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	'''Jason Barlow''' was a Northern Irish motoring journalist who presented for ''[[Top Gear (1977 TV series)\|Top Gear]]'' from 2000 until 2002. He also won 'Spectacle Wearer of the Year' in 2001<ref>[https://www.eyecaretrust.org.uk/view.php?item_id=459 Eyecare Trust - SWOTY 2001.]</ref>.		'''Jason Barlow''' was a Northern Irish motoring journalist who presented for ''[[Top Gear (1977 TV series)\|Top Gear]]'' from 2000 until 2002. He also won 'Spectacle Wearer of the Year' in 2001<ref>[https://www.eyecaretrust.org.uk/view.php?item_id=459 Eyecare Trust - SWOTY 2001.]</ref>.

	==Career==		==Career==
	Born in 1971<ref>[https://www.nmplive.co.uk/jason-barlow NMP Live - Jason Barlow.]</ref> in Newtownards<ref>[https://www.thefreelibrary.com/I+was+Driven+to+make+a+marque+on+television;+MOTOR+MAD+JASON+BARLOW...-a060959276 The Free Library - Jason Barlow Interview.]</ref>, County Down, before moving to Bangor, Jason Barlow would study law at Manchester University before obtaining a post-graduate diploma in periodical journalism from Cardiff University in 1993. Barlow would present Channel 4's ''[[Driven]]'' from its inception in 1998 until 2000<ref>[https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b843b5ea5 BFI - Driven (08/02/2000).]</ref>, when he was picked up by the [[BBC]] for ''[[Top Gear (1977 TV series)\|Top Gear]]'', following in the footsteps of fellow former ''Driven'' alumnus [[James May]].		Born in 1971<ref>[https://www.nmplive.co.uk/jason-barlow NMP Live - Jason Barlow.]</ref> in Newtownards<ref>[https://www.thefreelibrary.com/I+was+Driven+to+make+a+marque+on+television;+MOTOR+MAD+JASON+BARLOW...-a060959276 The Free Library - Jason Barlow Interview.]</ref>, County Down, before moving to Bangor, Jason Barlow would study law at Manchester University before obtaining a post-graduate diploma in periodical journalism from Cardiff University in 1993. Barlow would present [[Channel 4]]'s ''[[Driven]]'' from its inception in 1998 until 2000<ref>[https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b843b5ea5 BFI - Driven (08/02/2000).]</ref>, when he was picked up by the [[BBC]] for ''[[Top Gear (1977 TV series)\|Top Gear]]'', following in the footsteps of fellow former ''Driven'' alumnus [[James May]].

	Barlow would make his [[Top Gear (1977 TV series)/Series 44/Episode 1\|inaugural appearance]] on ''Top Gear'' in September 2000 for the programme's [[Top Gear (1977 TV series)/Series 44\|44th series]], which had recently seen the joint departures of [[Quentin Willson]] and [[Kate Humble]]. He would go on to make 53 appearances in total, and very briefly become ''Top Gear''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s lead host from December 2001 until March 2002, presenting one episode in this capacity, the [[Top Gear (1977 TV series)/Series 45/2002 Awards Special\|2002 Awards Special]]. This happened after previous lead host [[Tiff Needell]], along with co-hosts [[Vicki Butler-Henderson]] and [[Adrian Simpson]] all left<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1918330.stm BBC News - ''Top Gear'' finds a new home.]</ref> ''Top Gear'' to present Channel 5's ''[[~~Fifth Gear (2002 TV series)\|~~Fifth Gear]]'' at the behest of former editor [[Richard Pearson]]. Barlow did not have this luxury, as his contract with the [[BBC]] kept him locked to the station until 2003. He would present ''[[Wrong Car, Right Car]]'' with [[Dominic Littlewood]] for two series<ref>[http://www.pebblemill.org/blog/wrong-car-right-car/ What Was Pebble Mill? - Wrong Car, Right Car.]</ref> until April 2003 as the programme's "specialist". ~~His~~ first ~~presenting role with~~ Littlewood ~~came~~ as part of the BBC's [[BBC Motor Show TV Specials/Motor Show 2002\|final]] motor show special in October 2002, alongside [[Suzi Perry]].		===On ''Top Gear''===
			Barlow would make his [[Top Gear (1977 TV series)/Series 44/Episode 1\|inaugural appearance]] on ''Top Gear'' in September 2000 for the programme's [[Top Gear (1977 TV series)/Series 44\|44th series]], which had recently seen the joint departures of [[Quentin Willson]] and [[Kate Humble]]. He would go on to make 53 appearances in total, and very briefly become ''Top Gear''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s lead host from December 2001 until March 2002, presenting one episode in this capacity, the [[Top Gear (1977 TV series)/Series 45/2002 Awards Special\|2002 Awards Special]]. This happened after previous lead host [[Tiff Needell]], along with co-hosts [[Vicki Butler-Henderson]] and [[Adrian Simpson]] all left<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1918330.stm BBC News - ''Top Gear'' finds a new home.]</ref> ''Top Gear'' to present Channel 5's ''[[Fifth Gear]]'' at the behest of former editor [[Richard Pearson]]. Barlow did not have this luxury, as his contract with the BBC kept him locked to the station until 2003. He would present ''[[Wrong Car, Right Car]]'' with [[Dominic Littlewood]] for two series<ref>[http://www.pebblemill.org/blog/wrong-car-right-car/ What Was Pebble Mill? - Wrong Car, Right Car.]</ref> until April 2003 as the programme's "specialist". He had first been introduced to Littlewood as part of the BBC's [[BBC Motor Show TV Specials/Motor Show 2002\|final]] motor show special in October 2002, alongside [[Suzi Perry]], which was the last in a line of programmes that had been running uninterrupted on the network for 50 years.

