James May
James Daniel May (born 16 January 1963) is an English television presenter, journalist and writer. May is best known as co-presenter of the motoring programme Top Gear alongside Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond. May has presented a variety of other programmes on themes including science and technology, childhood toys, cars, food and drink, and the plight of manliness in modern times. In addition he has released a variety of DVDs and books with similar themes, and writes a weekly column for The Daily Telegraph's motoring section. On Top Gear, May has the nickname "Captain Slow", for his careful driving style, a love of small, underpowered cars and habit of getting lost and distracted whilst driving. In a February 2007 episode of Top Gear he carried out a successful top speed test drive of a Bugatti Veyron at the Ehra-Lessien Volkswagen test track, reaching 407 kilometres per hour (253 mph). In July 2010 he repeated the attempt in the updated Bugatti Veyron Super Sport, reaching the vehicle's top speed of 417.6 kilometres per hour (259.5 mph), confirming that it had retaken the title as the fastest road car in production.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 9.724 |
| Birthday | 1963-01-16 |
| Place of Birth | Bristol - England - UK |
| Also Known As |
2012
Top Gear: The Worst Car In the History of the World
7.2/32
Jeremy Clarkson and James May travel to the North of England to name and shame some of the worst cars in history, from manufacturers who "should have...
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Top Gear: The Worst Car In the History of the World
2009
James May at the Edge of Space
7.8/4
James May always wanted to be an astronaut. Now, 40 years after the first Apollo landings, he gets a chance to fly to the edge of space in a U2 spy pl...
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James May at the Edge of Space
2011
Top Gear: At the Movies
6.2/17
Cars! Film! Cars on film! Film involving cars! You get the idea. It’s basically a DVD involving those two things. Gasp as we find the perfect drift c...
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Top Gear: At the Movies
2014
Top Gear: The Burma Special
8.306/18
In this special Clarkson, Hammond and May don’t just buy three knackered old lorries and drive miles through the beautiful landscapes of Burma. Oh dea...
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Top Gear: The Burma Special
2013
Top Gear: The Great African Adventure
8.2/15
Another expedition for Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May. This time around, our intrepid explorers take on the task of finding the source...
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Top Gear: The Great African Adventure
2007
Top Gear: The Challenges
8/2
Featuring the most ludicrous stunts ever undertaken on TV. Top Gear doesn't do things by halves, which is completely apparent in Top Gear: The Challe...
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Top Gear: The Challenges
2009
Top Gear: The Challenges 3
7.5/2
Jeremy, Richard and James embark on yet more ill-advised attempts to out-do each other in a stinky cloud of tyre smoke, rust and over-ambitious muckin...
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Top Gear: The Challenges 3
2010
Top Gear: Apocalypse
6.5/19
Just what will motoring be like in a post apocalyptic world that's been blown to bits by nuclear bombs or a massive comet? It's a burning question tha...
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Top Gear: Apocalypse
2007
Top Gear: Polar Special
8.5/14
Clarkson and May, in a seriously modified Toyota, take on Hammond and his dog sled in a 450 mil race to the North pole as they drive over thin ice to...
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Top Gear: Polar Special
2007
Top Gear: Botswana Special
8.5/19
Jeremy, James and Richard each buy a used two-wheel drive car for £1500 and drive it for 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometres) across Botswana from the Zimba...
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Top Gear: Botswana Special
2011
Top Gear: India Special
7.7/19
The gang embarks on a trade mission to India. Equipped with three old British cars and a range of uniquely British products, they set off on an epic r...
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Top Gear: India Special
2010
Top Gear: Middle East Special
8.4/16
The film predates the Syrian Civil War and involves a 1,200-mile (1,900 km) road-trip from Erbil International Airport in Iraqi Kurdistan to Bethlehem...
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Top Gear: Middle East Special
2010
Top Gear: The Challenges 4
7.5/2
Hot places! Cold places! Places where the temperature is quite pleasant! There's nowhere Top Gear hasn't been in the name of temperature based enterta...
