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"Please welcome the man who gets heavy with the metal, Jeremy Clarkson!"

— Robot Wars Announcer Stuart McDonald

Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson (born 11th April 1960) is a British broadcaster and journalist who was the main presenter of the first series of Robot Wars.

Robot Wars

ClarksonBalcony — Clarkson presents *Robot Wars*

As presenter of the show, Clarkson's role was to open the show with written speeches, announce each event, and to encourage the competitors who did well. Clarkson was also given some leniency to disparage competitors who didn't impress him as much, resulting in some tongue-in-cheek jokes and derogatory comments about the competitors and their robots. Generally he would be scathing towards robots that performed badly in the Gauntlet or the Trial, while complimenting those who would complete it, although Clarkson would occasionally still disparage a successful robot for humorous intent, remarking that Skarab looked like "cheese on toast", calling Wedgehog's weapon a "toothpick" and calling Krayzee Tokyo a "piece of litter". Both he and Philippa Forrester maintained a particular disdain for Prince of Darkness, insulting it at every opportunity throughout its heat despite its impressive performance, which the team would joke along with.

"That is the worst robot I have ever seen in my life!"

— Jeremy Clarkson venomously comments on Prince of Darkness.

Unlike his successor, Craig Charles, who cheered for the competitors, Clarkson felt his role as presenter meant he was to be more on-side with the House Robots, which he would call his "mates", complimenting them frequently and telling the competitors to leave them alone.

Jeremy Clarkson: "This is getting to be a habit, everyone's killing my mates. I hate you, I hate you for doing that."

Jonathan Pearce: "Jeremy's friends -electric driven robots. Interesting"

— After Nemesis pushed out Shunt in the sumo, in Robot Wars: The First Wars/Heat A

Clarkson was introduced to the audience with a number of different descriptions including "your commander in chief", "the man who put scrap into metal" and "the father of all wars".

Series 1 Bash Clarkson Matilda Forrester — Clarkson with Philippa Forrester in a promotional shot featuring Sergeant Bash and Matilda

He left the show after the first series due to other commitments and was replaced by Craig Charles. Robot Wars producer Tom Gutteridge claims this was not because Clarkson disliked the show, simply that he was too busy. Since the six episodes of Series 1, Clarkson was not seen or referenced in Robot Wars again. This is in spite of a VHS release of Robot Wars: The First Great War, which recapped the entirety of Series 1, where Clarkson was edited out, and Craig Charles hosted the programme.

An infamous moment during Clarkson's time on Robot Wars, was that backstage, a robot started up unintentionally, and in the words of the bystanders, "nearly killed him".

Career outside of Robot Wars

Top-Gear-presenters — Jeremy Clarkson (centre), and his fellow former Top Gear hosts

Clarkson is best known for his role as a presenter of the British motoring programme Top Gear, during its original format from 1977 to 2001 as well as its relaunch from 2002 to 2015 (although he only presented the original from 1988 to 1999, becoming a regular presenter in 1989). Following on from Clarkson being replaced on Top Gear, he hosted a similar show, The Grand Tour, on Amazon Video. Clarkson regularly appeared on British television presenting his own shows and appearing as a guest on other shows.

As well as motoring, Clarkson has produced programmes and books on subjects such as history and engineering. From 1998 to 2000 he also hosted his own chat show, Clarkson, and has done other work as a presenter and voice-actor. Examples include being a guest presenter on Have I Got News For You between 2002 and 2015, providing the voice of Harv in the UK release of the 2006 Disney Pixar film Cars, and providing voiceovers for the Forza Motorsport video game series. Prior to his television career, Clarkson worked as a journalist in Northern England, his first job being a journalist on the Rotherham Advertiser and still writes regular columns for various British newspapers. Most recently, Jeremy Clarkson became the new host of the classic gameshow Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, serving as the quizmaster for the show's 2018 and 2019 seasons.

