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.

@sambrowne

2 ай бұрын

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! 🤣

@nicholasknight9360

2 ай бұрын

@@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

@thechod

2 ай бұрын

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

@philmoore815

2 ай бұрын

what a top thing to write as a former boss. Thanks for the shows - they were amazing

@adam872

2 ай бұрын

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! 👍

@SeanFlynnNB

2 ай бұрын

So say we all!

@andrewiwm9980

2 ай бұрын

He is a master story teller indeed, I never knew there were people like him… little wonder his films are so good

@getawayhs2856

2 ай бұрын

Not all. The The shoes on the sofa tell you Willman is an arsehole. QED.@@SeanFlynnNB

@jonathanwhitbread7652

2 ай бұрын

Spot on …

@BenCollinsDrives

2 ай бұрын

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

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

2 ай бұрын

glad you enjoyed it - who next...?

@TheDaern

2 ай бұрын

​@@BenCollinsDrivesGot to be the ol' miserable bugger, surely?

@ChrisF1.

2 ай бұрын

@@BenCollinsDrivesClarkson surely. Loving the content recently. Easily one of my favourite channels on KZread.

@Nick-bp7jf

2 ай бұрын

@@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.

@jobbiejew

Ай бұрын

@@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 :)

@TheHutchy01

Ай бұрын

Exactly, Imagine if they did like a third series of Oh, Cook, and the other two were just in a dining room chatting shit.

Sitting here watching this and I'm thinking to myself... Dam that couch looks comfortable.

@fill7t1

2 ай бұрын

It would be my 2nd bed!

@mystrawind4587

2 ай бұрын

Actually started looking for one from seeing it!

@pantheraleo2490

2 ай бұрын

Me too, but also imagining the beating I’d get off my mom for having my shoes on it like that 😊

@CheeeseToastie

2 ай бұрын

shoes on couch though?

@monishbiswas1966

2 ай бұрын

@@CheeeseToastie indeed - how can you be truly comfortable on the couch with your shoes on?

throws half the CVs away "i don't hire unlucky people" that's fucking class xD

@Metabbroke4587

2 ай бұрын

This is balls

@aigarscelms4593

2 ай бұрын

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.

@Fozzymandeus

2 ай бұрын

You make your own luck. Apply five times.

@YoutubeCategories-id6yu

2 ай бұрын

That's fucking badass ngl. Something straight out of a movie scene.

@gapa1982

2 ай бұрын

Fuck me, this was a quality interview. Loved it.

"Top gear then bed" was absolutely something I experienced!

@chemicaljuice3078

8 күн бұрын

If you could sleep for laughing

Awesome, part 2 of 6 right? 👍 😂

keep those podcasts up! the trio is next!!!

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.

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!

Top Gear was the best thing about Sundays. It made you less depress not having to think about Monday.

The way Wilman talks, behaves, even looks reminds me of Clarkson so much!! as if they were brothers! Fantastic interview!! Thank you Stig!

@tesla_stephen4651

2 ай бұрын

I think they both came from the same mold 😆

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.

@RichO1701e

2 ай бұрын

don't think you understand the meaning of the word, "peak"

@SanyamJain1989

2 ай бұрын

@@RichO1701e - keep thinking.

@Metabbroke4587

2 ай бұрын

I still remember watch it on my grandparents television in kota

@jone8626

2 ай бұрын

@@RichO1701e Some like the specials. Some like the early seasons like ME. I started disliking Top Gear once it went Specials only and turned it off. Started watching it again When they started doing car tests again and once in a while did a special. First time they did a special or cheap car challenge, or the car vs public transport, it was amazing. But when ALL EPISODES was that, it became boring.

@SanyamJain1989

2 ай бұрын

@@Metabbroke4587 - 👍

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

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.

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.

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

@yammmit

9 күн бұрын

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.

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.

This is honestly the best 2 part interview I have seen, hooked from start to finish, keep it up Ben 🫡

@peterdonnell3784

2 ай бұрын

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.

@byrnedes

2 ай бұрын

Agreed.

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!

Can't wait for part 3, 4, 5, through to at least 10

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 KZread and that is the best part. The things we enjoy will live on for years to come.

Great point about top gear making the weekend last a little longer. It definitely felt like that🙌🏼🤣

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.

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!

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!

Thanks Ben for the interview. Thanks Andy for being a very special part of Top Gear history.

That was brilliant. Arghh the emotions are running high 😅 can’t believe we’re staring down the barrel of the last ever Grant Tour 😭

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.