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Top Gear: The Challenges 4
2012
Top Gear: The Challenges 6
7/1
Top Gear THE CHALLENGES 6 combines all the meaty goodness of incredible car-based endeavours with all the tasty treats of brilliant star guests and a...
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Top Gear: The Challenges 6
2006
Top Gear: Winter Olympics
6.9/8
Filmed on location on the mountains of Lillehammer, Norway. The presenters of Top Gear test out the cars in their own interepretation of the Olympic G...
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Top Gear: Winter Olympics
2011
Top Gear: The Challenges 5
7/1
Allow us to present yet another challenges bonanza crammed with volcanoes, World speed records, flying caravans, unstable Reliant Robins, jaw dropping...
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Top Gear: The Challenges 5
2007
James May: My Sisters' Top Toys
7/1
James May celebrates the toys that made his childhood hell as he opens the lid on his sisters' toy box. Sandwiched between elder sister Jane and young...
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James May: My Sisters' Top Toys
2008
Top Gear - Planes, Rockets & Automobiles
0/0
Trains have a place in this world, but no on this DVD, thanks.
'Rockets' it is. Rockets are far more interesting than trains, anyway, especially when...
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Top Gear - Planes, Rockets & Automobiles
2009
James May on the Moon
6.6/4
Top Gear presenter James May presents this informative program that examines the historic moon missions. Traveling to America, May meets three of the...
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James May on the Moon
2011
Top Gear: Cars with Soul
9/2
Some cars have a million horsepower, others have twinkly lights and big shiny wheels. But a rare few have something else; soul. It's found in funny pl...
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Top Gear: Cars with Soul
2007
Top Gear: US Special
7.9/7
The Top Gear team go on a US adventure. Its the ultimate road trip and finds the guys driving $1000 wrecks over 700 stifling miles to New Orleans. In...
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Top Gear: US Special
2018
Top Gear: Winter Blunderland
8/1
Oh, the weather outside is frightful... so get out there and start doing some stupid stuff in cars. Yes, whether it's racing a rally car against a bo...
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Top Gear: Winter Blunderland
2011
A Night with the Stars
8/2
For one night only, Professor Brian Cox goes unplugged in a specially recorded programme from the lecture theatre of the Royal Institution of Great Br...
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A Night with the Stars
2017
Top Gear: The Best of the Specials
8.7/3
Welcome to Top Gear, The Best of the Specials. All the wildest, funniest, exciting-est bits from all the legendary Top Gear Specials, combined into o...
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Top Gear: The Best of the Specials
2008
Top Gear: The Challenges 2
8/1
Races, chases and things on fire; treat yourself to a bucketload of Top Gear's attempts to get melted, hurt or drowned. To more cries of "How hard ca...
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Top Gear: The Challenges 2
2008
Top Gear: Vietnam Special
8.5/6
The boys headed to Vietnam for epic road trip across the country. Each of them were given 15 million dong (about US$ 1000) to spend on buying some whe...
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Top Gear: Vietnam Special
2007
Top Gear - Best of the Challenges
0/0
Can a rocket propelled Mini take on an Olympic ski jump and survive? Can an Italian supercar be bought for just £10k and driven round a track without...
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Top Gear - Best of the Challenges
2015
Top Gear: Patagonia Special
8.5/6
The 11th Top Gear Special is a glorious celebration of the V8 engine, or at least, it was supposed to be. In it, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and...
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Top Gear: Patagonia Special
2005
James May's Top Toys
4.3/3
James May presents a celebration of the toys which have survived across the decades, including Meccano, Lego, Scalextric and Airfix. James's all-time...
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James May's Top Toys
2019
Top Gear - Planes, Trains and Automobiles
8/1
Top Gear - Planes, Trains & Automobiles is a collection of classic moments featuring Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May, in a celebration...
