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Mr Wilman’s Motoring Adventure

Top Gear, Grand Tour, Clarkson and Me

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Mr Wilman’s Motoring Adventure

By: Andy Wilman
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Brought to you by Penguin.

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

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Brilliant recounting of some of the biggest TG/GT moments from Wilman himself. Top Gear has been an integral part of my life since some relatives in Malaysia showed me the man with the van episode, and I've been watching religiously ever since.

The end of an era

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What a fantastic book... Thank you so much Mr Wilman... For all of it... 👍

The stories we wanted...

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What a story teller, what a producer, what a legacy. Andy pulls together all the heart and all the wonder of the TG/GT journey with a familiar, entertaining and humorous pace. Andy, at the off chance that you ever read this, thank you. Many warm memories with my family watching the shows you put together with your blood, sweat and tears are now coming full circle as I introduce my son to your productions and watch his excitement, curiosity and anticipation grow with each episode.

The Ultimate Team

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An awesome account of Mr Wilmans life and career. No frills, just the story as it happened.

Amazing!

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Despite the tortured aeroplane metaphors, Wilman’s recount of events is equal to the final TGT episode in its job to wrap up a really great part of so many of our lives. Boomers everywhere love you all for it.

The end of the end of TG&TGT is surely this book

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As a golden era Top Gear fanatic I thoroughly enjoyed learning more about the genesis of Andy & Jeremy’s friendship and the creation of perhaps the greatest non-fiction TV show of all time.

A thrilling look behind the steering wheel!

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loved this audible book. Humour, raw honesty and behind the scenes made for an enjoyable listen.

Humour

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This is a fitting companion piece for fans like me of Top Gear and The Grand Tour. It gives some emotional endings and really insightful BTS, and it’s genuinely great to hear Andy Wilman’s perspective. Overall, I really enjoyed it and would highly recommend it to anyone who followed those shows.

An Insightful Ride

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