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Jeremy Clarkson
Date of Birth
11 April 1960, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK
Birth Name
Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson
Nickname
Jezza
Height
6' 5" (1.96 m)
Spouse
Frances Catherine Cain (1993 - present) 3 children
Trivia
Motoring enthusiast and television presenter.
He is a fan of the rock band Curved Air.
Notorious for his reactionary, outspoken opinions.
Was hit in the face with a pie by a protester whilst collecting his honorary degree for services to engineering from Oxford Brookes University
Sold his Ferrari 355 Spyder to purchase a Mercedes-Benz SL55 AMG (which he loves). Also, purchased one of only twenty eight 2005 Ford GTs imported to England (with which he has had an innumerable amount of problems, but still loves).
Sold his Mercedes SL55 AMG and has subsequently purchased an SLK55 AMG.
Currently lives in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, UK.
Three children- Emily, Finlo and Katya
Has placed an order for a Lamborghini Gallardo Roadster.
Owns the lighthouse cottages at the South end of Langness Peninsula in Derbyhaven, Isle Of Man.
Personal Quotes
"Smokers pay £19,000 a minute to the Exchequer, and that's enough to pay for the whole police force. Or to put it another way, for every £1 we cost the National Health Service, we give it £3.60. Please don't encourage the state to dictate how I live my life."
"Only last week I was at my children's sports day and as I lay in the long grass by the river drinking pink champagne and chatting with other media parents, I remember thinking, 'God, I love being middle class'." (Sunday Times 24 July 2005)
"Good Shot!" (In reaction to being hit in the face by a pie by a protester at his Honorary Degree ceremony)
The only person who ever looked good in the back of a four-seater convertible is Adolf Hitler.
"We all know that small cars are good for us. But so is cod liver oil. And jogging. I want to drive around in a Terminator, not the heroine in an EM Forster novel."
"Much more of a hoot to drive than you might imagine. Think of it, if you like, as a librarian with a G-string under the tweed. I do, and it helps."
"Sure it's quiet, for a diesel. But that's like being well-behaved... for a murderer."
We only need look at Baroness Thatcher (Margaret Thatcher) to know what women can be like when they want to get in front.
The problem is that television executives have got it into their heads that if one presenter on a show is a blonde-haired, blue-eyed heterosexual boy, the other must be a black Muslim lesbian. Chalk and cheese, they reckon, works. But here we have "Top Gear" (1978) setting new records after six years using cheese and cheese. It confuses them.
What members say |
Filmography
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Jeremy Clarkson - filmography
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Top Gear - The Great Adventures Vol.5
on DVD
(2012)
Starring: James May, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond
Certificate: 
India Special
In their most politically perilous overseas adventure to date, the boys defy the Prime Minister by embarking on a trade mission to India armed only with three old British cars, a trouser press and a badly behaved lawnmower. Along the way they attempt a disastrous train-based ..read more »

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from 39 members
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Top Gear - The Great Adventures Vol.5 - ...
(2012)
Starring: Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond
Certificate: 
India Special
In their most politically perilous overseas adventure to date, the boys defy the Prime Minister by embarking on a trade mission to India armed only with three old British cars, a trouser press and a badly behaved lawnmower. Along the way they attempt a disastrous train-based ..read more »

55%
from 29 members
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Top Gear - Series 14
(3 discs)
on DVD
(2012)
Starring: Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May
Director: none
Certificate: 
The fourteenth series kicks off with a driver's idea of heaven when Richard and James take an Aston DBS Volante, a Ferrari California and a Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder to Romania in search of “the greatest road in the world”.
Elsewhere, James makes a rare appearance on the track as he compares two ..read more »

60%
from 24 members
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Top Gear - The Challenges Vol.5
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: James May, James May, Jeremy Clarkson
Certificate: 
Allow us to present yet another Challenges Bonanza crammed with volcanoes, World speed records, flying caravans, unstable Reliant Robins, jaw dropping races and cars exploding all over the place. No other programme offers so much, for so little of your I.Q.
Motorhomes
The motorhome has been with ..read more »

77%
from 139 members
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Top Gear - Series 13
(3 discs)
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May
Certificate: 
Series 13 of this BAFTA-winning show skids, roars and explodes its way back onto DVD, with man versus machine experiments, exhaustive road tests of the latest models, a look back at the history of motoring, weekly power tests featuring the world's most exotic super-cars... and a surprise revelation...read more »

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from 68 members
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Clarkson Powered Up
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Jeremy Clarkson
Certificate: 
For my all new DVD, I’m in the South of France.
My base? - The high-tech testing ground for Formula One - Circuit Paul Ricard.
My mission? - To find find my favourite car of the year.
My candidates? - For starters there's a pair of Ferraris... the V12, 6.3 litre FF and the 458.
There’s the UK ..read more »

