Jason Andrew Dawe (born 4 May 1967) is an English

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and

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. Brought up in

Cornwall Cornwall (; or ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is also one of the Celtic nations and the homeland of the Cornish people. The county is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, ...

, Dawe worked at car dealerships and as a motoring industry trainer; he had been a long-time columnist of the motoring section of ''

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.'' He also presented the

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of the rebooted ''

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'' on

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alongside

Jeremy Clarkson Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson (born 11 April 1960) is an English television presenter, journalist, farmer, and author who specialises in Driving, motoring. He is best known for hosting the television programmes ''Top Gear (2002 TV series), T ...

and

Richard Hammond Richard Mark Hammond (born 19 December 1969) is an English journalist, television presenter, and author. He co-hosted the BBC Two motoring programme ''Top Gear (2002 TV series), Top Gear'' from 2002 until 2015 with Jeremy Clarkson and James Ma ...

before being replaced by

James May James Daniel May (born 16 January 1963) is an English television presenter and journalist. He is best known as a co-presenter, alongside Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond, of the motoring programme ''Top Gear (2002 TV series), Top Gear'' fr ...

from the next series of the show onwards.

Journalism

Dawe is a regular columnist in ''

'' motoring section, where he has written extensively about used cars. Together with Nick Rufford of ''The Sunday Times'' he has also made many video broadcasts of car reviews. He writes for many other motoring magazines and is a regular contributor to radio and TV shows as a motoring expert. In addition to this, Dawe has also been occasionally known to write in the ''

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'' magazine.

Television career

Initially, Jeremy Clarkson wanted

to present the rebooted series of ''Top Gear''; however, May was rejected by the BBC, with Dawe agreeing to present the first series alongside Clarkson and Richard Hammond. When May wished to present the show for the second series due to the increasing popularity of the programme, Clarkson thought about Dawe staying and to have four presenters. However, his co-presenter

was close to being fired by BBC management alongside Dawe. Nevertheless show executive producer Andy Wilman strongly supported Hammond's position on the show at the time, stating later in ''Top Gear'' magazine "There was no doubt that Richard would stay”. Following his departure from ''Top Gear'', Dawe returned to his presenting career in 2005, appearing on ITV's ''Used Car Roadshow'' with

Penny Mallory Penny Mallory is an English keynote speaker, and TedX speaker, on Mental Toughness, performance coach and a former British Rally Championship driver. She is a Leading Authority on Mental Toughness. She became the first woman to drive a World ...

until the programme was cancelled in 2007. From 2009 to 2010, he presented ''Classic Gear'' alongside Mallory and Alice Crocker, a show about classic cars. Dawe went on to present the 2020 Body Shop Awards, reuniting with Mallory again.

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