- Jeremy Clarkson
Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson (born 11 April 1960) is an English broadcaster and writer who specialises in motoring. He writes weekly columns for "The Sunday Times" and "The Sun", but is better known for his role on the BBC TV show "Top Gear". The show won an International Emmy in 2005. "Not a man given to considered opinion", according to the BBC, Clarkson is known to be opinionated and forthright in his views.
- Richard Hammond
Richard Mark Hammond (born December 19, 1969 in Birmingham), nicknamed "Hamster", is an English television and radio presenter best known for co-presenting the television programme "Top Gear" along with James May and Jeremy Clarkson from 2002 onwards, and co-hosting the live annual motoring show, MPH, in Earls Court and Birmingham NEC, alongside Tiff Needell and Jeremy Clarkson. He also presented "Brainiac: Science Abuse" and writes a weekly column, …
- James May
James Daniel May (born January 16th 1963 in Bristol, England) is a television presenter. He is best known as co-presenter of motoring programme "Top Gear" alongside Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond. He also writes a weekly column for "The Daily Telegraph's" motoring section. On "Top Gear", May is often referred to as "Captain Slow", …
- Tiff Needell
Timothy "Tiff" Needell (born October 29, 1951 at Havant, Hampshire) is a British racing driver and television presenter.
- Vicki Butler-Henderson
Vicki Butler-Henderson (born 16 February 1972, in Hertfordshire, England) is a racing driver and presenter on British TV. She was educated at The Perse School for Girls in Cambridge. Originally Butler-Henderson worked as a racing driver - she started racing at the age of 12 - and racing instructor before moving into journalism where she worked on numerous British motoring magazines including "Auto Express", "What Car?" and "Performance Car".
- Billy Baxter
Billy Baxter served with the 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery in Bosnia. Whilst serving in 1997, he lost his sight after contracting a rare disease. On August 2nd, 2003, he set the blind solo world land speed record on a motorbike with a speed of 164.87 mph (265.33 km/h). In 2004, he was a guest on the BBC television programme, "Top Gear", and drove a lap of their circuit as the "Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car".
- Noel Edmonds
Noel Ernest Edmonds (born 22 December 1948 in Ilford, Essex) is a British television presenter, DJ and executive who made his name on BBC Radio 1 in the UK. He is more recently known as the presenter of the television gameshow "Deal or No Deal". Edmonds has also worked closely with Richard L. Lewis, who has written and produced various programmes that Edmonds has worked on.
- Jodie Kidd
Jodie Kidd (born 25 September, 1978 in Canterbury, England) is an English fashion model, sports woman, television personality and sometime actress.
- Sabine Schmitz
Sabine Schmitz, is a German former professional motor racing driver for BMW, now known for driving the BMW "Ring taxi" around the Nürburgring race track as well as being a television presenter.
- Perry McCarthy
Perry McCarthy (born March 3, 1961) is a British racing driver. Born in London, McCarthy did not have the typical beginnings of a Formula One driver. Forced to work for his father's company servicing North Sea oil rigs in order to survive, his early career was a constant struggle against wealthy opponents who were able to dedicate themselves entirely to motor sport. Working his way through the junior categories of motor sport in Europe, such as Formula Ford, …
- Quentin Willson
Quentin Willson (born 23 July 1957) is a British TV presenter and motoring expert. He is perhaps most famed as a presenter of the motoring programmes "Top Gear" and "Fifth Gear".
- Kate Humble
Kate Humble (born 12 December 1968 in Wimbledon), is a UK television presenter mainly for the BBC, specialising in wildlife and science programmes.
- Dominic Littlewood
Dominic John Littlewood (born 29 March 1965) is a TV presenter and former car dealer from Essex. Littlewood worked in the new and used car business in Essex, and set up his own business in the late 1980s. Littlewood made his first TV appearance on Channel 4's "Faking It" teaching a vicar how to be a second-hand car dealer in just one month. However, because of increasing media commitments he closed his car business in 2002.
- Jason Dawe
Jason Dawe was a presenter on the "Top Gear" television show on its first season after it was relaunched. His main part in the show was to present different bargains for used cars, as opposed to the super car reviews and entertaining motoring challenges, which were done by the two other presenters, Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond. James May replaced Jason as the third presenter in "Top Gear's" second post-relaunch season.
- Jason Barlow
Jason Barlow is a journalist and broadcaster from Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland. He presented BBC2's motoring programme Wrong Car, Right Car from 2002 to 2003. He also fronted the BBC's "Top Gear" programme, and was presenter and associate editor on Channel 4's "driven". He is an editor and columnist on GQ magazine, a consultant editor for Cedar Communications, and writes for "The Times", "The Independent" and "The Erotic Review".