That's funny how Andy sits there like an emperor.

@Rasscasse

Ай бұрын

They should’ve had some lacky dropping peeled grapes into his mouth 😄 My take on his pose is that he reclined there like a man who has got absolutely nothing to prove to anybody. Because he’s done it and he’s still doing it.

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

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.

Now that episode where Jeremy is pushed into near freezing water has a whole different meaning. I need to watch it again.

Absolutely loving these long form chats about all the old top gears. More!

You click on a KZread video and then 56 minutes have flown by, that doesn't happen very often. Thank you Andy and all the crew for all the dicking about over the years, loved every single minute.

@Rasscasse

Ай бұрын

Nice comment 👌😄

Sometimes certain people come together and total success is born. take any 1 of the cast and crew away and the show wont work. Wilman is a genius at what he does. Clarkson, Hammond and May are who they are on screen as they are off and Wilman knows exactly how to get that across successfully.

Amazing Amazing Part 2. Just as Part 1 Thanks Ben and 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! ❤

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... 🤔 😉👍

dog on a piece of string and a special-brew, sleeping in a doorway. Total class mate

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

You could see him glazing over when Ben was telling that story, 🤣🤣

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.

Edit Wank brilliantly applied. The music selection is what made the series for me. Introduced me to many artists I listen to today.

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!

@RWL2012

2 ай бұрын

I've been doing the same, started on Series 1 and am on Series 20.

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.

Bravo, well done and thank you so much for the insight of the people who built Top Gear, this is gold dust really.

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.)

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.

This was a rare moment in time. It can’t and won’t be replicated.

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.

Looking forward for the part 3, please make it happen!

Never thought I’d sit through both of them but I’m now left here wanting more. That’s was a brilliant podcast Ben ✌️🇬🇧

Bloody fantastic Ben, great interview. Love your channel.

I love long interviews! Thanks stig, your the best!

One of the best pieces of KZread I’ve ever watched. Could listen to these battle stories till the cows come home.

I love the way Wilman reclines on the couch like some Bourbon king dispensing wisdom. Absolutely fabulous interview, thank you very much Ben!

Brilliant. What a great look back to so many peoples chapters of their lives. That Sunday evening feeling to close out the week. Magic.

Andy wilman is a god damn treasure.

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.

Thanks for putting this together! Enjoyed the behind the scenes and getting a viewpoint interview from Mr. Wilman.

The shoes being on the couch is bugging the $#!% out of me lol.

Words can't describe how amazing this is

What a brilliant interview, I could have watched another two episodes

Thanks for not making us wait for part 2!!

Absolute legend - full stop! So glad that I was a small part of it.

Very refreshingly take on the biggest ever show! Brilliant insight thank you.

This is the interview I've been eager to watch for years.Thanks :)

Thanks Ben and Andy, such great interviews.

This was great to watch. Thank you for doing this... and please do more when ever the two of you are able/willing to.

Fantastic honest discussion. Class retrospection. Great interview. Clarkson, Hammond and May have to come do this too!

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!

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.

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.

@Rasscasse

Ай бұрын

I like your comment james 👌

Really interesting to get a look behind the scenes at the madness /genius that brought together arguably my favourite show in my youth. It'd be fascinating to pose some questions towards Richard, James and Jeremy if they would come on the show, I know James has done some similar podcasts

Great interview Ben, some great behind the scenes stories. I hope you interview more behind the scenes stories.

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

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.....

What a brilliant couple of hours. And could have easily been 10!! Thankyou

I just stopped work to have dinner and watch an entire video podcast. Never done that before! Keep up the great work man.

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!

@Rasscasse

Ай бұрын

I like how you in the states have adopted the word brilliant 😄

Great interviews. I could listen you two for hours. 😊 Thank you for making these videos

I could listen to you both talk about stuff all day. Brilliant.

these two videos were totally brilliant, thank guys

Brilliant stuff Ben! Great two part interview with Andy - it brought back so many memories....loved it!

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.

Just brilliant loved every minute 😮

Fantastic watch! Great to hear some behind the scenes stories from the show we all loved.

Awesome interview! Can't wait for more, thanks for doing those. And can't wait for Zimbabwe. So it's September then...

This was great and I look forward to seeing you two in conversation again!

Many thanks once again for a great interview

Fantastic interview. Really enjoyed that. Thank you.

Thank you to you both. That was absolutely brilliant 👏

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

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

I’ve waited ages for this. Thank you

Fantastic. Thank you Ben and Andy.