Can I just say a big thank you to everyone who took the time to watch Ben's podcast. I had no idea what a superb interviewer he is - I just thought his main skills were driving fast and kicking my arse in court - but he is tremendously skilled at making the chat enjoyable. When we fell out and he had to leave, we still missed him terribly, so I'm glad you enjoy us both back together.
@@sambrowneI agree with you, but I do think somewhere their is a hidden compassion in him. All you have to do is work hard and try hard... he doesn't suffer fools
Andy top gear is, was and probably always will be the best TV show ever produced. I loved every episode and re watch it a lot. When I applied to be studio guest the waiting list was something like 19 years... Proof of a good show
These two interview vids with Andy Wilman have been the best and most interesting one's ive seen in a long time. I can't thank you enough for this Ben & Andy. As a Top Gear head from the days of my youth this has been a real pleasure to watch. Thank you Both.
@@BenCollinsDrives Just a suggestion. How about one of the F1 pundits? David Coulthard? Martin Brundle? Damon Hill? I think Damon was once rumoured to be the 'Stig'. Great interview with Andy Willman, absolutely loved it, thank you.
@@BenCollinsDriveswho next? Wilman and the boys… it’d be great to see a you, DriveTribe. Wilman, Clarkson, Hammond, his daughter, and May do a crossover.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen an interview with Andy Wilman, despite him being an architect of one of my favourite TV shows. This has been genuinely fascinating. Thanks to both of you. And thank you to Andy for his contributions to all the laughs over the years.
Did anyone else get a bit teary eyed when Andy described 'The Last Grand Tour' at the end of the podcast? The best shows in recent history, Mr. Wilman! You are a true legend!
I usually listen to these sorts of podcasts. But the body language here is superb! Over the course of 2 hours i have watched a man warm up again to Ben! Towards the end there was no more animosity felt in the body language of Andy!
This is something that should be somewhere out there in movie or something as my boss in car dealership did the same some 15-20 years ago and that was in Latvia, Riga 😅 This can't be (it can, but I do not believe) accidentally and I am sure he do not know Andy personally. Never the less I keep that thing alive by different means but yea, do not associate myself with unlacky people 😁 Dear Ben, Top Gear is kind of mentorship for me through live. I learned a lot English from it, a love to traveling by car and some smaller things. Top Gear for me is like band The Prodigy with which I grow up as a culture persons 🎉 I could watch those podcasts about your life together with guys from TG even if there will be 100 of them. I believe there are tonns of stories to tell. Thanks for this bringing out and waiting for Jeremy, James and Richard to come for talk.
I started watching Sand Job with my 9 and 10 year old daughters over the weekend. When the show started, they were "DAD! we don't want to watch a car show"... 5 minutes in they quit complaining. An hour in when I said it was time for bed, they were angry that they wouldn't get to finish until the next day. We finished it up that night and they are excited to watch more episodes!
“Content Warning: the following film contains scenes of a man putting his own feet on his own sofa. “ Love this response in the description to the people freaking out in the comments of part 1
2004-2010 was peak Top Gear. I'm from New Delhi, India and the 1st time I watched top gear was in June 2009, when I was visiting my brother in London. I came back from a run in the Southwark park, turned on the TV, didn't know what Dave was and saw this show on that channel, knowing nothing about it and I was instantly hooked. I now live in Newcastle and still watch episodes from 2003-2010 somewhat regularly.
Fantastic. Loved it."Without me, they would all be sleeping in doorways, in their own piss with a dog on a string, shouting at passers by with their can of Special Brew". Beat that.
Fascinating interview Ben. I have never seen a full on interview with Wilman, and he is clearly quite a character. Great to see that behind all the bluster he still holds you in high regard, as do you him I would say. Great viewing. Thanks Ben.
Man. September is going to be bitter sweet. Always hate when good things end. I hope Amazon gives us a show of the 3 guys just sitting around and reminiscing, telling stories over beers.
Okay, for one thing, two commas doesn’t add more of a pause than one comma. For another, you don’t need a space between punctuation and the word before it.