	Barlow's role on the show would be terminated by [[Jeremy Clarkson]] not long after the latter's return<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1888721.stm BBC News - Clarkson Back in Top Gear.]</ref> to ''Top Gear'' in March 2002. Despite a meeting<ref>[https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/jeremy-clarkson-and-i-simply-didnt-gel-and-suddenly-my-dream-job-on-top-gear-was-no-more-reveals-jason-barlow-35020411.html Belfast Telegraph - Jason Barlow Interview.]</ref> at a restaurant in Notting Hill in addition to a screen-test which seemed to go well, Clarkson and Barlow did not get along well with each other, and his role on the show would be replaced by [[Richard Hammond]].		===Termination and post-Top Gear years===
			Though expected to continue as ''Top Gear'' host due to his commitment to working for the BBC, Barlow's role on the show would be unexpectedly terminated by [[Jeremy Clarkson]] not long after the latter's return<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1888721.stm BBC News - ''Clarkson Back in'' Top Gear.]</ref> to ''Top Gear'' in March 2002. Despite a meeting<ref>[https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/jeremy-clarkson-and-i-simply-didnt-gel-and-suddenly-my-dream-job-on-top-gear-was-no-more-reveals-jason-barlow-35020411.html Belfast Telegraph - Jason Barlow Interview.]</ref> at a restaurant in Notting Hill in addition to a screen-test which seemed to go well, Clarkson and Barlow did not get along well with each other, and his role on the show would be replaced by [[Richard Hammond]]. Barlow would make the decision to retire from television in 2007, after presenting a pair of car-themed documentaries for [[Sky/Sky One\|Sky One]] in August of 2005 and December the year prior, a role in which he was ironically also replaced by Hammond for the "series" third-installment, ''Greatest Ever Screen Chases''<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0499030/ IMDb - ''Greatest Ever Screen Chases''.]</ref>, in December 2005. Barlow would then return to his old employers at Channel 4 to present an episode of ''Dispatches'', as well as interviewing famed movie director David Lynch<ref>[https://www.bafta.org/media-centre/transcripts/bafta-television-lecture-david-lynch BAFTA - David Lean Lecture: David Lynch.]</ref> following his 2007 BAFTA win.

	Starting from July 2004, Barlow would be appointed<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20061110054235/http://www.emap.com/press-office-item.asp?Resource=2474 Emap Press Office - Emap Automotive Appoints Jason Barlow as Editor of CAR.]</ref> as editor of [[Car (Magazine)\|Car]] magazine, a role which he would hold<ref>[https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/author/jason-barlow/ Car Magazine - Jason Barlow.]</ref> until 2006. After that, he would continue to work for the [[BBC]] and its associated [[Top Gear Magazine (UK)\|magazine]] thereafter, and occasionally present videos for its website, including an interview of Formula 1 driver [[Michael Schumacher]] in 2009. In August 2021, he would make an appearance<ref>[https://play.acast.com/s/sold-as-seen/with-jason-barlow-gq-top-gear Acast - Sold As Seen With Jason Barlow (GQ, Top Gear).]</ref> for RMS Motoring's "Sold As Seen" podcast, where he talked about his career.		Starting from July 2004, Barlow would be appointed<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20061110054235/http://www.emap.com/press-office-item.asp?Resource=2474 Emap Press Office - Emap Automotive Appoints Jason Barlow as Editor of CAR.]</ref> as editor of ''[[Car (Magazine)\|Car]]'' magazine, a role which he would hold<ref>[https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/author/jason-barlow/ Car Magazine - Jason Barlow.]</ref> until 2006. After that, he would continue to work for the BBC and its associated ''Top Gear''-themed [[Top Gear Magazine/UK\|magazine]] thereafter, and occasionally present videos for its website, including an interview of Formula 1 driver [[Michael Schumacher]] in 2009. In August 2021, he would make an appearance<ref>[https://play.acast.com/s/sold-as-seen/with-jason-barlow-gq-top-gear Acast - Sold As Seen With Jason Barlow (GQ, Top Gear).]</ref> for RMS Motoring's "Sold As Seen" podcast, where he talked about his career. That same year, Barlow would also briefly make a return to television after a fourteen-year hiatus by appearing in three episodes of ex-colleague Vicki Butler-Henderson's [[The Car Years (2019 TV series)/Series 2\|second series]] of her ''[[The Car Years (2019 TV series)\|Car Years]]'' TV programme as a judge.

