Line #14 Creator/JeremyClarkson


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3	Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson (born 11 April 1960) is an English broadcaster, journalist, farmer, game show host, and writer who is arguably the most famous - and most controversial - motoring journalist... [[CharacterCatchphrase in the]] ''[[CharacterCatchphrase world.]]''
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5	Since his rise to fame through the 1977 motoring magazine programme ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gear_(1977_TV_series) Top Gear]]'', which he joined as a presenter in 1988, Clarkson's tongue-in-cheek presenting and writing style, {{Caustic Critic}}ism, and his actions on and off-camera has provoked many different public reactions, some of which have put him in quite hot water. His influence even led ''Top Gear'' to become one of Creator/TheBBC's most popular shows; in fact, after his departure from the show in 1999, viewership steadily declined until the BBC cancelled the show in 2001.
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7	But the following year after, Clarkson and his friend Andy Wilman, another former co-presenter of ''Top Gear'', got the BBC to relaunch ''Series/{{Top Gear\|UK}}'' under a new studio format, hiring "Old" ''Top Gear'' and Clarkson [[PromotedFanboy fanboy]] Creator/RichardHammond and fellow motoring journalist Jason Dawe to be his co-presenters, with Wilman as a producer. Needless to say, the new ''Top Gear'' was a big success. After Dawe was replaced by Creator/JamesMay (who also briefly co-presented the "old" ''Top Gear'' in 1999) in series 2, and the mysterious test driver known as the Stig was introduced in the same series, ''Top Gear'' would establish itself as arguably the world's most popular motoring show thanks partly to Clarkson.
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9	However, in March 2015, Clarkson's time on the show ended during series 22 when he punched and verbally abused ''Top Gear'' producer Oisin Tymon over not being served steak at a hotel in Hawes, North Yorkshire (where they were filming on location) because the chef had gone home by then. Since Clarkson's contract expired at the end of the month, the BBC decided to withdraw a previously proposed three-year renewal. Later that year, it was announced that Clarkson, along with Hammond and May, would present a new show for Creator/AmazonStudios as part of Amazon Video (today Creator/PrimeVideo), which would be titled ''Series/TheGrandTour'' the following year. ''The Grand Tour'' ran for three seasons from 2016 to 2019 under a studio format before switching to feature-length specials from that year onwards. Additionally, since 2018, Clarkson has also presented the revival of the iconic British game show ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire''.
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11	!!Partial filmography:
12	* ''Series/{{Top Gear\|UK}}'' ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gear_(1977_TV_series) 1988–2000]]; [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gear_(2002_TV_series) 2002–2015]]): Presenter
13	* ''Series/RobotWars'' (1998): Presenter (series one)
14	* ''Series/HaveIGotNewsForYou'' (2002, 2005–08, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015): Guest presenter (twelve episodes[[note]]In series 24, 29–31, 33–36, 39, 43–44, 47, and 50[[/note]]); also served as a guest panellist at times
15	* ''Series/WhoDoYouThinkYouAre'' (2004): Participant (series one, episode four)
16	* ''Series/{{QI}}'' (2004–2016): Guest panellist (fourteen episodes[[note]]Series B–E, G–N; two episodes each for C and E, one each for the rest[[/note]])
17	* ''Series/NeverMindTheBuzzcocks'' (2006): Guest host (one episode)
18	* ''WesternAnimation/Cars1'' (2006): Harv (UK release)
19	* ''VideoGame/{{Forza}}'': AsHimself (voiceover)
20	** ''Forza Motorsport 4'' (2011)
21	** ''Forza Motorsport 5'' (2013)
22	* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' (2014): Adrian (voice; "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbLiveAndLetDrive Live and Let Drive]]")
23	* ''Series/TheGrandTour'' (2016–present): Presenter
24	* ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'' (2018–present): Presenter
25	* ''Series/ClarksonsFarm'' (2021–present): Presenter
26	!!Tropes
27	* BaritoneOfStrength: He has the deepest voice of the three main hosts, and it lends itself to some ''iconically hilarious'' one-liners.
28	* TheBigGuy: Put him next to May and ''especially'' Hammond, and he easily towers over the both of them.
29	* DeadpanSnarker: He rivals James May in this regard.
30	* FantasticRacism: When it comes to ''Top Gear'' and ''The Grand Tour'', most of his comments about certain countries (particularly the United States) and car companies tend to poke fun at their expense. Averted in reality, as despite some of his more... "controversial" word choices, he's generally amicable and respectful when he feels it.
31	* LargeHam: Two words: "SSPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED!!" and "POOWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER!!"
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