Andy Wilman

Andy Wilman
Born	Andrew Neville Wilman [1] 16 August 1962 (1962-08-16) (age 54) [2] Glossop, Derbyshire, England
Nationality	British
Occupation	Television producer
Years active	1994–present
Employer	W. Chump and Sons

Andrew Neville "Andy" Wilman (born 16 August 1962) is an English television producer who is best known as the former executive producer of the Top Gear show, from 2002 to 2015. He was responsible for much of the show's style and humour, along with Jeremy Clarkson. He has also presented segments of the original Top Gear. He is primarily responsible for the creation of The Stig. Wilman and Clarkson were both educated at Repton School.

After the original Top Gear was cancelled by the BBC, Wilman and ex-presenter Clarkson pitched a new format, and succeeded in getting permission for a new show. Apart from Top Gear, Wilman has worked with Clarkson on a number of other television projects. In April 2015, Wilman announced that he had resigned as executive producer of BBC Television's Top Gear following Jeremy Clarkson's exit in March 2015, owing to Clarkson's attack on a producer.^[3] As of 2016 Wilman is the executive producer of the television series The Grand Tour that Clarkson, James May, and Richard Hammond are producing via their company W. Chump & Sons for release via Amazon Video to Amazon Prime customers.

Works

As producer

• Jeremy Clarkson's Motorworld (1995–96)
• Jeremy Clarkson's Extreme Machines (1998)
• Jeremy Clarkson Meets the Neighbours (2002)
• Top Gear (2002–15)
• The Victoria Cross: For Valour (2003)
• Jeremy Clarkson: Greatest Raid of All Time (2007)
• The Grand Tour produced by W. Chump and Sons (2016–)

As presenter

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

Awards

References

External links

• Andy Wilman at the Internet Movie Database
• Wilman's blog posts at Topgear.com