Clarkson invited back to Top Gear. BBC News, June 19, 2015, accessed June 19, 2015
  27. ↑ Top Gear: Jeremy Clarkson claims BBC offered him comeback. In: The Guardian, June 19, 2015, accessed June 19, 2015
  28. ↑ Focus Online - Amazon secures the "Top Gear" trio
  29. ↑ Peter Stubley: Jeremy Clarkson becomes climate change believer . In: The Independent . November 26, 2019 (English, independent.co.uk [accessed November 28, 2019]).
  30. ↑ Jeremy Clarkson - Oxford Brookes University. December 29, 2009, archived from the original on December 29, 2009 ; accessed on September 6, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Clarkson, Jeremy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Clarkson, Jeremy Charles Robert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British presenter, author and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH April 11, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Doncaster , England