The one with Andy Wilman

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Virgin Radio UK

Comedy, Unknown

4.4 • 681 Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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TV producer Andy Wilman flips through his book, Mr Wilman’s Motoring Adventure, which is out now.

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0:00.0	Enjoy great music, enjoy great interviews.
0:03.7	Search Virgin Radio UK on YouTube to get more with superstar guests.
0:09.5	You went to all the parties?
0:10.7	Went to all the parties.
0:11.5	And stayed at all the parties.
0:12.7	Stayed at all the parties.
0:13.5	Never left.
0:14.0	And relive incredible music performances from the top of the tower.
0:18.4	So fill my little world right up, right up, right.
0:23.3	Find interviews, live music and so much more at YouTube.com slash Virgin Radio UK.
0:30.0	Our next guest is the brilliant brainbox behind all your favourite things on the telly.
0:35.0	He's now telling us what it's like behind the camera in his new book,
0:37.9	Mr. Wilman's motoring adventure, which is out now. So let's welcome a man with all the skills,
0:42.9	man. It's time to chill man with Andy Wilman.
0:46.8	Yeah. I'm joining in. So people who know about Wilman will know of his wonder and people
0:52.8	who don't will think, who's this guy? Why have you got him on? Andy Wilman is the Wizard of Oz behind the Jeremy Clarkson Top Gear years and the Grand Tour, which was fabulous and will always be fabulous, and now Clarkson's Farm. Good morning, Andrew. Good morning, Chris. Thank you for me. Thank you for me back. Last time we were here was, Radio 2. Radio 2, wasn't it? Yeah, I know.
1:13.3	Radio 2. So you've written this book, Mr. Wilms' Motoring Adventure. I mean, I loved it for all my own particular reasons. It's such a page Turner.
1:21.5	Oh. You wrote it because Clarkson wouldn't. Is that about right?
1:24.3	Clotham couldn't. Couldn't. Because Penguin, obviously, you know, the accounts department won Jeremy on the cover or non-entity on cover. You know which way they're going. And he was like, I can't remember. I can't remember what we did. And it's not that he's like ready for a care home. He just doesn't hold stuff in his back. Yeah, he lives in the moment, doesn't he? Yeah, he's like, what am I doing today?
1:44.7	What I'm doing today?
1:45.4	Oh, look, my shoes are on.
1:46.8	So he's like that. And then we, so they, he said, no, get Andy to write it. So they rang me and they said, do you remember everything? I said, yeah. And they went, would you like a ghost writer? and I went, I don't know, what's the swear thing here?
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