“I dish the dirt out and I can take it. But why should my mother and children have to take it?”
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Jeremy Clarkson
Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson is an English television presenter, journalist, author and farmer who is best known for hosting the motoring television programmes Top Gear (2002–2015) and The Grand Tour (2016–2024) alongside Richard Hammond and James May. He hosts the quiz show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (2018–present) and its spin-off Millionaire Hot Seat (2026–present), and stars in the farmi…
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culture · English television presenter, journalist, author and farmer (born 1960) · television presenter · writer · film producer · journalist · farmer · also Jeremy Clarkson, Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson, Clarkson
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obviously been difficult for everyone involved but in particular for Oisin. I want to make clear that no blame attaches to him for this incident. “He has behaved with huge integrity throughout. As a senior producer at the BBC, he will continue to have an important role within the organisation in the future.
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2026· 12 entries
“obviously been difficult for everyone involved but in particular for Oisin. I want to make clear that no blame attaches to him for this incident. “He has behaved with huge integrity throughout. As a senior producer at the BBC, he will continue to have an important role within the organisation in the future.”
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“horrified to have caused so much hurt”
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“And please do not write to us about drinking and driving, because I am not driving, I am sailing,”
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“I enjoy this back and forth, it makes the world go round but it is just opinion.”
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The Mirror: Chris Packham describes Jeremy Clarkson in one brutal word as feud rumbles on
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Daily Express: Chris Packham reignites Jeremy Clarkson feud and says 'he's an agitator'
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The York Press: Jeremy Clarkson, Hammond and May reunite onscreen next month
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Tuko News: Does Jeremy Clarkson have children? Meet Emily, Katya, and Finlo Clarkson
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Public attention spiked: 39,434 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.4× the usual 8,876, with 3 article edits. Editors noted: Health ce and fixed citations
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Public attention spiked: 154,592 Wikipedia readers in one day, 17.4× the usual 8,876, with 19 article edits. Editors noted: Health actual month/year
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Video of Jeremy Clarkson refusing £100 million deal from Bill Gates for his Diddly Squat farm is real” Fictionalized.
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2025· 1 entry
Clarkson criticised the Advertising Standards Authority and Clearcast, after an advert for his Hawkstone lager was censored
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2024· 1 entry
Reported claimRated Mr Clarkson did make a remark about shooting public workers who were on strike while being interviewed on TV in 2011. However, this statement was prefaced by him stating that he would have to do so in order to give the appearance of “balance” having jokingly praised the strikes for reducing traffic in central London. · PA Media
PA Media rated the claim “In the wake of farmers protesting against changes to inheritance tax in London, a social media user criticised television presenter Jeremy Clarkson’s previous record of political interventions. The post on X, formerly Twitter, read: “You might ask where was Clarkson during the years of Austerity …” Mr Clarkson did make a remark about shooting public workers who were on strike while being interviewed on TV in 2011. However, this statement was prefaced by him stating that he would have to do so in order to give the appearance of “balance” having jokingly praised the strikes for reducing traffic in central London..
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2023· 4 entries
Snopes rated the claim “Host of “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” Jeremy Clarkson was fired over his comments about Meghan Markle where he wrote she should be made to “parade naked” through Britain while people “throw lumps of excrement at her.”” Mixture.
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Reported claimRated This is not true. Ms Donelan was defending Mr Clarkson’s right to freedom of speech, not agreeing with what he said. · Full Fact
Full Fact rated the claim “Culture secretary Michelle Donelan said Jeremy Clarkson was right to say Meghan Markle should be stripped naked and pelted with excrement.” This is not true. Ms Donelan was defending Mr Clarkson’s right to freedom of speech, not agreeing with what he said..