60%
from 146 members
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Jeremy Clarkson - War Stories
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Jeremy Clarkson
Certificate: 
The Victoria Cross: for Valour charts the story of Major Robert Henry Cain who won a Victoria Cross in WW2 as part of Operation Market Garden, reputed to be the most recognised story of gallantry in the whole of the war.
Jeremy Clarkson reveals Mayor Cain died in 1974 before he had a chance to ..read more »

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Clarkson Powered Up - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Jeremy Clarkson
Certificate: 
For my all new DVD, I’m in the South of France.
My base? - The high-tech testing ground for Formula One - Circuit Paul Ricard.
My mission? - To find find my favourite car of the year.
My candidates? - For starters there's a pair of Ferraris... the V12, 6.3 litre FF and the 458.
There’s the UK ..read more »

60%
from 279 members
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Clarkson - The Italian Job
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Jeremy Clarkson
Certificate: 
"Welcome to my first double disc release. That's two discs in one box.
Disc One
It's The Italian Job so obviously, I head to Kent in England for the race of a lifetime. But first I have to get ready. So, it's the Fiorano test track in Italy where I spend a while not getting ready at all. I try ..read more »

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from 434 members
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Clarkson - The Italian Job - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Jeremy Clarkson
Certificate: 
It's The Italian Job so obviously, I head to Kent in England for the race of a lifetime. But first I have to get ready. So, it's the Fiorano test track in Italy where I spend a while not getting ready at all. I try the gym but it's all rubbish so instead, I decide to compare Ferrari's 458 Italia ..read more »

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from 676 members
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Top Gear - The Great Adventures Vol.2
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: eremy Clarkson, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond
Certificate: 
Join Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May for two more of the TOP GEAR teams Great Adventures. Includes 'Botswana Special' and 'Vietnam Special'.in 'Botswana Special, the dynamic trio embark on the perilous quest from a tiny village on the border between Zimbabwe and Botswana that will ..read more »

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from 898 members
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Top Gear - The Challenges Vol.3
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Richard Hammond, Jeremy Clarkson, James May
Certificate: 
Another collection of challenges from Clarkson, Hammond and James as they put themselves and their vehicles to the test in the toughest conditions.
Episodes Comprise:
1. Cheap Alfas
The boys try to prove that old Alfa Romeos are proper petrolheads' cars by buying sub-Ł1,000 Italian rustbuckets ..read more »

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from 806 members
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Clarkson - Duel
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Jeremy Clarkson, Ronan Keating, Kate Silverton
Director: Brian Klein
Certificate: 
My all new dvd is called DUEL...because that's what it's all about. I gather the fastest, best looking cars of 2009...and start a fight. Well, lots of fights actually. It's all about challenges.Which is fastest? Which is the best drifter? Which will put the biggest grin on my face? I travel to ..read more »

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from 763 members
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Clarkson - Thriller
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Jeremy Clarkson
Certificate: 
"Welcome to my all new DVD which, as the name suggests, is all about thrills at the wheel. Aston Martin's gentleman thug, the DBS, takes on its rivals from Italy. The lightweight Lamborghini Superleggera battles it out on the track with Ferrari's 430 Scuderia and my test of the best takes me to the ..read more »

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from 2,374 members
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Top Gear - Series 12
(2008)
Starring: Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May
Certificate: 
This collection brings together all the episodes from the twelth series of popular motoring programme TOP GEAR, presented by Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond.

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from 23 members
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Love The Beast
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Eric Bana, Jay Leno, Jeremy Clarkson
Director: Eric Bana
Certificate: 
Watch now: £2.49
Millions of viewers are familiar with Aussie actor Eric Bana from his Hollywood blockbuster work, notably in BLACK HAWK DOWN (2001), HULK (2003) and MUNICH (2005). Bana steps away from fiction and doubles as director-and-star with this unusual and highly personal outing, a documentary concerning ..read more »

68%
from 1,051 member
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Top Gear - The Challenges Vol.2
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: James May, James May, Richard Hammond
Certificate: 
A selection of the best challenges from the latest series. Includes The Channel Crossing, The 24 Hour Race, The Greatest Driving Road, Bugatti Veyron Vs Eurofighter, Motorhome Racing, Fiat 500 vs BMX and Race Across London.