If you’re watching this clearly we are all lovers of old Top Gear, this insight into the working minds of the show we grew up is just fantastic. If there were another 50 follow up episodes I would sit and enjoy every single moment. Absolutely fascinating, thankyou Ben for letting us all relive our childhoods! Final thought, closing the show on their terms when the going is still good is not only a huge decision but a very sad and wise choice. As viewers we will enjoy and still go back and watch them in years to come and remember the good times, but it will bring great sadness. On a more positive note, Ben eludes to inspiring new generations of film makers, contents creators etc on TH-cam and that is the best part. The things we enjoy will live on for years to come.
Absolutely bloody brilliant watching this. Used to watch proper Top Gear with me Dad every Sunday. Wish that the Grand Tour didn't have to end its still bloody briilliant.
Excellent insight to it all. Thank you Ben and Andy. Pity about it all finishing, I even wrote Mr Wilman a year and a half ago to request an episode of The Grand Tour be filmed in New Zealand, with kit cars. Don't know if he ever received the letter though, or maybe it ended up face down after he threw it away.
Thank you, Ben. I truly mean that. These 2 episodes filled in so many gaps and, answered so many questions, especially, who is this Andy Wilman and what's his side of the story. From what little I know about how your tenure at Top Gear ended, I was pleasantly surprised to see Andy being interviewed by you. One could see things being uncomfortable at times for each of you but, good on you both for not letting that interfere. I'm guessing enough time has passed for you both to clear the air and I hope it helped each of you in some way. Cheers, mate!! (I'm American but, was married to an Aussie, who took me to the UK a few times.)
I recently began re-watching all the old Top Gear videos; currently I'm on S12e01. This two-part interview was the perfect intermission. Now, on with the show!
Thank you! Great talk, informative and fun. I appreciate these stories, as your masterpiece of a show was the backbone of my understanding of car culture. I'd enjoy you chatting Tiff up next.
Nice behind the scenes, Quote: "if it wasn't for me, they'd all be sitting in door ways, with a dog on a string and a can of Special Brew" Brilliant... I nearly wet myself when Andy said that, all I have to say is thank you for all the years of entertainment with the "real" Top Gear and now TGT, Sad to hear it could all be ending though.
Certainly true for ham and may, both had intermittent employment before tg. Clarkson was on decent money before the 2002 relaunch but nothing like what he was on after.
This was awesome! thank you, from someone who has watched literally every "Original" Top Gear episode from 2002 and every Grand Tour. Thank you for all the great memories! It was was show that will never be topped.
Wonderful 2-parter; thanks Ben & Andy. I watched the old TG and remember when JC appeared and breathed new life into it. I've been rewatching all of the post-2000 TGs and can't believe it started 20+ years ago. It's gone by in a flash. I imagine I will watch them all again at some point. Thanks everyone associated with it. What memories.
100% has to be one of my favorite interviews/podcasts in recent times... Andy Wilman in long format, being interviewed by someone that knows him well, and the genius of Ben to have an anonymous group chat of former/current employees to add commentary and ask questions instead of the basic uninteresting stuff we viewers would ask that would just be a boring eye roll for Andy was a genius recipe! Great work Ben, Now just blackmail Andy into doing a few more later after The Grand Tour wraps, and about this curious movie... 🤔 😉👍
Supremely good stuff Ben. These chats with Willman could spawn a whole series discussing the various questions we pose to ourselves whilst we watched Top Gear. I hope you both consider this. Anyway, as usual, thank you so much for the amazing content. The King of Cool, Ben Collins
Listening to you both in this and the last episode almost brings a tear to my eye. It’s hard to explain but TG was such a huge part of my childhood and is largely to thank for the career I have now! Thanks Ben & Andy!
Thank you for sharing these insights. You should be proud of the treasures you made together; I introduced my 13 year old niece to a Top Gear Special when or very local hotel electricity went out in Istanbul. We only had my iPad for light source... She 23 now and still talks about Clarkson!.... and Oliver
Loved part 1 and part 2 was even better. I watch loads of old T.G's most nights, to fall asleep too, not because they're boring at all, I love the humour and your character was hilarious, and really helped make the show, honestly.
