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Top Gear (1977 TV Series)
''Top Gear'' was a British motoring magazine programme created by the BBC and aired on BBC Two between 22 April 1977 and 17 December 2001. The programme focused on a range of motoring topics, the most common being car reviews, road safety and consumer advice. Originally presented by Angela Rippon and Tom Coyne, the show saw a range of different presenters and reporters front the programme's half-hourly slots, including Noel Edmonds, Jeremy Clarkson, Tiff Needell, William Woollard and Quentin Willson. The programme proved popular during the late 80s and early 90s, and launched a number of spin-offs, including its own magazine entitled '' Top Gear Magazine''. By 1999, viewing figures in ''Top Gear'' had declined after the departure of notable presenters, leading to the BBC cancelling the programme in 2001. While a number of presenters and production staff moved over to Channel 5 to produce a new motoring programme, Clarkson and fellow presenter Andy Wilman convinced the BBC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sue Baker
Sue Baker (12 June 1947 – 14 November 2022) was a British journalist and television presenter. Baker was one of the original presenters of the first iteration of BBC's ''Top Gear'', presenting on the program from 1980 to 1991. She was the motoring editor for the Observer from 1992 to 1995. Baker was the vice-president and a former chair of The Guild of Motoring Writers and was awarded the Pemberton Trophy in 2014. She died on 14 November 2022 due to complications of motor neurone disease Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as motor neuron disease (MND) or Lou Gehrig's disease, is a neurodegenerative disease that results in the progressive loss of motor neurons that control voluntary muscles. ALS is the most commo ... (MND). She was 75. References 2022 deaths Deaths from motor neuron disease British television presenters 1947 births {{UK-tv-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Friend (newscaster)
Bob Friend, MBE (20 January 1938 – 8 October 2008) was one of the original news anchors for the Sky News channel from its launch in 1989 until his retirement in late 2003. Journalism career Early days After completing his education at the Skinners' School, Friend started his career in 1953 aged 15 as a cub reporter on the Tunbridge Wells Advertiser, reporting on the Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation. After he undertook National Service as a corporal clerk with the Brigade of Gurkhas in Hong Kong, Friend served a ten-year freelance career in various British newspapers before starting his broadcast career with BBC News in 1969. BBC News Starting out as the Northern Ireland correspondent of the Radio 4's Today programme, Friend served four years in Northern Ireland witnessing sectarian violence at the start of The Troubles. After a short stint in Vietnam he got his first official overseas TV posting as the BBC's first Australia correspondent in 1973, five years as the BBC's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Page (motoring Journalist)
Frank Page (1930 - 9 August 2014) was a motoring journalist. He began his career in 1952 at Garage And Motor Agent magazine, and went on to work for many top motoring publications, reporting on cars, motorbikes and related safety issues. He wrote for The Daily Telegraph, and was the motoring editor at The Mail on Sunday between 1982 and 1985. He was a contributor and presenter on the BBC's Top Gear programme between 1980 and 1989. A former chairman of the Guild of Motoring Writers (1983–1984), his interests included theatre, motorsport, jazz and golf, the latter of which he played with Denis Thatcher. Frank Page died on Saturday 9 August 2014 from sepsis Sepsis, formerly known as septicemia (septicaemia in British English) or blood poisoning, is a life-threatening condition that arises when the body's response to infection causes injury to its own tissues and organs. This initial stage is follo ..., in Herefordshire England, aged 84. He was married for 44 years, and had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michele Newman
Michele Newman (born 8 March 1956) is an English journalist and television producer, previously a television presenter. Biography After studying at the University of York from 1977 to 1980, Newman worked at the ''Liverpool Echo''. Between 1981 and 1983, she lived in Italy and France to learn the languages, teaching English as a private tutor. During this time, she spent a year at the College International de Cannes in France. Her French language qualifications include the Alliance française (language and literature), the equivalent of an English A-Level. On returning to Britain in 1983, Newman began a presenting career on the regional BBC news programme '' Look East'' in Norwich, and in 1989 moved to ITV's '' Central News'' in Birmingham. Between 1993 and 1998, she was also a presenter on the BBC motoring programme ''Top Gear''. She also presented ITV's motoring magazine ''Pulling Power'' and Carlton TV's live weekly political debate ''It's Your Shout'', broadcast from a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiff Needell
Timothy "Tiff" Needell (born 29 October 1951 in Havant, Hampshire) is a British racing driver and television presenter. He is a presenter of '' Lovecars'', and formerly served as co-presenter of ''Top Gear'' and ''Fifth Gear''. Biography Needell attended Ottershaw School followed by City University, London where he achieved an Honours Degree in Civil Engineering. Hired by George Wimpey & Co, his day job was as a Structural Design Engineer. Racing career Needell first raced at a driving school at Brands Hatch in 1970. He progressed to Formula Ford, his progress assisted by the use of a Lotus 69 FF he won in an ''Autosport'' magazine competition.DRIVERS: TIFF NEEDELL – GrandPrix.com He later sold his Lotus and used the money to buy and race an [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stirling Moss