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from 1,850 member
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Top Gear - The Challenges
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Jeremy Clarkson, James May, James May
Director: Brian Klein
Certificate: 
Seven fantastic challenges that test the mettle of the Top Gear team. The Top Gear boys - Jezzer, Hamster and Captain Slow - can do brake-horsepowers, torques and 0-60s until the pumps run dry. But when they take on a challenge, the action gets competitive, hilarious, dangerous and, at times, ..read more »

78%
from 2,890 members
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Top Gear - The Great Adventures
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May
Certificate: 
It's the ultimate test of man against machine - or should that be dog against machine - as the Top Gear team set out on their most ambitious and arduous challenge to date. A race starting in Canada and finishing at the North Pole.

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from 1,982 member
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Top Gear - Winter Olympics
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Jeremy Clarkson
Certificate: 
Filmed on location on the mountains of Lillehammer, Norway. The presenters of Top Gear test out the cars in their own interepretation of the Olympic Games. Events include the Biathlon with a Volvo XC90 and an Audi Q7, a mini on the ski jump and slalom speed/dance skating using a Jaguar and a Range ..read more »

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from 2,666 members
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Jeremy Clarkson - No Limits
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Jeremy Clarkson
Certificate: 
Jeremy Clarkson, presenter of television's Top Gear brings all his enthusiasm for fast cars and hard driving to this DVD. Features Jeremy learning how to go harder and faster than ever before in a selection of the latest sports cars.

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from 1,480 member
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Jeremy Clarkson Head To Head
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Jeremy Clarkson
Certificate: 
JEREMY CLARKSON - HEAD TO HEAD is an automotive odyssey featuring amazing competitions such as a Porsche 911 versus a Yamaha R1 and a Ferrari 360 Modena against an Aston Martin DB7 Vantage--and that's just for starters.

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from 1,259 member
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Jeremy Clarkson's Motorsport Mayhem
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Jeremy Clarkson
Director: Charles Balchin
Certificate: 
JEREMY CLARKSON'S MOTORSPORT MAYHEM features Jeremy guiding viewers through the history of fast driving, with both its truimphs and disasters. This DVD features excellent on-board coverage from some of the world's most dramatic races, stunts, and crashes.

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from 736 members
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Jeremy Clarkson - Apocalypse Clarkson
on DVD
Starring: Jeremy Clarkson
Director: none
Certificate: 
A supercharged blend of havoc and horsepower. Featuring: Jeremy testing a reviled Lada to destruction, a Toyota off-roader is matched head to head with the largest muckspreader Europe can offer, and many more.

61%
from 450 members
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Jeremy Clarkson - Hot Metal
on DVD
Starring: Jeremy Clarkson
Director: Brian Klein
Certificate: 
Everything is slowing down. Concorde is in a museum and the fighter jets of today are slower than those of the sixties. Clarkson investigates whether the same applies to today's cars.

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from 2,111 members
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Jeremy Clarkson - Most Outrageous
on DVD
Starring: Jeremy Clarkson
Director: Jeremy Clarkson
Certificate: 
In the first experiment ever attempted on screen, Jeremy corrals the 9 most amazingly fast cars ever built (each capable of over 200mph!) and puts them through their paces. Featured are Ford GT40, Jaguar XJR15, McLaren F1, Bugatti EB110, Lamborghini Diablo Se30, Jaguar XJ220, Ferrari F50, Ferrari ..read more »

56%
from 452 members
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Top Gear - Series 11
(2 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May
Certificate: 
The overgrown boys are back – bigger, faster and more explosive than ever. In series 11 watch as Jeremy, Richard and James put a massive range of old and new cars through a series of crazy challenges, pushing machines to the limit in the name of entertainment. Tyres burst, clutches seize, gearboxes ..read more »

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from 46 members
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Clarkson - Shoot Out
on DVD
Starring: Jeremy Clarkson
Director: Richard Heeley
Certificate: 
Jeremy Clarkson puts the Bentley Continental GT against the Rolls Royce Phantom. Also featured the Aston Martin DB7, Porsche GT3 and the Lamborghini Gallardo. Thirty cars put to the test.

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Clarkson - Supercar Showdown
on DVD
Starring: Jeremy Clarkson
Certificate: 
For Jeremy Clarkson's new DVD he has travelled the Planet - from Spain via Strasbourg to Swindon - for the Supercar Showdown to beat them all. His aim is simple - find the ultimate Supercar.

62%
from 1,284 member
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Jeremy Clarkson - Unleashed On Cars
on DVD
Starring: Jeremy Clarkson
Director: Jeremy Clarkson
Certificate: 
In stunts that just couldn't be done on TV, Jeremy is unleashed to find the very best and very worst cars ever made. Those at the top end of the scale are driven, revered and loved. Those at the bottom are put out of their automotive misery in the most imaginative and hilarious ways possible!

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