James May

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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.

Most Popular James May Trailers

Total trailers found: 52

A Night with the Stars Trailer (2011)

18 December 2011

For one night only, Professor Brian Cox goes unplugged in a specially recorded programme from the lecture theatre of the Royal Institution of Great Britain.

Top Gear: The Challenges 4 Trailer (2010)

07 June 2010

Hot places! Cold places! Places where the temperature is quite pleasant! There's nowhere Top Gear hat

James May at the Edge of Space Trailer (2009)

20 June 2009

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 plane.

Top Gear: The Great Adventures 3 Trailer (2010)

22 March 2010

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 small ads for a maximum of £3,500 each.

Top Ground Gear Force Trailer (2008)

14 March 2008

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 Redgrave.

Top Gear - Planes, Rockets & Automobiles Trailer (2008)

01 January 2008

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 their boosters have Reliant Robins strapped to them.

Top Gear - Planes, Trains and Automobiles Trailer (2019)

10 October 2019

Top Gear - Planes, Trains & Automobiles is a collection of classic moments featuring Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May, in a celebration of the most exciting ways to get over land and through the air.

Top Gear: Cars with Soul Trailer (2011)

04 January 2011

Some cars have a million horsepower, others have twinkly lights and big shiny wheels. But a rare few have something else; soul.

Top Gear: The Challenges 6 Trailer (2012)

08 February 2012

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 delicious gravy of pure distilled Stigginess.

Top Gear - Best of the Challenges Trailer (2007)

01 April 2007

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 exploding? Can a Volvo beat an Audi in a snow bound biathlon? And can a Triumph Herald be turned into a monstrous cross breed with a dinghy and then sailed across a lake? And more to the point, Why? These are the challenges facing Jeremy, Richard and James.

Top Gear: The Great Adventures Vol. 1 Trailer (2008)

03 March 2008

The Top Gear: The Great Adventures is a boxed release of the Polar Special which is a 72 minute "Director's Cut".

James May's Cars of the People Trailer (2015)

05 August 2015

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 series, he tells the story of the cars he believes are the true Cars of the People.

James May: My Sisters' Top Toys Trailer (2007)

23 December 2007

James May celebrates the toys that made his childhood hell as he opens the lid on his sisters' toy box.

Top Gear: Apocalypse Trailer (2010)

22 November 2010

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 that's on literally nobody's mind, and we give you all the answers in this brand new, incredibly cheerful Top Gear DVD.

Top Gear: The Great Adventures 2 Trailer (2008)

28 December 2008

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 wheels and must make it to the north of Vietnam.

Top Gear: The Great African Adventure Trailer (2013)

03 June 2013

Another expedition for Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May. This time around, our intrepid explorers take on the task of finding the source of the Nile in three barely roadworthy estate cars.

Top Gear: US Special Trailer (2007)

11 February 2007

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.

Top Gear: The Great Adventures 5 Trailer (2012)

26 March 2012

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 road trip across one of the world's most fascinating and challenging countries.

Top Gear: Patagonia Special Trailer (2014)

27 December 2014

The 11th Top Gear Special is a glorious celebration of the V8 engine, or at least, it was supposed to be.

Top Gear: A Tribute to Sabine Schmitz Trailer (2021)

04 April 2021

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 former Top Gear hosts and guests.

Top Gear: The Challenges 3 Trailer (2009)

08 June 2009

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 mucking about in Top Gear The Challenges 3.

Top Gear: The Burma Special Trailer (2014)

02 June 2014

In this special Clarkson, Hammond and May don’t just buy three knackered old lorries and drive miles through the beautiful landscapes of Burma.

Top Gear: Polar Special Trailer (2007)

25 July 2007

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 face in-tent hostilities, polar bear fear and desperate food fantasies.

Top Gear: Winter Olympics Special Trailer (2006)

05 June 2006

The Top Gear team hit Norway for a Winter Olympics special in which they attempt Olympic events, but with cars.

Top Gear: The Worst Car In the History of the World Trailer (2012)

19 November 2012

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 known better".

Top Gear: The U.S. Special Trailer (2011)

02 January 2011

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.

Joan Rivers at the BBC Trailer (2024)

08 September 2024

Katherine Ryan presents a celebration of one of the biggest comedy talents to ever appear on the small screens – the razor-sharp-tongued first lady of laughter, Joan Rivers.

Top Gear: The Challenges 2 Trailer (2008)

01 January 2008

Races, chases and things on fire; treat yourself to a bucketload of Top Gear's attempts to get melted, hurt or drowned.

Top Gear: The Great Adventures 4 Trailer (2011)

28 March 2011

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, nominally recreating the journey of the Three Wise Men.