Thankyou Ben & Andy for your humour & realism about what went on & how you saw it. I don't really listen & watch stuff for too long, but this i had to.....
As an American I can honestly say the Original Top Gear I still enjoy watching to this day. Hearing these stories from Andy is great. I will miss watching The Grand Tour, but the re-runs will live on and I will watch them.
2 hours of me glued to the screen, inhaling every single word. Thank you both (the trio, and the crew etc.) for all you've done to entertain me through my teenage years all the way to adulthood.
I've just watched 2 hours of this, on a Friday night, with a bottle of wine. Brilliant stuff, inspiration of a generation of car nerds. Thanks for everything behind the scenes
Ben is an intelligent and delightful instigator, particularly when Andy is in his sites. I love this interview ! Old school Top Gear and Grand Tour are brilliant because of these two minds. Andy is one of the best producers out there IMO.
Probably the easiest to watch podcast I've ever seen, well, along with part 1! Wilman is quite the legend, and Ben is a natural in this setting. Great content, loving the channel.
TopGear on a Sunday night gave me and my mates at school something to talk about. As did the magazine. So much so, we hashed out a short magazine style article for an English assignment. I was upset when they finished on TopGear. And I’ll be equally so when the Grand Tour draws to a close. Thanks for this Ben & Andy.
At 11:00 I was having flashbacks of hitting the apple on the apex and Clarkson eating a piece of it 😂 knowing the back and forth between makes it all the more funny when he has to accept Ben knew what he was talking about
We in the States came onto TG a bit late in the game. It was clearly brilliant and one of a kind, but to hear how this all went down is amazing. Thanks guys!
Awesome Shetland got a random name check always wanted top gear or Grand tour to come here and do its own rally as it would be epic. Absolutely great interview, get any of the trio on would be great, and a lot of the F1 boys from the 90s
Now that I've watched both pods I wish to thank everyone who contributed to the phenomenon TOP GEAR & THE GRAND TOUR. I'm 64 and have grown old along side of Jezza. They gave me something very special to look forward to every week which brightened every day life. We will never see the like of it again. You have given so many people all over the world so much pleasure. THANK YOU‼️
I'm sure I've heard Andy say, on another kind of chat show, that the Argentina Porsche was re-registered......i.e, Top Gear had to have a different registration plate put on it? Whether or not that was the case, it really does seem odd that none of them noticed. Anyway, I thoroughly enjoyed listening to Andy talk about the production itself, it was very interesting. I'm also very happy that Ben and Andy get along now and have moved on from the bitter period they had. Its a good lesson for everyone who has fallen out with someone in the past, not to hold a grudge.
Thank you so much fir this Ben and Andy. Best interview I've seen in years. You seem to get the best out of Andy. I hope you manage to do more interviews of him in the future. Great job everyone.
Just Brilliant! As Andy said, an organic beast that grew and grew. Love the Layer Cake reference too Ben, maybe you need to find that RS6 and take it for a spin up the drive at Stoke Park for a 20th Anniversary blast!
Enjoyed both parts. Started watching the new top gear in 2002. Thoroughly enjoyed watching the show grow over the years. The last grand tour will be an emotional one I'm sure. Thanks Andy and the guys for all the entertainment you've bought me over the last 22 years. Its flown by. Sunday nights weren't the same when you guys stopped. And on that bombshell its time to end.
Thank you both for all the great memories. "Mr. Wilman has sent us a text" always made me sit up with anticipation of what nonsense was going to befall the lads. Ben you were absolutely amazing as the Stig and I loved the episodes that featured you as the 4th man. I live in the States and I was thoroughly disgusted by what happened to all of you down South, but that is what a lousy public education system produces.
