From motor racing to presenting Top Gear, Chris Harris's career has been high octane, to say the least. The motoring journalist continues to reach new heights, starring with ex-Top Gear co-host Paddy McGuinness on BBC One's Paddy and Chris: Road Tripping tonight (October 6) at 8pm. The show, now on to its second episode, sees the pair embark on a revealing road trip through Europe.
Chris and Paddy will learn a lot about each other as they ride the waves in an adrenaline-fuelled surf, survive outdoors face to face with the elements in Sweden, and go rock-climbing on the Greek Island of Ikaria, as well as going for a session at a "gentleman's clinic" in Switzerland. The second episode of the three-part series will air on BBC One on Sunday, October 6, at 8pm. It's doubtful that Harris, 49, had any idea that one day he'd be presenting prime time slots on the BBC when he began his motor racing career in the 1990s.
Here, we look back at the extraordinary journey that has made him a household name. READ MORE: Philips shaver that 'gives a nice clean shave' is 56% off ahead of Prime Day Chris Harris was born in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, in 1975, to an accountant father and mother who was an autocross driver, where he may have inherited the driving bug. Away from the cameras, he is married with three children, but keeps his family life private.
Chris was educated in Bristol, and had a love of cars from a young age. In 2000, Chris won his first race in a Formula Palmer Audi, and we.