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-{{quote|Please welcome the man who gets heavy with the metal, Jeremy Clarkson!|The Robot Wars Announcer}}
+{{quote|Please welcome the man who gets heavy with the metal, Jeremy Clarkson!|Robot Wars Announcer Stuart McDonald}}
-'''Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson''' (born April 11, 1960) is a British broadcaster and journalist who was the main presenter of the first series of ''[[Robot Wars]]''.
+'''Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson''' (born 11th April 1960) is a British broadcaster and journalist who was the main presenter of the first series of ''[[Robot Wars]]''.
 ==Robot Wars==
+[[File:ClarksonBalcony.jpg|thumb|left|Clarkson presents ''Robot Wars'']]
-While presenting the show, Clarkson frequently made tongue-in-cheek jokes and derogatory comments about the competitors and their robots. He was particuarly scathing towards robots that performed badly in the Gauntlet or the Trial, but was also less than complimentary towards several more successful robots that he didn't like the look of, remarking that [[Skarab]] looked like "cheese on toast", calling [[Wedgehog]]'s weapon a "toothpick" and calling [[Krayzee Tokyo]] a "piece of litter". He appeared to have particular disdain for [[Prince of Darkness]], insulting it at every opportunity throughout its heat despite its impressive performance.
+As presenter of the show, Clarkson's role was to open the show with written speeches, announce each event, and to encourage the competitors who did well. Clarkson was also given some leniency to disparage competitors who didn't impress him as much, resulting in some tongue-in-cheek jokes and derogatory comments about the competitors and their robots. Generally he would be scathing towards robots that performed badly in the Gauntlet or the Trial, while complimenting those who would complete it, although Clarkson would occasionally still disparage a successful robot for humorous intent, remarking that [[Skarab]] looked like "cheese on toast", calling [[Wedgehog]]'s weapon a "toothpick" and calling [[Krayzee Tokyo]] a "piece of litter". Both he and [[Philippa Forrester]] maintained a particular disdain for [[Prince of Darkness]], insulting it at every opportunity throughout its heat despite its impressive performance, which the team would joke along with.
 {{quote|That is the worst robot I have ever seen in my life!|Jeremy Clarkson venomously comments on Prince of Darkness.}}
+Unlike his successor, [[Craig Charles]], who cheered for the competitors, Clarkson felt his role as presenter meant he was to be more on-side with the [[House Robots]], which he would call his "mates", complimenting them frequently and telling the competitors to leave them alone.
-He was also much less enthusiastic about the show than most of the subsequent presenters and pit reporters. However, he was a big fan of the house robots and got upset with any team that got the upper hand on any of them.
-{{dialogue a-b|Jeremy Clarkson|This is getting to be a habit, everyone's killing my mates. I hate you, I hate you for winning that.|Jonathan Pearce|Jeremy's friends - electric driven robots. Interesting|After Nemesis pushed out Shunt in the sumo, in [[Robot Wars: The First Wars/Heat A]]}}
+{{dialogue a-b|Jeremy Clarkson|This is getting to be a habit, everyone's killing my mates. I hate you, I hate you for doing that.|Jonathan Pearce|Jeremy's friends -electric driven robots. Interesting|After [[Nemesis]] pushed out Shunt in the sumo, in [[Robot Wars: The First Wars/Heat A]]}}
 Clarkson was introduced to the audience with a number of different descriptions including "your commander in chief", "the man who put scrap into metal" and "the father of all wars".
+[[File:Series_1_Bash_Clarkson_Matilda_Forrester.jpg|thumb|Clarkson with Philippa Forrester in a promotional shot featuring Sergeant Bash and Matilda]]
+He left the show after the first series due to other commitments and was replaced by [[Craig Charles]]. ''Robot Wars'' producer Tom Gutteridge claims this was not because Clarkson disliked the show, simply that he was too busy. Since the six episodes of [[Series 1]], Clarkson was not seen or referenced in ''Robot Wars'' again. This is in spite of a VHS release of [[Robot Wars: The First Great War]], which recapped the entirety of Series 1, where Clarkson was edited out, and Craig Charles hosted the programme.
+An infamous moment during Clarkson's time on Robot Wars, was that backstage, a robot started up unintentionally, and in the words of the bystanders, "nearly killed him".
-Clarkson seemed to hold a very low opinion for the show, refusing to even appear in the documentary based on the first series. He left the show after the first series due to other commitments and was replaced by [[Craig Charles]].
 ==Career outside of Robot Wars==
-[[File:ClarksonBalcony.jpg|thumb|left|Clarkson in his hosting year]]
+[[File:Top-Gear-presenters.jpg|thumb|Jeremy Clarkson (centre), and his fellow former Top Gear hosts]]
-Clarkson is best known for his role as a presenter of the British motoring programme ''Top Gear'', during its original format from 1977 to 2001 and since its relaunch in 2002 (although he only presented the original from 1988 to 1999, becoming a regular presenter in 1989). He regularly appears on British television presenting his own shows and appearing as a guest on other shows. As well as motoring, Clarkson has produced programmes and books on subjects such as history and engineering. From 1998 to 2000 he also hosted his own chat show, ''Clarkson''. Prior to his television career, Clarkson worked as a journalist in Northern England, his first job being a journalist on the ''Rotherham Advertiser'' and still writes regular columns for various British newspapers.
+Clarkson is best known for his role as a presenter of the British motoring programme ''Top Gear'', during its original format from 1977 to 2001 as well as its relaunch from 2002 to 2015 (although he only presented the original from 1988 to 1999, becoming a regular presenter in 1989). Following on from Clarkson being replaced on ''Top Gear'', he hosted a similar show, ''The Grand Tour'', on Amazon Video. Clarkson regularly appeared on British television presenting his own shows and appearing as a guest on other shows.
+As well as motoring, Clarkson has produced programmes and books on subjects such as history and engineering. From 1998 to 2000 he also hosted his own chat show, ''Clarkson'', and has done other work as a presenter and voice-actor. Examples include being a guest presenter on ''Have I Got News For You'' between 2002 and 2015, providing the voice of Harv in the UK release of the 2006 Disney Pixar film ''Cars'', and providing voiceovers for  the ''Forza Motorsport'' video game series. Prior to his television career, Clarkson worked as a journalist in Northern England, his first job being a journalist on the ''Rotherham Advertiser'' and still writes regular columns for various British newspapers. Most recently, Jeremy Clarkson became the new host of the classic gameshow ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'', serving as the quizmaster for the show's 2018 and 2019 seasons.
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