Lisa Clark Appointed Executive Producer Of Top Gear

Entertainment and comedy producer Lisa Clark is to become the new executive producer of BBC Two programme Top Gear. She will take up the post on Monday 3 August.

Lisa has been producing entertainment and comedy programmes for over 25 years - from the very beginning of The Big Breakfast and the multi-award-winning live Saturday night show Don't Forget Your Toothbrush, to the groundbreaking panel show Shooting Stars and most recently the critically acclaimed sitcom Vic & Bob’s House Of Fools.

Lisa was Head of Comedy at LWT and then a Senior Commissioning Executive at the BBC. In 2001, she set up Pett Television with Reeves & Mortimer and together they devised and produced a range of award-winning entertainment formats and scripted comedies across all channels and platforms, from Celebrity Dog School on BBC One, Tittybangbang on BBC Three, Angelos Epithemiou on Channel 4 and Matt Berry Does on BBC iPlayer, continuing to produce an impressive array of breakthrough talent as well as working closely with established stars.

Katie Taylor, Controller of Entertainment and Events, BBC Production, said: "I am really excited that someone of Lisa's calibre and experience will be taking Top Gear on a new journey with Chris Evans - it will be a heady mix."

Chris Evans, Top Gear presenter, says: "Lisa is as good as it gets when it comes to making big, important television shows. She's funny, sassy, super-experienced and has always absolutely LOVED cars."

Lisa says: "This is an incredibly exciting and challenging opportunity, which I couldn't resist. I'm confident that after 14 years, Pett can continue to make original and probably funnier shows in my absence."