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Andy Wilman
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Andrew Neville "Andy" Wilman (born 16 August 1962) is

an English television producer who is best known as the Andy Wilman
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 format of Top Gear was cancelled by the

BBC, Wilman and ex-presenter Clarkson pitched a new
format. Apart from Top Gear, Wilman has worked with Born Andrew Neville Wilman [1]
Clarkson on a number of other television projects. August 16, 1962 (age 55)[2]
Glossop, Derbyshire, England
Wilman and Clarkson's company Bedder 6, which handled
merchandise and international distribution for Top Gear, Nationality British
earned over 149m in revenue in 2012, prior to a Occupation Television producer
restructuring that gave BBC Worldwide full control of the
Top Gear rights.[3][4] Years active 1994present
Employer W. Chump and Sons
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.[5] As of 2016, Wilman is the executive producer of The Grand Tour that
Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May are producing via their company W. Chump & Sons for release
via Amazon Video to Amazon Prime customers.

Works
As producer

Jeremy Clarkson's Motorworld (199596)

Jeremy Clarkson's Extreme Machines (1998)
Jeremy Clarkson Meets the Neighbours (2002)
Top Gear (200215)
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, 19942001)

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

References
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1. "Director Appointments" (https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/wi1KBfp9e5s7_xGnm7BWRQ3Y

Ido/appointments). Companies House. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
2. Researcha (http://web.researcha.com/iccquery/detail/?did=1772248&c=uk)
3. "Top Gear: Jeremy Clarkson netted more than 14m from show last year" (https://www.theguardian.com/
media/2013/jul/16/jeremy-clarkson-top-gear-bbc-worldwide). Guardian. 16 July 2013. Retrieved
29 March 2017.
4. Conlan, Tara; Sabbagh, Dan (27 September 2012). "Top Gear deal nets Jeremy Clarkson multi-million
pound payout" (https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/27/top-gear-jeremy-clarkson-payout).
Guardian. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
5. "Top Gear producer Andy Wilman quits show" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-3243781
4). BBC News. 23 April 2015.

External links
Andy Wilman (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0932799/) on IMDb

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