Sir Stirling Craufurd Moss (17 September 1929 – 12 April 2020) was a British Formula One racing driver. An inductee into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame, he won 212 of the 529 races he entered across several categories of competition and has been described as "the greatest driver never to win the World Championship". In a seven-year span between 1955 and 1961 Moss finished as championship runner-up four times and in third place another three times. Early life Moss was born in London, son of Alfred Moss, a dentist of Bray, Berkshire, and Aileen (née Craufurd). His grandfather was Jewish, from a family that changed their surname from Moses to Moss. He was brought up at ''Long White Cloud'' house on the south bank of the River Thames. His father was an amateur racing driver who had come 16th in the 1924 Indianapolis 500. Aileen Moss had also been involved in motorsport, entering prewar hillclimbs at the wheel of a Singer Nine. Stirling was a gifted horse rider ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James May
James Daniel May (born 16 January 1963) is an English television presenter and journalist. He is best known as a co-presenter of the motoring programme '' Top Gear'' alongside Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond from 2003 until 2015. He also served as a director of the production company W. Chump & Sons, which has since ceased operating. He is a co-presenter of the television series '' The Grand Tour'' for Amazon Prime Video, alongside his former ''Top Gear'' colleagues, Clarkson and Hammond, as well as ''Top Gear's'' former executive producer Andy Wilman. May has presented other programmes on themes including science and technology, toys, wine culture, and the plight of manliness in modern times. He wrote a weekly column for ''The Daily Telegraph''s motoring section from 2003 to 2011. Early life James Daniel May was born in Bristol, the son of aluminium factory manager James May and his wife Kathleen. He was one of four children; he has two sisters and a brother. May atte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Mason (co-driver)
Tony Mason is a British former rally co-driver and television presenter. In 1972, he navigated Roger Clark to victory in the RAC Rally and the team also finished second in the event twice in 1974 and 1975, the only British crew to do so in a period spanning 35 years. He has also competed as a driver himself, and was recently co-driver for Finnish driver Hannu Mikkola with whom he competed for Ford in a recent Classic Rally in New Zealand. Biography Following his retirement from rallying, he became a presenter on the BBC Two motoring programme ''Top Gear'' between 1986 and 1998, where he commented on motorsport, as well as presenting general interest items about items such as fire engines, Leyland buses, vintage Rolls-Royces and high-performance Jaguars through to Eddie Stobart trucks and Volvo's £15 million concept bus – the most expensive vehicle that he, or anyone else on ''Top Gear'', has ever driven. A particularly memorable report was when Mason teamed up again wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Macann
Peter Macann is a former British actor, reporter, and television presenter who is most notable for co-hosting the BBC science show ''Tomorrow's World'' in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Since retiring from the BBC, he has worked as a consultant for various companies on managing culture change within their organizations. He currently lives in Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire (), abbreviated Bucks, is a ceremonial county in South East England that borders Greater London to the south-east, Berkshire to the south, Oxfordshire to the west, Northamptonshire to the north, Bedfordshire to the north-e .... Filmography References External links * Living people British television presenters Year of birth missing (living people) {{UK-tv-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Llewellin
David Llewellin (born 3 May 1960) is a Wales, Welsh rallying, rally driver. He was highly successful in the British Rally Championship, winning the title twice in 1989 and 1990, both times at the wheel of a Toyota Celica GT-Four. In the European Rally Championship for drivers, he finished third in 1987, while his highest placing in the World Rally Championship was 36th in 1987 World Rally Championship season, 1987. Llewellin was born in Haverfordwest. In the course of his career, Llewellin drove for a number of different teams reaching a pinnacle during his time with the Toyota team. Llewellin's son, Ben Llewellin, is a sports shooter who won a silver medal for Wales in the Skeet shooting, skeet event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. References External links Rallybase Data page {{DEFAULTSORT:Llewellin, David Living people Welsh rally drivers 1960 births World Rally Championship drivers Audi Sport drivers Nismo drivers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Lee (TV Presenter)
Stephen Lee (born 1972) is a British-Australian journalist and television presenter, best known as a newsreader for ITV News and GMTV in the United Kingdom. Early life and education Lee was born in Norwich, Norfolk. He graduated from Highbury College, Portsmouth in 1992 with a diploma in Broadcast Journalism awarded by the National Council for the Training of Broadcast Journalists (NCTBJ). Career British media BBC In 1992, Lee joined BBC Radio Norfolk as a radio reporter, newsreader and radio presenter. He presented the breakfast programme "''Today in Norfolk''", and the drivetime show "''Norfolk Tonight''", as well as a weekend entertainment show called "''Saturday Stretch''". He worked briefly for the BBC's regional news programme " Look East" before moving to the BBC's base in Cambridge where he worked in both radio and television. He presented and produced the Breakfast and Drivetime Shows on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire. In this period, Stephen was selected by Cellnet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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