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Expressed criticism of Starmer's proposed economic and education policies
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And 2024, he was voted "sexiest man" in the UK
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2020· 2 entries
Clarkson purchased a Bentley Flying Spur as a present to himself
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Clarkson expressed support for Labour leader Keir Starmer and said he was prepared to vote for Labour "if there's an election tomorrow", citing Boris Johnson's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic
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2019· 2 entries
Clarkson said: "Europe has to punish us—they can't allow us to leave without being damaged because then everyone will want to go
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“Europe has to punish us—they can”
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2017· 1 entry
In response to the United States officially recognising Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, Clarkson advised Palestinians to recognise London as the capital of the United States
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2015· 2 entries
In his final column for Top Gear magazine, he credited the Shropshire Star as his first outlet as a motoring columnist: "I started small, on the Shropshire Star with little Peugeots and Fiats and worked my way up to Ford
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The BBC elected not to renew his contract after he assaulted a Top Gear producer while filming on location
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2012· 1 entry
Prior to a restructuring that gave BBC Worldwide full control of the Top Gear rights
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2009· 1 entry
When activist group Climate Rush dumped horse manure on his lawn
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2008· 2 entries
Clarkson claimed in a talk at the Hay Festival to have been given a speeding ticket for driving at 186 mph on the A1203 Limehouse Link road in London
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An internet petition was posted on the Prime Minister's Number 10 website to "Make Jeremy Clarkson Prime Minister"
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2007· 6 entries
Clarkson wrote and presented Jeremy Clarkson: Greatest Raid of All Time, a documentary about Operation Chariot in the Second World War, a 1942 Commando raid on the docks of Saint-Nazaire in occupied France
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Known for buying him car-related gifts, for Christmas 2007, Clarkson's second wife bought him a Mercedes-Benz 600.
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Solicitor Nick Freeman represented Clarkson against a charge of driving at 86 mph in a 50 mph zone on the A40 road in London, defeating it on the basis that the driver of the car loaned to Clarkson from Alfa Romeo could
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And reportedly earned £1 million that same year for his role as a Top Gear presenter, and a further £1
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Described Clarkson as "not a man given to considered opinion", and in response to an official complaint another BBC spokeswoman once said: "Jeremy's colourful comments are always entertaining, but they are his own c
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Clarkson was cleared of allegations of assaulting a young person while visiting central Milton Keynes, after Thames Valley Police said that if anything, he had been the victim
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2006· 3 entries
The British public ranked Clarkson number 19 in ITV's poll of TV's 50 Greatest Stars
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Clarkson ordered a Gallardo Spyder and sold the Ford GT to make way for it
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Wrote a "strongly worded" letter to BBC Director-General Mark Thompson, demanding that Clarkson be sacked
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2005· 5 entries
“I cannot even get teary and emotional about the demise of the company itself — though I do feel sorry for the workforce.”
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Clarkson received an honorary Doctor of Engineering degree from Oxford Brookes University
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Clarkson stated "I cannot even get teary and emotional about the demise of the company itself — though I do feel sorry for the workforce
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"let's just stop and think for a moment what the consequences might be
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“On a recent drive across Europe I desperately wanted to reach the top speed but I ran out of road when the needle hit 240 mph,”
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2004· 1 entry
The BBC apologised unreservedly and paid £250 in compensation to a Somerset parish council, after Clarkson damaged a 30-year-old horse-chestnut tree by driving into it to test the strength of a Toyota Hilux
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2003· 1 entry
Clarkson presented The Victoria Cross: For Valour, looking at recipients of the Victoria Cross, in particular focusing on his father-in-law, Robert Henry Cain, who received a VC for actions during the Battle of Arnhem in
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2002· 2 entries
Clarkson, alongside producer Andy Wilman, devised the relaunched Top Gear, which he hosted alongside Richard Hammond, Jason Dawe and later James May
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A Welsh Assembly Member Alun Pugh wrote to BBC Director-General Greg Dyke to complain about Clarkson's comments that he believed encouraged people to use Welsh roads as a high-speed test track
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2000· 3 entries
“Jeśli wszyscy dochodzą do jakiegoś wniosku „idąc od południa”, ja lubię docierać do niego „od północy”. To pomaga zatuszować fakt, że nie jestem zbyt mądry.”
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“Ludzie, starzejąc się, łatwiej wszystko akceptują.”
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“Herr Porsche miałby zaburzenia wzwodu na widok Cayenne.”
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1998· 1 entry
Hosted the first series of Robot Wars
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1997· 1 entry
Clarkson appeared on the light-hearted comedy show Room 101, in which a guest nominates things they hate in life to be consigned to nothingness
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1995· 1 entry
Described by The Independent as "not doing [GM] any favours", Vauxhall complained to the BBC and announced, "We can take criticism but this piece was totally unbalanced
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1994· 1 entry
And used it unexpectedly to drive from London to Sheffield to visit his dying father in hospital
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1987· 1 entry
Clarkson wrote for Amstrad Computer User and compiled Amstrad CPC game reviews
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1984· 1 entry
Clarkson formed the Motoring Press Agency (MPA), with fellow motoring journalist Jonathan Gill, where he conducted road tests for local newspapers and automotive magazines
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1960· 1 entry
Born 1960-04-11.
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