James May

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.

  • Title: James May
  • Popularity: 13.726
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1963-01-16
  • Place of Birth: Bristol - England - UK
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James May Movies

  • 2009
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    James May at the Edge of Space

    James May at the Edge of Space

    7.8 2009 HD

    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...

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  • 2007
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    Top Gear of the Pops

    Top Gear of the Pops

    7.3 2007 HD

    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...

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  • 2008
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    Top Gear: The Great Adventures Vol. 1

    Top Gear: The Great Adventures Vol. 1

    8 2008 HD

    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...

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  • 2009
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    Top Gear: The Great Adventures 2

    Top Gear: The Great Adventures 2

    1 2009 HD

    Two special Top Gear episodes presented by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May. In 'Botswana Special', our intrepid explorers, attempting...

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  • 2015
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    James May's Cars of the People

    James May's Cars of the People

    8 2015 HD

    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...

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  • 2011
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    Top Gear: At the Movies

    Top Gear: At the Movies

    6.2 2011 HD

    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...

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  • 2012
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    Top Gear: The Worst Car In the History of the World

    Top Gear: The Worst Car In the History of the World

    7.3 2012 HD

    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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  • 2014
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    Top Gear: The Burma Special

    Top Gear: The Burma Special

    8.5 2014 HD

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

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  • 2013
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    Top Gear: The Great African Adventure

    Top Gear: The Great African Adventure

    8.5 2013 HD

    Another expedition for Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May. This time around, our intrepid explorers take on the task of finding the...

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  • 2007
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    Top Gear: The Challenges

    Top Gear: The Challenges

    8 2007 HD

    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...

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  • 2013
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    Top Gear Festival: Sydney

    Top Gear Festival: Sydney

    1 2013 HD

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

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  • 1970
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    James May's Toy Stories - Airfix

    James May's Toy Stories - Airfix

    10 1970 HD

    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...

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  • 2009
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    Top Gear: The Challenges 3

    Top Gear: The Challenges 3

    7.5 2009 HD

    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...

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  • 2023
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    What "Top Gear" Needs To Look Like If It Ever Returns

    What "Top Gear" Needs To Look Like If It Ever Returns

    1 2023 HD

    Seth takes over Top Gear. Happens every time.

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  • 2010
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    Top Gear: Apocalypse

    Top Gear: Apocalypse

    6.5 2010 HD

    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...

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  • 2007
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    Top Gear: Botswana Special

    Top Gear: Botswana Special

    8.5 2007 HD

    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...

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  • 2011
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    Top Gear: India Special

    Top Gear: India Special

    7.708 2011 HD

    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...

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  • 2010
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    Top Gear: Middle East Special

    Top Gear: Middle East Special

    8.3 2010 HD

    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...

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  • 2007
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    Top Gear: Polar Special

    Top Gear: Polar Special

    8.447 2007 HD

    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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  • 2010
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    Top Gear: The Challenges 4

    Top Gear: The Challenges 4

    7.5 2010 HD

    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...

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  • 2011
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    Top Gear: The Challenges 5

    Top Gear: The Challenges 5

    8 2011 HD

    Allow us to present yet another challenges bonanza crammed with volcanoes, World speed records, flying caravans, unstable Reliant Robins, jaw...

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  • 2012
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    Top Gear: The Challenges 6

    Top Gear: The Challenges 6

    7 2012 HD

    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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  • 2006
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    Top Gear: Winter Olympics

    Top Gear: Winter Olympics

    7.1 2006 HD

    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...

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  • 2007
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    James May: My Sisters' Top Toys

    James May: My Sisters' Top Toys

    5.5 2007 HD

    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...

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  • 2008
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    Top Gear - Planes, Rockets & Automobiles

    Top Gear - Planes, Rockets & Automobiles

    1 2008 HD

    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...

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  • 2009
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    James May on the Moon

    James May on the Moon

    6.8 2009 HD

    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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  • 2011
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    Top Gear: Cars with Soul

    Top Gear: Cars with Soul

    9 2011 HD

    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...

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  • 2007
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    Top Gear: US Special

    Top Gear: US Special

    8 2007 HD

    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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  • 2018
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    Top Gear: Winter Blunderland

    Top Gear: Winter Blunderland

    8.5 2018 HD

    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...

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  • 2011
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    A Night with the Stars

    A Night with the Stars

    8 2011 HD

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

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  • 2017
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    Top Gear: The Best of the Specials

    Top Gear: The Best of the Specials

    8.8 2017 HD

    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...

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  • 2008
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    Top Gear: The Challenges 2

    Top Gear: The Challenges 2

    8 2008 HD

    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...

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  • 2008
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    Top Gear: Vietnam Special

    Top Gear: Vietnam Special

    8.9 2008 HD

    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...

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  • 2007
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    Top Gear - Best of the Challenges

    Top Gear - Best of the Challenges

    1 2007 HD

    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...

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  • 2015
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    Top Gear: Patagonia Special

    Top Gear: Patagonia Special

    8.6 2015 HD

    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...

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  • 2005
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    James May's Top Toys

    James May's Top Toys

    4.2 2005 HD

    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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  • 2019
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    Top Gear - Planes, Trains and Automobiles

    Top Gear - Planes, Trains and Automobiles

    8 2019 HD

    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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  • 2009
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    Top Gear: South America Special

    Top Gear: South America Special

    8.7 2009 HD

    Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are dropped deep in the Bolivian rainforest armed only with three 4x4s which they bought from the...

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  • 2008
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    Top Ground Gear Force

    Top Ground Gear Force

    8 2008 HD

    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...

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  • 2005
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    Top Gear: Revved Up

    Top Gear: Revved Up

    9.5 2005 HD

    Highlights from series three through five of the popular motoring show, alongside out-takes and unbroadcast material. A preview disc, entitled "The...

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  • 2010
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    Top Gear: Romania Special

    Top Gear: Romania Special

    8 2010 HD

    Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May take an Aston DBS Volante, a Ferrari California and a Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder to Romania in search...

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  • 2011
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    Top Gear: The U.S. Special

    Top Gear: The U.S. Special

    8.3 2011 HD

    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...

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  • 2012
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    Top Gear: Supercars Across Italy

    Top Gear: Supercars Across Italy

    8.2 2012 HD

    Top Gear: Supercars Across Italy

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  • 2015
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    Top Gear: Greatest Hits

    Top Gear: Greatest Hits

    8 2015 HD

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

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  • 2006
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    Top Gear: Supercars

    Top Gear: Supercars

    8 2006 HD

    Top Gear: Supercars

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  • 2015
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    Top Gear: The Big Send Off Special

    Top Gear: The Big Send Off Special

    8.2 2015 HD

    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...

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  • 2021
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    Top Gear: A Tribute to Sabine Schmitz

    Top Gear: A Tribute to Sabine Schmitz

    9.7 2021 HD

    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...

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  • 2006
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    Top Gear: The Races

    Top Gear: The Races

    1 2006 HD

    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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  • 2024
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    Joan Rivers at the BBC

    Joan Rivers at the BBC

    1 2024 HD

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

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  • 2016
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    Top Gear from A - