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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
Narrated by: Andy Wilman
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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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As Andy himself said, he is talented as weaving a story together and guiding you through it. Having watched the TG and GT episodes, this audiobook was a great accompaniment, showing you what went into making them, and some of the production strories behind some well known events. I'm still not convinced of the Patagonia number plate controvasy however, far too much of a coincidence Mr Wilman, you doth protest too much of your innocence in that story...

Enjoyable listen, peak behind the TG / GT curtain

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Fantastic story about the best car shows ever made for TV (in the world…). Made me want to go back and rewatch them all. Highly recommended.

More fun than a V8 Triumph Stag

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Really interesting listen to the behind the scenes of a child hood favourite
Would recommend

Great insight

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We watched Top Gear and then Grand Tour as a family with our son who is now 27. We loved it especially the specials in Vietnam and Botswana.

To hear the back story of the journey you all went through is fascinating. I must admit I thought James, Richard and Jeremy were friends long before TG. Thank you. Going to watch a few of the specials again now!

Fascinating back story of TG and GT

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Great stuff , I really enjoyed this guided trip through the whole story of your time together. cheers

thanks

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