Mr Wilman’s Motoring Adventure
Top Gear, Grand Tour and Twenty Years of Magic and Mayhem
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Top Gear turned gloomy Sunday nights into celebratory Friday nights. It made household names of presenters Clarkson, Hammond and May, their unique chemistry and buddy movie antics proving irresistible to a vast global audience. With these three at the helm, Top Gear earned a place in the Guinness Book of Records as the most popular factual TV show on the planet.
Then, a short while later, it was all gone.
How did a thoroughly sensible little consumer advice programme on cars turn into a global phenomenon in the first place, though? How did it all go wrong? And how did they rise from the ashes as The Grand Tour, and go on to scale even greater heights?
One man has all the answers.
There from the beginning, Top Gear and The Grand Tour co-creator, and Jeremy’s oldest friend, Andy Wilman, opens the bonnet on over twenty years of motoring mayhem. In Mr Wilman’s Motoring Adventure, the mysterious man in the shadows tells the inside story of your favourite TV shows for the first time.
Irreverent, joyful and as laugh-out-loud funny as the shows themselves, it’s the best book about Top Gear and The Grand Tour . . . in the world.
© Andy Wilman 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025
Fantastic, I didn’t want it to end.
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One for the fans. Awesome
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Poowweeeerrrr
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This book is a cracking story told by the ever amazing Mr. Wilman, a tale that has affected hundreds of millions of people over the years.
his candid storytelling is hilarious, you can fully imagine being there during some of the events he discusses too.
if you have any interest in cars, top gear, the amazing 4some that made up Clarkson, Hammond, May and Wilman, then you need to read or listen to this book.
what I will say is a huge thank you to Mr. Wilman for this book and an even bigger thank you to all of them for making life a little bit better every single time I sat down to watch their antics.
The telling of an amazing story that affected millions
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Wilman takes you briskly through his childhood (he admits that part doesn’t last long), then onto meeting Clarkson at school, the birth of Top Gear, and later The Grand Tour, right up to the wrap on their iconic final episode.
He recounts those early days, how he and Clarkson got Top Gear off the ground, and how they later launched The Grand Tour. Along the way, he digs deep into behind‑the‑scenes misadventures with the UK’s most beloved hapless trio.
Importantly, Wilman doesn’t sugar‑coat the bumps in the road. Hammond’s crashes, Clarkson’s infamous punch, and May’s run‑in with a wall during the “Scandi Flick” all get the full treatment. The chilling account of the Argentina “number plate gate” is particularly memorable.
Given the sheer number of years devoted to Top Gear, it naturally receives the most attention. Yet Wilman ensures The Grand Tour isn’t short‑changed, offering plenty of insight there too.
Highly recommended for fans of both shows.
The gospel according to Mr Wilman...bless him
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