Tony Mason
Acting
Biography
Tony Mason is a British former rally co-driver and television presenter. In 1972, he navigated Roger Clark to victory in the RAC Rally and the team also finished second in the event twice in 1974 and 1975, the only British crew to do so in a period spanning 35 years. He has also competed as a driver himself, and was recently co-driver for Finnish driver Hannu Mikkola with whom he competed for Ford in a recent Classic Rally in New Zealand. Following his retirement from rallying, he became a presenter on the BBC Two motoring programme Top Gear between 1986 and 1998, where he commented on motorsport, as well as presenting general interest items about items such as fire engines, Leyland buses, vintage Rolls-Royces and high-performance Jaguars through to Eddie Stobart trucks and Volvo's £15 million concept bus – the most expensive vehicle that he, or anyone else on Top Gear, has ever driven. A particularly memorable report was when Mason teamed up again with Roger Clark to test an exact replica of his Ford Escort RS1600 on the programme at full speed through a forest. He was also regularly seen on Top Gear Motorsport where his co presenters gave him the nickname "Perry". and the BBC's coverage of the World Rally Championship, particularly the RAC Rally, as well as coverage of the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Mason is currently appearing in two ten-part series on the Sky Discovery Channel entitled Off the Road and Classic Car Club. Mason has also written four books and occasionally writes articles for newspapers and magazines, such as the Daily Telegraph and the Daily Express. He is often seen as both a compere and after-dinner speaker. Mason also ran a company, known as Tony Mason, selling car accessories to the trade for resale to the general public. The company's most notable products were door guards, which, at one time, were big business and two companies were selling them.
Known For
Motoring programme featuring reviews of and reports about cars of all types.
Top Gear
A jam-packed overview of the cars that have transformed the world rally scene! Ace driver Colin McRae talks about the modern giants of the sport, while Markku Alen, Stig Blomqvist, Hannu Mikkola and Bjorn Waldegaard demonstrate the awesome Group B cars of the Eighties. Action footage of the Audi Quattro, Lancia Stratos, Monte Carlo 037 and Delta Integrale plus Ford’s RS200, Escort MkI and II, Cosworth and Focus - and the mighty Subaru Impreza and Mitsubishi Evo feature. Extras exclusive to DVD include info on over 25 rally cars, fact files on famous drivers and an absolutely stunning rally on-board experience that will leave you gasping!.
The World's Greatest Rally Cars
A Canadian sex comedy about saving a summer camp from becoming a shopping mall.
Oddballs
Recorded performance of the Jazz Crusaders at the New Morning in Paris on November 8, 2002. Their weapons, rather than swords and lances, have always been Soul and Funk. Since the worldwide success of Street Life, the group has become an inescapable icon for lovers of sophisticated groove and a legendary musical phoenix, rising from its ashes to new life again and again Several crusades later, led by the untiring Wayne Henderson, the Jazz Cursaders are still right up there at the top.