Editing Jeremy Clarkson

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Photograph of Jeremy Clarkson as of May 2019.
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Jeremy Clarkson in the 2000s, at the height of his career.
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Jeremy Clarkson in the 1990s, during his initial rise to fame.
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'''Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson''', also known as "Jezza" and "The Orangutan" among various other nicknames was a British motoring journalist who became the longest serving host of ''[[Top Gear]]'' in its entirety, presenting approximately 200 episodes apiece for both the original format of the show from 1988 - 1998, and for the first iteration of the show's relaunch from 2002 - 2015. During this time he wrote weekly columns for various news outlets, in addition to working for the show's accompanying [[Top Gear Magazine (UK)|magazine]] from 1993 - 1999, and again from 2001 - 2015. During his second, more widely-regarded tenure on ''Top Gear'', he helped to transform the show into a global juggernaut with a cumulative global audience of 350 million people tuning in worldwide. Clarkson appeared in the first twenty-two series of the current format of the show until he was dismissed by the BBC on the 25th of March, 2015.

==Career==
Jeremy Clarkson's career began in the 1980s, writing for [[Performance Car Magazine]]. His writing talents would soon be noticed by producer [[Jon Bentley]], who met with Clarkson at the British unveiling of the Citroen AX in 1986, later inviting him to participate in a screen test for ''Top Gear'', bringing along a Range Rover. He would debut on the installment dated the 27th October, 1988, replacing the roles of [[Frank Page]] and [[Sue Baker]]. He soon become notorious, developing a reputation due to his abrasive character and would be selected as the show's main host following the departure of series stalwart [[William Woollard]] in 1991. Under his lead, ''Top Gear'' became edgier throughout the 1990s, featuring more action-oriented content with higher-powered cars that the show had previously strayed away from. He spent much of his first decade on the show embroiled in controversy, a tradition he'd continue once he resumed work on ''Top Gear'' from 2002.

Clarkson would quit ''Top Gear'' in January 1999, being replaced by [[James May]], and instead focused on hosting a selection of miniseries following the success of his [[Jeremy Clarkson's Motorworld|Motorworld]] programme in the mid-1990s. One of these was the [[Clarkson (talk show)|Clarkson]] talk show, which he hosted from 1998 - 2000 and helped to flesh out Clarkson's personality after a decade working with cars. He would meet up with lifelong friend [[Andy Wilman]] in late 2001 to discuss a new car show, which at the time was called ''Carmageddon'' and eventually morphed into the relaunched ''Top Gear'', premiering in October 2002. The show quickly became a worldwide hit under his lead, not least thanks to the work of [[Alex Mills]] and his website [[FinalGear]], with Clarkson paying tribute to Mills following his death from leukaemia in February 2019.

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