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Created page for Jason Barlow.

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'''Jason Barlow''' was a Northern Irish motoring journalist who presented for ''[[Top Gear (1977 TV series)|Top Gear]]'' from 2000 until 2002. He also won 'Spectacle Wearer of the Year' in 2001<ref>[https://www.eyecaretrust.org.uk/view.php?item_id=459 Eyecare Trust - SWOTY 2001.]</ref>.

==Career==
Born in 1971<ref>[https://www.nmplive.co.uk/jason-barlow NMP Live - Jason Barlow.]</ref> in Newtownards<ref>[https://www.thefreelibrary.com/I+was+Driven+to+make+a+marque+on+television;+MOTOR+MAD+JASON+BARLOW...-a060959276 The Free Library - Jason Barlow Interview.]</ref>, County Down, before moving to Bangor, Jason Barlow would study law at Manchester University before obtaining a post-graduate diploma in periodical journalism from Cardiff University in 1993. Barlow would present Channel 4's ''[[Driven]]'' from its inception in 1998 until 2000<ref>[https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b843b5ea5 BFI - Driven (08/02/2000).]</ref>, when he was picked up by the [[BBC]] for ''[[Top Gear (1977 TV series)|Top Gear]]'', following in the footsteps of fellow former ''Driven'' alumnus [[James May]].

Barlow would make his [[Top Gear (1977 TV series)/Series 44/Episode 1|inaugural appearance]] on ''Top Gear'' in September 2000 for the programme's [[Top Gear (1977 TV series)/Series 44|44th series]], which had recently seen the joint departures of [[Quentin Willson]] and [[Kate Humble]]. He would go on to make 53 appearances in total, and very briefly become ''Top Gear''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s lead host from December 2001 until March 2002, presenting one episode in this capacity, the [[Top Gear (1977 TV series)/Series 45/2002 Awards Special|2002 Awards Special]]. This happened after previous lead host [[Tiff Needell]], along with co-hosts [[Vicki Butler-Henderson]] and [[Adrian Simpson]] all left<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1918330.stm BBC News - ''Top Gear'' finds a new home.]</ref> ''Top Gear'' to present Channel 5's ''[[Fifth Gear (2002 TV series)|Fifth Gear]]'' at the behest of former editor [[Richard Pearson]]. Barlow did not have this luxury, as his contract with the [[BBC]] kept him locked to the station until 2003. He would present ''[[Wrong Car, Right Car]]'' with [[Dominic Littlewood]] for two series<ref>[http://www.pebblemill.org/blog/wrong-car-right-car/ What Was Pebble Mill? - Wrong Car, Right Car.]</ref> until April 2003 as the programme's "specialist". His first presenting role with Littlewood came as part of the BBC's [[BBC Motor Show TV Specials/Motor Show 2002|final]] motor show special in October 2002, alongside [[Suzi Perry]].

Barlow's role on the show would be terminated by [[Jeremy Clarkson]] not long after the latter's return<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1888721.stm BBC News - Clarkson Back in Top Gear.]</ref> to ''Top Gear'' in March 2002. Despite a meeting<ref>[https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/jeremy-clarkson-and-i-simply-didnt-gel-and-suddenly-my-dream-job-on-top-gear-was-no-more-reveals-jason-barlow-35020411.html Belfast Telegraph - Jason Barlow Interview.]</ref> at a restaurant in Notting Hill in addition to a screen-test which seemed to go well, Clarkson and Barlow did not get along well with each other, and his role on the show would be replaced by [[Richard Hammond]].

Starting from July 2004, Barlow would be appointed<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20061110054235/http://www.emap.com/press-office-item.asp?Resource=2474 Emap Press Office - Emap Automotive Appoints Jason Barlow as Editor of CAR.]</ref> as editor of [[Car (Magazine)|Car]] magazine, a role which he would hold<ref>[https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/author/jason-barlow/ Car Magazine - Jason Barlow.]</ref> until 2006. After that, he would continue to work for the [[BBC]] and its associated [[Top Gear Magazine (UK)|magazine]] thereafter, and occasionally present videos for its website, including an interview of Formula 1 driver [[Michael Schumacher]] in 2009. In August 2021, he would make an appearance<ref>[https://play.acast.com/s/sold-as-seen/with-jason-barlow-gq-top-gear Acast - Sold As Seen With Jason Barlow (GQ, Top Gear).]</ref> for RMS Motoring's "Sold As Seen" podcast, where he talked about his career.

==References==
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