Top Gear Sunday night memories - fantastic ❤ Will always love CHM, their cockin' about and all their telly shows; Top Gear made me love cars too. These interviews were excellent, Ben - thank you muchly and Mr Wilman, it was a pleasure to finally hear your stories, no wonder you and JC are still friends after all these years 😂 Brilliant sod that and crack on attitude 😊 much more please 👍🏻
What an amazing and interesting person, thank you all for the many years of TV, I will miss it greatly but please do some more of these podcasts together this was facinating
Another great Epiosde Ben and crew...real cool stories!! 😂 😎 loved the story of Tom Cruise and his lap experience, being real awesome nice guy as Willman described and him being unapologetic to the video editors which I can somewhat relate to. Good stuff, more please maybe with Jezza if you can sqeeuze his ego in. 😄🤘
Can I just say a big thank you to everyone who took the time to watch Ben's podcast. I had no idea what a superb interviewer he is - I just thought his main skills were driving fast and kicking my arse in court - but he is tremendously skilled at making the chat enjoyable. When we fell out and he had to leave, we still missed him terribly, so I'm glad you enjoy us both back together.
Enjoyed both of those, I even warmed to Wilman in the end. Wouldn't want to work for him though, he seems like bloody hard work! 🤣
@@sambrowneI agree with you, but I do think somewhere their is a hidden compassion in him. All you have to do is work hard and try hard... he doesn't suffer fools
Andy top gear is, was and probably always will be the best TV show ever produced. I loved every episode and re watch it a lot. When I applied to be studio guest the waiting list was something like 19 years... Proof of a good show
what a top thing to write as a former boss. Thanks for the shows - they were amazing
It was a bloody interesting interview to be fair.
You could add 100 more episodes with Wilman and I wouldn't get tired of them I promise. Thank you for taking time out of your day to make these! 👍
So say we all!
He is a master story teller indeed, I never knew there were people like him… little wonder his films are so good
Not all. The The shoes on the sofa tell you Willman is an arsehole. QED.@@SeanFlynnNB
Spot on …
Lolz it was enough sitting him down for this long but glad you've enjoyed it - will try to pin him down for some more
"Top gear then bed" was absolutely something I experienced!
If you could sleep for laughing
These two interview vids with Andy Wilman have been the best and most interesting one's ive seen in a long time. I can't thank you enough for this Ben & Andy. As a Top Gear head from the days of my youth this has been a real pleasure to watch. Thank you Both.
glad you enjoyed it - who next...?
@@BenCollinsDrivesGot to be the ol' miserable bugger, surely?
@@BenCollinsDrivesClarkson surely. Loving the content recently. Easily one of my favourite channels on TH-cam.
@@BenCollinsDrives Just a suggestion. How about one of the F1 pundits? David Coulthard? Martin Brundle? Damon Hill? I think Damon was once rumoured to be the 'Stig'. Great interview with Andy Willman, absolutely loved it, thank you.
@@BenCollinsDriveswho next? Wilman and the boys… it’d be great to see a you, DriveTribe. Wilman, Clarkson, Hammond, his daughter, and May do a crossover.
This is the content all of us who grew up with top gear now crave - we don't want explosions, we want the cool stories :)
Exactly, Imagine if they did like a third series of Oh, Cook, and the other two were just in a dining room chatting shit.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen an interview with Andy Wilman, despite him being an architect of one of my favourite TV shows. This has been genuinely fascinating. Thanks to both of you. And thank you to Andy for his contributions to all the laughs over the years.
keep those podcasts up! the trio is next!!!
Sitting here watching this and I'm thinking to myself... Dam that couch looks comfortable.
It would be my 2nd bed!
Actually started looking for one from seeing it!
Me too, but also imagining the beating I’d get off my mom for having my shoes on it like that 😊
shoes on couch though?
@@CheeeseToastie indeed - how can you be truly comfortable on the couch with your shoes on?
Did anyone else get a bit teary eyed when Andy described 'The Last Grand Tour' at the end of the podcast? The best shows in recent history, Mr. Wilman! You are a true legend!
Oh,,,, to the power of 10. .... Wilman and staff blazed more filming ground ...... Thank you.
Top Gear was the best thing about Sundays. It made you less depress not having to think about Monday.
