Clarkson grew up in a family of teachers and attended Repton School in Derbyshire. He showed little interest in university and moved into local journalism, writing for the Rotherham Advertiser and the Shropshire Star before specializing in cars. Motoring magazines such as Performance Car and Autocar gave him a platform for the irreverent, first-person style that became his trademark.
He joined the BBC's Top Gear in 1988 and presented the show through the 1990s. In 2002 he fronted a new version with Richard Hammond and, later, James May. The relaunched program became one of the BBC's most lucrative exports, mixing car reviews with elaborate challenges and comic rivalry. Clarkson's public persona - skeptical of regulation, fond of fast cars, and prone to provocative remarks - drove both its popularity and its controversies.
The BBC suspended and then dismissed him in 2015 after a physical altercation with a producer during a location shoot. He quickly signed with Amazon, where The Grand Tour ran from 2016 to 2024 with Hammond and May. In 2018 he took over as host of the UK quiz show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, and in 2021 he began Clarkson's Farm, a documentary series about his attempts to run an Oxfordshire farm.
Alongside television, Clarkson has written newspaper columns, notably for The Sunday Times and The Sun, and published numerous books, many collecting his journalism. His outspoken columns have repeatedly drawn complaints; a 2022 column about Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, became the most complained-about article in the history of the UK's press regulator. He was married to Frances Cain from 1993 to 2014 and has three children.
Jeremy Clarkson was born on April 11, 1960 in Doncaster, England, United Kingdom. In Cardology (Destiny Cards), April 11, 1960 corresponds to the Ten of Diamonds, making the Ten of Diamonds his Birth Card.
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