Andrew Neville Wilman (born 16 August 1962) is an English

television producer A television producer is a person who oversees one or more aspects of video production on a television program. Some producers take more of an executive role, in that they conceive new programs and pitch them to the television networks, but upon ...

who is best known as the former executive producer of the ''

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'' show, from 2002 to 2015, as well as being the executive producer of ''The Grand Tour''. He was responsible for much of the show's style and humour, along with

Jeremy Clarkson Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson (born 11 April 1960) is an English broadcaster, journalist, game show host and writer who specialises in motoring. He is best known for the motoring programmes '' Top Gear'' and '' The Grand Tour'' alongside R ...

. He has also presented segments of the original ''

''. He is primarily responsible for the creation of

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. Wilman and Clarkson both attended

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along with

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designer

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. After the original format of ''Top Gear'' was cancelled by the BBC, Wilman and ex-presenter Clarkson pitched a new format. Wilman and Clarkson's company

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, which handled merchandise and international distribution for ''Top Gear'', earned over £149m in revenue in 2012, prior to a restructuring that gave

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full control of the ''Top Gear'' rights. In April 2015, Wilman announced that he had resigned as executive producer of

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's ''Top Gear'' following

's exit in March 2015, owing to Clarkson's "fracas" with a producer. Wilman became the executive producer of ''

The Grand Tour ''The Grand Tour'' is a British motoring television series, created by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May and Andy Wilman, made for Amazon exclusively for its online streaming service Amazon Prime Video, and premiered on 18 November ...

'' that he, Clarkson,

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, and

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produced via their company ''W. Chump & Sons'' for release via

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customers. While not appearing on the show, Wilman was often referenced as "Mr Wilman", sending the others texts, which gave them missions, and often insults. In 2019 after three series, ''The Grand Tour'' changed formats, no longer producing episodic series and instead producing only individual episodes similar to specials from previous series. The group closed the W. Chump production company stating it was no longer necessary based on the amount of content being created. Wilman also stated he would be doing a solo project for Amazon, which would be produced following projects from Clarkson, Hammond and May. On 17 April 2020 Wilman was reported to have contracted

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, and reportedly had difficulty in breathing and was severely affected, leading to delays of the upcoming ''Grand Tour'' Specials. The reports did however confirm he was recovering, and on 29 April Wilman appeared in a ''

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'' video confirmed that while he had been "completely out" for ten days, he was now feeling better and recovering well.DriveTribe "Why is the Grand Tour taking so long?" April 29, 2020
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Works

As producer

* '' Jeremy Clarkson's Motorworld'' (1995–96) * ''

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'' (1998) * '' Jeremy Clarkson: Meets the Neighbours'' (2002) * ''

'' (2002–15) * '' The Victoria Cross: For Valour'' (2003) * '' Jeremy Clarkson: The Greatest Raid of All Time'' (2007) * ''

'' produced by W. Chump and Sons: Series 1-3, Expectation Entertainment Series 4- (2016–) * ''

Clarkson's Farm ''Clarkson's Farm'' is a British television documentary series about Jeremy Clarkson and his farm in the Cotswolds. It was first broadcast by Amazon Prime Video on 11 June 2021. The series documents Clarkson's attempts at running a farm in the ...

'' (2021-)

As presenter

* ''

'' (appeared in 35 episodes, 1994–2001)

Awards

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wilman, Andy 1962 births Living people People from Glossop People educated at Repton School English television presenters Top Gear people