I usually listen to these sorts of podcasts.
But the body language here is superb!
Over the course of 2 hours i have watched a man warm up again to Ben! Towards the end there was no more animosity felt in the body language of Andy!
Ben and Andy conversations should be a regular feature
The way Wilman talks, behaves, even looks reminds me of Clarkson so much!!
as if they were brothers!
Fantastic interview!!
Thank you Stig!
I think they both came from the same mold 😆
@@tesla_stephen4651 Well, they did really. I know I have mannerisms of my best friends, and they have mine.
throws half the CVs away "i don't hire unlucky people" that's fucking class xD
This is balls
This is something that should be somewhere out there in movie or something as my boss in car dealership did the same some 15-20 years ago and that was in Latvia, Riga 😅
This can't be (it can, but I do not believe) accidentally and I am sure he do not know Andy personally.
Never the less I keep that thing alive by different means but yea, do not associate myself with unlacky people 😁
Dear Ben,
Top Gear is kind of mentorship for me through live. I learned a lot English from it, a love to traveling by car and some smaller things. Top Gear for me is like band The Prodigy with which I grow up as a culture persons 🎉
I could watch those podcasts about your life together with guys from TG even if there will be 100 of them. I believe there are tonns of stories to tell.
Thanks for this bringing out and waiting for Jeremy, James and Richard to come for talk.
You make your own luck. Apply five times.
That's fucking badass ngl. Something straight out of a movie scene.
Fuck me, this was a quality interview. Loved it.
I started watching Sand Job with my 9 and 10 year old daughters over the weekend. When the show started, they were "DAD! we don't want to watch a car show"... 5 minutes in they quit complaining. An hour in when I said it was time for bed, they were angry that they wouldn't get to finish until the next day. We finished it up that night and they are excited to watch more episodes!
Maybe you can show them some of the videos of Richard Hammons daughter driving the Subaru on his channel
“Content Warning: the following film contains scenes of a man putting his own feet on his own sofa. “
Love this response in the description to the people freaking out in the comments of part 1
2004-2010 was peak Top Gear.
I'm from New Delhi, India and the 1st time I watched top gear was in June 2009, when I was visiting my brother in London. I came back from a run in the Southwark park, turned on the TV, didn't know what Dave was and saw this show on that channel, knowing nothing about it and I was instantly hooked.
I now live in Newcastle and still watch episodes from 2003-2010 somewhat regularly.
don't think you understand the meaning of the word, "peak"
@@RichO1701e - keep thinking.
I still remember watch it on my grandparents television in kota
@@Metabbroke4587 - 👍
thank you uk politicians, you evil turds
Fantastic. Loved it."Without me, they would all be sleeping in doorways, in their own piss with a dog on a string, shouting at passers by with their can of Special Brew". Beat that.
Fascinating interview Ben. I have never seen a full on interview with Wilman, and he is clearly quite a character. Great to see that behind all the bluster he still holds you in high regard, as do you him I would say. Great viewing. Thanks Ben.
Man. September is going to be bitter sweet. Always hate when good things end. I hope Amazon gives us a show of the 3 guys just sitting around and reminiscing, telling stories over beers.
Awesome, part 2 of 6 right? 👍 😂
That was brilliant. Arghh the emotions are running high 😅 can’t believe we’re staring down the barrel of the last ever Grant Tour 😭
Thanks Ben for this second episode ,, You can hold your head high knowing as a team , You all made it work so well !! Mr Wilman included
Okay, for one thing, two commas doesn’t add more of a pause than one comma. For another, you don’t need a space between punctuation and the word before it.
I love the way Wilman reclines on the couch like some Bourbon king dispensing wisdom. Absolutely fabulous interview, thank you very much Ben!
If you’re watching this clearly we are all lovers of old Top Gear, this insight into the working minds of the show we grew up is just fantastic. If there were another 50 follow up episodes I would sit and enjoy every single moment. Absolutely fascinating, thankyou Ben for letting us all relive our childhoods!
