Jeremy Clarkson
Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson ( born April 11, 1960 ) is an English broadcaster and writer who specialises in motoring.
He writes weekly columns for The Sunday Times and The Sun, but is better known for his role on the BBC TV show Top Gear.
"Not a man given to considered opinion," according to the BBC, Clarkson is known to be opinionated and forthright in his views. The Economist, on the subject of road pricing in UK, has described him as a "skillful propagandist for the motoring lobby".
Born in Doncaster, Clarkson was educated at Repton School, although he claims to have been expelled. His first job was as a travelling salesman for his parents' business selling Paddington Bear toys, after which he trained as a journalist with the Rotherham Advertiser.
In 2004 during an episode of the BBC's Who Do You Think You Are?, Clarkson was invited to investigate his family history; including the story of his great-great-great grandfather John Kilner (1792-1857), who invented the Kilner jar; a receptacle for preserved fruit.
In spite of his penchant for fast driving and high performance cars, Clarkson has been reported as having a clean licence. Nonetheless, he is not reluctant to discuss driving fast: In a November 2005 article in The Sunday Times, Clarkson wrote, while discussing the Bugatti Veyron, "On a recent drive across Europe I desperately wanted to reach the top speed but I ran out of road when the needle hit 240mph", and later, in the same article,"From the wheel of a Veyron, France is the size of a small coconut. I cannot tell you how fast I crossed it the other day. Because you simply wouldn't believe me"
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- See more McLaren F1 GTR pics..
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- Stewing the Scud
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- New Citroen C3: first look
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- Top Gear Bargain of the Week: June 26
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- Shelby shows off 725bhp Super Snake
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JEREMY CLARKSON FORUM
- The Truth
- Not all Thais are whores
- Why do the Welsh and the Scots vote labour?
- driven to distraction
- Mercedes Actross Gearbox
- Not all Thais are whores
- charity drive project for Help For Heroes + Red Cross
- newbie
- dissapointing
- OFWAT - OFFUEL!
- Anthony Blair - Saviour or Traitor ?
- Hi from Thailand
- Pickles!!
- Try minature git bernie for high treason
- top gear star in a car
- That Article
- Jeremy's driving skills
- Reasonably Priced Car and Mat Bellamy
- The Bald Avengers
- Top Gear console game?
- Who does the Scottish Twats crosswords then?
- BMW 1 Series
- Man made nonsense about man made global warming
- THE NOISIEST BENTLEY EVER?
- NOISIEST BENTLEY EVER
- Wanker Brown's Vote Buying
- Spanish Banks
- Vicky Bloody-Awful!
- road chippings on resufacing
- Hammond in a former life
- Elizabeth of Cheddar
- Telegraph fake top Gear presenters photo shock!
- worlds fastest street legal car 0 - 60 in 1 second
- What games are people playing?
- Seen the new Amphib Bugatti Veyron?
- BMW-MERCEDES were is the Audi????
- Why is VBH infiltrating everything?
- Swartkop Challenge
- Oz & James' Wine Adventure
- On the Moon
- Appreciative of your Patriotic Side...
- Question Time?
- Disgraceful Dictator Brown.
- What happened to your Times article?
- Manure delivered to your door?
- challenge
- Climate Change, Global Warming - Once and for all
- Gift advice request (South Africa)
- The ultimate petrolhead screenplay
- BMW
- A car I'm sure Jeremy would be very interested in
- Cherie Blair Attachment - Danger!
- Hitler sleeps well in his grave tonight
- My very first post, I promise.
- FORD Motor Company, Customer care NOT
- Biker wants fair play
- bring subtitles to your dvd's!
- Howdy from Egypt
- GOOD BYE CITI GOLF MK1
- GOOD BYE GOLF MK1
