Andy Wilman's guest appearances

Andy Wilman

Home & Hosed

The Driven Chat Podcast

The Barbarians Show

Eli Robinson

George King

Martin Smith

Dan Norcross

Daniel Norcross

Maggie Thatcher

Iain Dale

Peter Cardwell

OwlTail

Today we're joined by TV royalty in the man who is the brains behind two of the most successful shows in history in - Top Gear and The Grand Tour. We hear about how he went from misbehaving with Jeremy Clarkson during their school days, working in McDonald's, attempting to be a spy in Russia, and then getting his break into the industry eventually leading to recalibrating Top Gear and turning it into the most watched show on TV globally. Of course we discuss - Clarksons punch, Hammonds near fatal crash, and all the other talking points leading to the curation of Amazons flagship show 'The Grand Tour'.

Today we're joined by TV royalty in the man who is the brains behind two of the most successful shows in history in - Top Gear and The Grand Tour. We hear about how he went from misbehaving with Jeremy Clarkson during their school days, working in McDonald's, attempting to be a spy in Russia, and then getting his break into the industry eventually leading to recalibrating Top Gear and turning it into the most watched show on TV globally. Of course we discuss - Clarksons punch, Hammonds near fatal crash, and all the other talking points leading to the curation of Amazons flagship show 'The Grand Tour'.

Andy Wilman - From Working In McDonalds To Creating Top Gear & The Grand Tour

Today we are lucky enough to be joined by one of the most successful tv producers of the last thirty years in Andy Wilman. In 2002 alongside his school friend Jeremy Clarkson they decided to relaunch 'Top Gear', and together they turned it into the biggest show on tv anywhere in the world, with a global audience of over 350 million. However it wasn't always plain sailing for Andy; after school he found himself working at McDonald's before he got fired within 3 days,  then he had a brief but ultimately failed punk rock career and another failure was around the corner when he tried to join the secret service. However all these experiences were starting to shape the mind of a young Mr Wilman (as he's known to his fans) and contributed to him eventually creating the most successful British export of all time. In Part 2 we discuss everything from Richard Hammonds disastrous near death experience and the repercussions, the creation of the 'top gear specials', the controversies in Burma and Argentina, the fall out with the BBC, the new top gear, that 'incident' with Clarkson, leaving the BBC, the creation of the grand tour, the future of the grand tour and Andy's biggest regrets.

Today we are lucky enough to be joined by one of the most successful tv producers of the last thirty years in Andy Wilman. In 2002 alongside his school friend Jeremy Clarkson they decided to relaunch 'Top Gear', and together they turned it into the biggest show on tv anywhere in the world, with a global audience of over 350 million. However it wasn't always plain sailing for Andy; after school he found himself working at McDonald's before he got fired within 3 days, then he had a brief but ultimately failed punk rock career and another failure was around the corner when he tried to join the secret service. However all these experiences were starting to shape the mind of a young Mr Wilman (as he's known to his fans) and contributed to him eventually creating the most successful British export of all time. In Part 2 we discuss everything from Richard Hammonds disastrous near death experience and the repercussions, the creation of the 'top gear specials', the controversies in Burma and Argentina, the fall out with the BBC, the new top gear, that 'incident' with Clarkson, leaving the BBC, the creation of the grand tour, the future of the grand tour and Andy's biggest regrets.

Home & Hosed - Episode 7 - Andy Wilman - Part 2 - Hamster's Crash to The Grand Tour Success

Today we are lucky enough to be joined by one of the most successful tv producers of the last thirty years in Andy Wilman. In 2002 alongside his school friend Jeremy Clarkson they decided to relaunch 'Top Gear', and together they turned it into the biggest show on tv anywhere in the world, with a global audience of over 350 million. However it wasn't always plain sailing for Andy; after school he found himself working at McDonald's before he got fired within 3 days,  then he had a brief but ultimately failed punk rock career and another failure was around the corner when he tried to join the secret service. However all these experiences were starting to shape the mind of a young Mr Wilman (as he's known to his fans) and contributed to him eventually creating the most successful British export of all time. In Part 1 we discuss everything from Andy's experiences at school with Jeremy Clarkson, to McDonald's, Punk Rock, University, Secret Service, Journalism, his lucky break, Top Gear Magazine, the start of his TV career and his crowning moment in re-launching top gear.

Today we are lucky enough to be joined by one of the most successful tv producers of the last thirty years in Andy Wilman. In 2002 alongside his school friend Jeremy Clarkson they decided to relaunch 'Top Gear', and together they turned it into the biggest show on tv anywhere in the world, with a global audience of over 350 million. However it wasn't always plain sailing for Andy; after school he found himself working at McDonald's before he got fired within 3 days, then he had a brief but ultimately failed punk rock career and another failure was around the corner when he tried to join the secret service. However all these experiences were starting to shape the mind of a young Mr Wilman (as he's known to his fans) and contributed to him eventually creating the most successful British export of all time. In Part 1 we discuss everything from Andy's experiences at school with Jeremy Clarkson, to McDonald's, Punk Rock, University, Secret Service, Journalism, his lucky break, Top Gear Magazine, the start of his TV career and his crowning moment in re-launching top gear.