Final thought, closing the show on their terms when the going is still good is not only a huge decision but a very sad and wise choice. As viewers we will enjoy and still go back and watch them in years to come and remember the good times, but it will bring great sadness. On a more positive note, Ben eludes to inspiring new generations of film makers, contents creators etc on TH-cam and that is the best part. The things we enjoy will live on for years to come.
Absolutely loving these long form chats about all the old top gears. More!
This is honestly the best 2 part interview I have seen, hooked from start to finish, keep it up Ben 🫡
Right? It's just comfort viewing at its finest, the trio may often get the praise, but it's clear the magic goes much deeper.
Agreed.
Andy Wilman is like Clarkson's grumpy brother. There's my CV down the stairs, again! I subscribed Ben because you are a legend.
Brilliant - and a great interview technique - letting Andy speak was great - so funny. More please, it's a long time since I laughed so much!
Absolutely bloody brilliant watching this. Used to watch proper Top Gear with me Dad every Sunday. Wish that the Grand Tour didn't have to end its still bloody briilliant.
Excellent insight to it all. Thank you Ben and Andy. Pity about it all finishing, I even wrote Mr Wilman a year and a half ago to request an episode of The Grand Tour be filmed in New Zealand, with kit cars. Don't know if he ever received the letter though, or maybe it ended up face down after he threw it away.
Thank you, Ben. I truly mean that. These 2 episodes filled in so many gaps and, answered so many questions, especially, who is this Andy Wilman and what's his side of the story. From what little I know about how your tenure at Top Gear ended, I was pleasantly surprised to see Andy being interviewed by you. One could see things being uncomfortable at times for each of you but, good on you both for not letting that interfere. I'm guessing enough time has passed for you both to clear the air and I hope it helped each of you in some way. Cheers, mate!! (I'm American but, was married to an Aussie, who took me to the UK a few times.)
Thanks Ben for the interview.
Thanks Andy for being a very special part of Top Gear history.
Thanks Ben and Andy. I would pay hard cash to spend an afternoon in the pub with you two hearing everything and anything about the Top Gear days.
Can't wait for part 3, 4, 5, through to at least 10
I recently began re-watching all the old Top Gear videos; currently I'm on S12e01. This two-part interview was the perfect intermission. Now, on with the show!
I've been doing the same, started on Series 1 and am on Series 20.
Great point about top gear making the weekend last a little longer. It definitely felt like that🙌🏼🤣
Part 1 & 2 with Andy wilman are absolutely awesome very interesting and brilliant stories especially about Tom cruise and Lionel Richie 💯
Edit Wank brilliantly applied. The music selection is what made the series for me. Introduced me to many artists I listen to today.
Thank you! Great talk, informative and fun. I appreciate these stories, as your masterpiece of a show was the backbone of my understanding of car culture. I'd enjoy you chatting Tiff up next.
Nice behind the scenes, Quote: "if it wasn't for me, they'd all be sitting in door ways, with a dog on a string and a can of Special Brew"
Brilliant... I nearly wet myself when Andy said that, all I have to say is thank you for all the years of entertainment with the "real" Top Gear and now TGT, Sad to hear it could all be ending though.
Certainly true for ham and may, both had intermittent employment before tg. Clarkson was on decent money before the 2002 relaunch but nothing like what he was on after.
This was awesome! thank you, from someone who has watched literally every "Original" Top Gear episode from 2002 and every Grand Tour. Thank you for all the great memories! It was was show that will never be topped.
Never thought I’d sit through both of them but I’m now left here wanting more.
That’s was a brilliant podcast Ben ✌️🇬🇧
What a brilliant interview, I could have watched another two episodes
Wonderful 2-parter; thanks Ben & Andy. I watched the old TG and remember when JC appeared and breathed new life into it. I've been rewatching all of the post-2000 TGs and can't believe it started 20+ years ago. It's gone by in a flash. I imagine I will watch them all again at some point. Thanks everyone associated with it. What memories.