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Top Gear - Planes, Trains and Automobiles
2009
Top Gear: Bolivia Special
8.9/14
Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are dropped deep in the Bolivian rainforest armed only with three 4x4s which they bought from the local...
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Top Gear: Bolivia Special
2008
Top Ground Gear Force
8/1
As part of Sports Relief 2008, the Top Gear crew tries to revive the TV show "Ground Force" and revamp the garden of Olympian legend Sir Steve Redgrav...
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Top Ground Gear Force
2005
Top Gear: Revved Up
9.5/1
Highlights from series three through five of the popular motoring show, alongside out-takes and unbroadcast material. A preview disc, entitled "The Be...
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Top Gear: Revved Up
2010
Top Gear: Romania & Bonneville (The Director’s Cut)
7/2
If this DVD contained any more adventure, it would have a snake in it.
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Top Gear: Romania & Bonneville (The Director’s Cut)
2011
Top Gear: The U.S. & Albania Road Trips (The Directors’ Cuts)
8/2
In their not quite biggest adventures yet, the boys visit the good old US of A and former Eastern Bloc Albania for two action packed road trips. In Am...
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Top Gear: The U.S. & Albania Road Trips (The Directors’ Cuts)
2012
Top Gear: Supercars Across Italy
8.2/4
Top Gear: Supercars Across Italy
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Top Gear: Supercars Across Italy
2015
Top Gear: Greatest Hits
0/0
Collection of the best moments from the BBC motoring show presented by Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond.
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Top Gear: Greatest Hits
2006
Top Gear: Supercars
8/1
Top Gear: Supercars
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Top Gear: Supercars
2015
Top Gear: The Big Send Off Special
9/3
Hammond and May host a special episode featuring two films that had been completed prior to the dismissal of their absent colleague. In the first film...
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Top Gear: The Big Send Off Special
2021
Top Gear: A Tribute to Sabine Schmitz
9.667/4
Top Gear will pay tribute to Queen of the Nürburgring Sabine Schmitz, who died last month aged 51, with a half-hour special reuniting current and form...
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Top Gear: A Tribute to Sabine Schmitz
2006
Top Gear: The Races
0/0
Le Mans? Not gruelling enough. Indy 500? Too slow. Monaco? No glamour. Forget them all - here are the three greatest races ever filmed. Somebody made...
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Top Gear: The Races
2013
Top Gear Festival: Sydney
0/0
Top Gear: Festival Sydney was a special episode of the BBC motoring show Top Gear, featuring the regular presenters Jeremy Clarkson and James May alon...
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Top Gear Festival: Sydney
2007
Top Gear of the Pops
7.3/3
As part of Comic Relief 2007, the boys revived "Top Of The Pops" by having performances by Lethal Bizzle, Supergrass, Travis and Mcfly as well as inte...
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Top Gear of the Pops
2008
Top Gear: The Great Adventures Vol. 1
0/0
The Top Gear: The Great Adventures is a boxed release of the Polar Special which is a 72 minute "Director's Cut". and the US Special but a cut down 50...
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Top Gear: The Great Adventures Vol. 1
2009
Top Gear: The Great Adventures 2
0/0
Two special Top Gear episodes presented by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May. In 'Botswana Special', our intrepid explorers, attempting t...
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Top Gear: The Great Adventures 2
2015
James May's Cars of the People
0/0
The Model T, the 2CV, The Fiat Cinquecento, history says these are the iconic Peoples' Cars, but James May begs to differ and in this three part serie...
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James May's Cars of the People
James May's Toy Stories - Airfix
10/1
James gets a group of thirteen-year-old children from Telford to build a life-size Airfix model of a Spitfire aircraft, complete with a model of himse...
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James May's Toy Stories - Airfix
2023
What "Top Gear" Needs To Look Like If It Ever Returns
0/0
Seth takes over Top Gear. Happens every time.
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