- Tony Mason
Tony Mason is a British former rally co-driver and television presenter. In 1972, he navigated the late Roger Clark to victory in the RAC Rally and the team also finished second in the event twice in 1974 and 1975. Following his retirement from rallying, he became a presenter on the BBC Two motoring programme "Top Gear" between 1986 and 2000, where he commented on motorsport, as well as presenting general interest items, such as about fire engines and Leyland buses.
- Steve Berry
Steve Berry is a British TV presenter and motorcycle expert. He hosted BBC2's "Top Gear" between 1992 to 1999, and the spin-off "Top Gear Motorsport" on the same channel where he mostly reviewed and made features relating to motorcycles. He was the main presenter of the now defunct "Top Gear Radio Show" on BBC Radio Five Live. He wrote and presented 'The Bike's the Star' a four-part documentary series for BBC2 featuring the Triumph Bonneville, …
- Angela Rippon
Angela Rippon, OBE (born October 12, 1944) is a well-known British television journalist. She is often erroneously stated to have been the first female newsreader on prime-time television news, on BBC2 in 1974 (later presenting the BBC's "Nine O'clock News"). However, Barbara Mandell predates her, having first appeared on the second night of ITV in 1955. However, she was the first female newsreader to hold the job on a regular basis.
- Chris Goffey
Chris Goffey was a presenter of the BBC motoring television series, "Top Gear" between 1980 and 1997. He was noted for commonly wearing woolen jumpers and having a beard on "Top Gear". He is father of the Supergrass drummer, Danny Goffey, who, ironically, appeared on the Top Gear Comic Relief special, Top Gear of the Pops
- William Woollard
William Woollard (born 20 August 1939 in London) is a television presenter and executive. He is best known for presenting the BBC television programmes, "Top Gear" which he presented between 1981 and 1991 and "Tomorrow's World". Woollard was also the writer and presenter of a three-part BBC series on British scientific intelligence during World War II called "The Secret War".
- Jon Bentley
Jon Bentley (born 1963) is a British journalist and television presenter, educated at Oriel College, Oxford. He has specialized in television production and journalism in the field of motoring. Between 1987 and 1999, he was producer and editor of BBC2's "Top Gear" and was series producer of "Fifth Gear" from 2002 to 2004. As a producer on "Top Gear", Bentley "discovered" Jeremy Clarkson and hired him along with Tiff Needell and Quentin Wilson.
- Henning Solberg
Henning Solberg (born 8 January 1973) is a Norwegian World Rally Championship (WRC) driver with Ford M-Sport, and the older brother of 2003 WRC Champion Petter Solberg. Like Petter, Henning also started his career as a driver in "Bilcross" and Rallycross events and changed completely to rallying in the mid 1990s. Between 1999 and 2003, he became the Norwegian Rally Champion for five years in a row.
- Sanjeev Bhaskar
Sanjeev Bhaskar OBE (born 28 June 1964 in Essex, England) is a British Indian comedian and actor, best known for his work in the BBC2 comedy series, "Goodness Gracious Me" and as host of "The Kumars at No. 42". Bhaskar has starred in a number of United Kingdom produced films including "The Guru" and "Anita and Me". In 2003, he was listed in "The Observer" as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy.
- Julian Bailey
Julian Bailey (born 9 October 1961 in Woolwich, London) is a former Formula One driver who raced for the Tyrrell and Lotus teams. Although born in the United Kingdom, he was raised in Spain, and became an accomplished Formula Ford 1600 racer in Britain, winning the important Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch. In 1986 he got his chance to race in Formula 3000 in a GA Motorsport Lola, in which he won his third F3000 race, …
- Julia Bradbury
Julia Bradbury (born 1972) is best known as a presenter (since 2005) of the BBC One programme "Watchdog".
- Emma Parker Bowles
Emma Parker-Bowles (born 1974), daughter of Richard Eustace Parker-Bowles and Camilla Younger (The Countess of Halifax) is the niece of Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall. A former model, when younger she was treated for addiction to drink and drugs, and was a client of celebrity motoring lawyer Nick Freeman. Parker-Bowles is a motoring correspondent for Britain's Top Gear Magazine, The Sun newspaper and The Tatler. She is a presenter on British TV programme Vroom Vroom.
- Thierry Henry
Thierry Daniel Henry (born 17 August 1977 in (Les Ulis, Essonne) Paris, France) is a French football player. Renowned for his pace, he plays as a striker for the France national team and FC Barcelona. Henry grew up in the tough neighbourhood of Les Ulis, Essonne, where as a youngster he played for an array of local sides and showed great promise as a goal scorer. AS Monaco spotted him in 1990, and signed him up instantly.