Amazing Amazing Part 2. Just as Part 1
Thanks Ben and Andy
100% has to be one of my favorite interviews/podcasts in recent times... Andy Wilman in long format, being interviewed by someone that knows him well, and the genius of Ben to have an anonymous group chat of former/current employees to add commentary and ask questions instead of the basic uninteresting stuff we viewers would ask that would just be a boring eye roll for Andy was a genius recipe! Great work Ben, Now just blackmail Andy into doing a few more later after The Grand Tour wraps, and about this curious movie... 🤔 😉👍
Supremely good stuff Ben.
These chats with Willman could spawn a whole series discussing the various questions we pose to ourselves whilst we watched Top Gear.
I hope you both consider this.
Anyway, as usual, thank you so much for the amazing content.
The King of Cool,
Ben Collins
Listening to you both in this and the last episode almost brings a tear to my eye. It’s hard to explain but TG was such a huge part of my childhood and is largely to thank for the career I have now! Thanks Ben & Andy!
For the love of all things good. It's not old. The 3 of them and you all doing what you do won't ever get old! ❤
Thank you for sharing these insights. You should be proud of the treasures you made together; I introduced my 13 year old niece to a Top Gear Special when or very local hotel electricity went out in Istanbul. We only had my iPad for light source... She 23 now and still talks about Clarkson!.... and Oliver
Bravo, well done and thank you so much for the insight of the people who built Top Gear, this is gold dust really.
Loved part 1 and part 2 was even better.
I watch loads of old T.G's most nights, to fall asleep too, not because they're boring at all, I love the humour and your character was hilarious, and really helped make the show, honestly.
Thankyou Ben & Andy for your humour & realism about what went on & how you saw it. I don't really listen & watch stuff for too long, but this i had to.....
As an American I can honestly say the Original Top Gear I still enjoy watching to this day. Hearing these stories from Andy is great. I will miss watching The Grand Tour, but the re-runs will live on and I will watch them.
2 hours of me glued to the screen, inhaling every single word. Thank you both (the trio, and the crew etc.) for all you've done to entertain me through my teenage years all the way to adulthood.
I've just watched 2 hours of this, on a Friday night, with a bottle of wine. Brilliant stuff, inspiration of a generation of car nerds. Thanks for everything behind the scenes
Ben is an intelligent and delightful instigator, particularly when Andy is in his sites. I love this interview ! Old school Top Gear and Grand Tour are brilliant because of these two minds. Andy is one of the best producers out there IMO.
Probably the easiest to watch podcast I've ever seen, well, along with part 1! Wilman is quite the legend, and Ben is a natural in this setting. Great content, loving the channel.
TopGear on a Sunday night gave me and my mates at school something to talk about. As did the magazine. So much so, we hashed out a short magazine style article for an English assignment.
I was upset when they finished on TopGear. And I’ll be equally so when the Grand Tour draws to a close.
Thanks for this Ben & Andy.
I like your comment james 👌
Absolute legend - full stop! So glad that I was a small part of it.
Fantastic watch! Great to hear some behind the scenes stories from the show we all loved.
At 11:00 I was having flashbacks of hitting the apple on the apex and Clarkson eating a piece of it 😂 knowing the back and forth between makes it all the more funny when he has to accept Ben knew what he was talking about
One of the best pieces of TH-cam I’ve ever watched. Could listen to these battle stories till the cows come home.
We in the States came onto TG a bit late in the game. It was clearly brilliant and one of a kind, but to hear how this all went down is amazing. Thanks guys!
I like how you in the states have adopted the word brilliant 😄
Awesome Shetland got a random name check always wanted top gear or Grand tour to come here and do its own rally as it would be epic.
Absolutely great interview, get any of the trio on would be great, and a lot of the F1 boys from the 90s
Brilliant. What a great look back to so many peoples chapters of their lives. That Sunday evening feeling to close out the week. Magic.
Bloody fantastic Ben, great interview. Love your channel.
Now that I've watched both pods I wish to thank everyone who contributed to the phenomenon TOP GEAR & THE GRAND TOUR.
I'm 64 and have grown old along side of Jezza.