Top Gear: Revved Up Trailer (2005)

06 June 2005

Highlights from series three through five of the popular motoring show, alongside out-takes and unbroadcast material.

Top Gear: Australian Road Trip Trailer (2015)

02 February 2015

The presenters travel to Australia's Northern Territory for a road trip across the outback in three GT cars.

James May on the Moon Trailer (2009)

21 June 2009

Top Gear presenter James May presents this informative program that examines the historic moon missions.

Top Gear: The Best of the Specials Trailer (2017)

27 November 2017

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 one brilliant DVD.

Top Gear: Romania Special Trailer (2010)

03 January 2010

Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May take an Aston DBS Volante, a Ferrari California and a Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder to Romania in search of an obscure stretch of tarmac that some hardcore drivers claim is nothing less than the greatest road in the world.

Top Gear: The Races Trailer (2006)

10 November 2006

Le Mans? Not gruelling enough. Indy 500? Too slow. Monaco? No glamour. Forget them all - here are the three greatest races ever filmed.

Top Gear: Botswana Special Trailer (2007)

04 November 2007

In the ‘Botswana Special’, our intrepid explorers, attempting to reach the Namibian border, have to traverse arduous salt pans, do battle with the Kalahari desert, and see if they can navigate the foaming torrents of the Okavango Delta.

Top Gear: The Challenges 5 Trailer (2011)

13 June 2011

Allow us to present yet another challenges bonanza crammed with volcanoes, World speed records, flying caravans, unstable Reliant Robins, jaw dropping races and cars exploding all over the place.

Top Gear: The Challenges Trailer (2007)

10 March 2007

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 Challenges.

Top Gear: The Big Send Off Special Trailer (2015)

28 June 2015

Hammond and May host a special episode featuring two films that had been completed prior to the dismissal of their absent colleague.

Top Gear Festival: Sydney Trailer (2013)

25 August 2013

Top Gear: Festival Sydney was a special episode of the BBC motoring show Top Gear, featuring the regular presenters Jeremy Clarkson and James May alongside Top Gear Australia presenters Steve Pizzati and Shane Jacobson.

Top Gear of the Pops Trailer (2007)

16 March 2007

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 integrating the Top Gear segment with music themes which includes news about upcoming music festivals etc.

James May's Top Toys Trailer (2005)

21 December 2005

James May presents a celebration of the toys which have survived across the decades, including Meccano, Lego, Scalextric and Airfix.

Top Gear: From A-Z Trailer (2015)

25 December 2015

From A-Z incorporates a wealth of footage and incredible facts from the past 13 years of Top Gear. Viewers get to see the greatest moments from the past 22 seasons, including behind the scenes of incredible builds, eventful trips abroad, exhilarating races, outrageous challenges, and the many famous faces who have graced the Dunsfold track.

Top Gear: Winter Blunderland Trailer (2018)

26 November 2018

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 bobsleigh, playing ice hockey with tiny Suzukis, or seeing if a Ferrari can get you from Britain to the ski slopes quicker than a plane, Top Gear has always been at the cutting edge of cold-weather, car-based messing about.

Top Gear: Supercars Across Italy Trailer (2012)

23 April 2012

Top Gear: Supercars Across Italy

Top Gear's Stars in Fast Cars Trailer (2004)

10 July 2004

The Top Gear special feature for Sports Relief 2004. Jeremy Clarkson went bumper to bumper with Jodie Kidd, Alan Davies, Patrick Kielty, Darren Jordan and Jimmy Carr in a series of tyre-screechingly fast paced challenges designed to test their pedal power to the max.

Top Gear: At the Movies Trailer (2011)

14 November 2011

Cars! Film! Cars on film! Film involving cars! You get the idea. It’s basically a DVD involving those two things.

The Interceptors Trailer (2011)

24 July 2011

It’s a time of peace, love and karate kicks as the lads try out the reborn Jensen Interceptor in a love letter to the ITC detective shows of the 70s.

Top Gear: Greatest Hits Trailer (2015)

01 June 2015

Collection of the best moments from the BBC motoring show presented by Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond.

Top Gear: Supercars Trailer (2006)

27 March 2006

Top Gear: Supercars

James May's Toy Stories - Airfix Trailer (2009)

28 October 2009

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 himself as the pilot.

International Buffoons' Vacation Trailer (2014)

17 March 2014

"International Buffoons' Vacation" is The Grand Tour season 3, episode 8, where the hosts take an RV holiday in the Southwestern US, but quickly ditch their assigned RVs to buy and customize their own, leading to chaos, dune buggy racing, and a comical "burglary" at an RV park.