- Leo Houlding
Leo Houlding (born 28th July 1980) is a British rock climbing prodigy who has climbed the Angel of the North along with more traditional ascents such as some of El Capitans toughest lines. Houlding began rock climbing at the age of 10. In 1996, he became the British Junior Indoor Climbing Champion. He became the subject of the 2003 TV documentary "My Right Foot" which was part of the "Extreme Lives" series aired on BBC Television.
- Barry Leitch
Barry Leitch is a video game music composer, responsible for the music in a large number of games spanning multiple consoles and personal computers. Most notable is his work from the Lotus Turbo Challenge, Top Gear, and Rush video game series.
- Brendan Coogan
Brendan Coogan (born 1970) is a British television presenter, from Middleton, Greater Manchester, best known for previously presenting "Top Gear" on the BBC. He was fired from the show following a drunk driving conviction. He is the brother of Actor/Comedian Steve Coogan and former Mock Turtles Frontman Martin Coogan. In April 2006, he became a presenter for the Sky One motoring show, Vroom Vroom
- Michele Newman
Michele Newman is an English television presenter. She began her presenting career on the regional BBC news programme "Look East", and followed this with a move to Central News. During the 1990s, she was a presenter on the BBC motoring programme "Top Gear" between 1993 and 1998, and is now seen on ITV's motoring magazine "Pulling Power".
- Paul Walton
Paul Walton<noinclude></noinclude> (born 10th April 1973) is a British motoring journalist. His career started in 1999 working for "Classic Cars magazine" before moving to BBC "Top Gear Magazine" in 2002. Highlights included driving a twin-engined Citroen 2CV Sahara in the Israeli desert, driving a Ferrari 250 SWB on a closed off section of San Marino and taking a Gibbs Aquada amphibious car for a spin around Monte Carlo's harbour during the Monaco Grand Prix.
- Jane Omorogbe
Jaine Grace Omorogbe (born 20 September, 1971 in Newcastle upon Tyne) is an English model and actress, perhaps best known as "Rio" on ITV1s "Gladiators", who is now a TV presenter and motorcycling journalist. Born in Newcastle, her family moved to Hastings, East Sussex when she was five. After leaving school, Omorogbe was an ambulance driver and has a certificate in advanced first aid.
- David Sheppard
David Sheppard is a presenter on BBC Local Radio. Born in Reading, Berkshire in 1981, he grew up in Twyford, Berkshire, and attended comprehensive school in nearby Wargrave. At 16 he became a regular correspondent on BBC Radio 2's 'Wake Up to Wogan' - under the guise of the "Assistant to the Director General", his writings appeared daily for the next eight years. In 2001 he moved to Bristol University to read English, …
- T. T. Rangarajan
T. T. Rangarajan or Rajan is a New Age Guru from India. He is considered a spiritual leader & Living Master by his students and is the founder of Alma Mater - an organisation dedicated to self-mastery and holistic personality development. Alma Mater is one of the leading organisations in India that is currently spearheading the spiritual renaissance raging across the world.
- Tiff Needell
Born on October 29th 1951 in Havant, England, Timothy "Tiff" Needell attended the City University where he achieved an Honours Degree in Civil Engineering. He worked as a Structural Design Engineer with George Wimpy & Co Ltd. In 1975, driving a Formula Ford Lotus F69, he became 'Townsend Thoresen' Formula Ford Champion and turned professional in 1977 to drive for the 'Unipart' Formula 3 team. A year later he achieved the ultimate status of Grand Prix Driver with a couple of outings for...
- Christian Henson
Christian was born in London where he trained in classical piano from an early age. He defected to the "darker" arts in his teens completing his musical training on the road, playing and MD'ing for numerous bands and acts around the UK and the world. During this time he set up a recording facility in west London, where he went on to record, play, produce, and program for the likes of: The Freestylers, LTJ Bukem, Roy Ayers, All Saints, MC Conrad, Richard X, Lovestation, Plump DJ's,...
- Noel Ernest Edmonds
Many people are quick to ridicule Noel Edmonds, yet he has consistently been a ratings winner for the BBC. Noel started life as a Radio DJ having stints on Radio Luxembourg, Pirate radio stations and then BBC's Radio 1. It was whilst serving at Radio 1 that he gained a huge fan base and his shows normally consisted of lively banter, good music, and some hilarious phone jokes played on unsuspecting listeners. From radio Edmonds took the leap into television. He presented Swap Shop, and...
- Terry May
James Daniel May was born on 16 January 1963 in Bristol, England, UK. He is a journalist and television presenter who is best known as co-host of popular motoring program "Top Gear". He also writes a weekly column for "The Daily Telegraph" newspaper, as well as regular contributions to "Top Gear" magazine. James attended Oakwood Technology College (1975-1980) and studied music at Lancaster University (1981-1983). He began his journalism career as a sub-editor for "Autocar" and "The...
- Liz Campbell