They gave me something very special to look forward to every week which brightened every day life.
We will never see the like of it again. You have given so many people all over the world so much pleasure.
THANK YOU‼️
I could listen to Andy for hours. Great podcast, Ben. Clarkson, Hammond or May next 🤔
Great interview Ben, some great behind the scenes stories. I hope you interview more behind the scenes stories.
What a great interview, it really was lightning in a bottle. ❤
10:20 this section about the polar special had me in stitches 😂
This was a rare moment in time. It can’t and won’t be replicated.
Words can't describe how amazing this is
I love long interviews! Thanks stig, your the best!
Thanks for putting this together! Enjoyed the behind the scenes and getting a viewpoint interview from Mr. Wilman.
I could listen to you both talk about stuff all day. Brilliant.
I'm sure I've heard Andy say, on another kind of chat show, that the Argentina Porsche was re-registered......i.e, Top Gear had to have a different registration plate put on it? Whether or not that was the case, it really does seem odd that none of them noticed.
Anyway, I thoroughly enjoyed listening to Andy talk about the production itself, it was very interesting.
I'm also very happy that Ben and Andy get along now and have moved on from the bitter period they had. Its a good lesson for everyone who has fallen out with someone in the past, not to hold a grudge.
Looking forward for the part 3, please make it happen!
Fantastic honest discussion. Class retrospection. Great interview. Clarkson, Hammond and May have to come do this too!
What a brilliant couple of hours. And could have easily been 10!! Thankyou
Very refreshingly take on the biggest ever show! Brilliant insight thank you.
Brilliant stuff Ben! Great two part interview with Andy - it brought back so many memories....loved it!
Thank you so much fir this Ben and Andy. Best interview I've seen in years. You seem to get the best out of Andy. I hope you manage to do more interviews of him in the future. Great job everyone.
I think that gran tour has made IT more emotional and grander and I love that
Just Brilliant! As Andy said, an organic beast that grew and grew. Love the Layer Cake reference too Ben, maybe you need to find that RS6 and take it for a spin up the drive at Stoke Park for a 20th Anniversary blast!
Enjoyed both parts. Started watching the new top gear in 2002. Thoroughly enjoyed watching the show grow over the years. The last grand tour will be an emotional one I'm sure. Thanks Andy and the guys for all the entertainment you've bought me over the last 22 years. Its flown by. Sunday nights weren't the same when you guys stopped. And on that bombshell its time to end.
Thank you both for all the great memories. "Mr. Wilman has sent us a text" always made me sit up with anticipation of what nonsense was going to befall the lads. Ben you were absolutely amazing as the Stig and I loved the episodes that featured you as the 4th man. I live in the States and I was thoroughly disgusted by what happened to all of you down South, but that is what a lousy public education system produces.
Thanks for not making us wait for part 2!!
Top Gear Sunday night memories - fantastic ❤ Will always love CHM, their cockin' about and all their telly shows; Top Gear made me love cars too. These interviews were excellent, Ben - thank you muchly and Mr Wilman, it was a pleasure to finally hear your stories, no wonder you and JC are still friends after all these years 😂 Brilliant sod that and crack on attitude 😊 much more please 👍🏻
What an amazing and interesting person, thank you all for the many years of TV, I will miss it greatly but please do some more of these podcasts together this was facinating
you're both legends.
don't usually watch things this lengthy, till the end.
great 2 part interview.
These two podcasts are TOP quality. Love the respect they have for each other too.
Just brilliant loved every minute 😮
Some of the best content on TH-cam Ben, keep it coming
I just stopped work to have dinner and watch an entire video podcast. Never done that before! Keep up the great work man.
Another great Epiosde Ben and crew...real cool stories!! 😂 😎 loved the story of Tom Cruise and his lap experience, being real awesome nice guy as Willman described and him being unapologetic to the video editors which I can somewhat relate to. Good stuff, more please maybe with Jezza if you can sqeeuze his ego in. 😄🤘
I really enjoyed this interview. Thanks
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great interviews. I could listen you two for hours. 😊 Thank you for making these videos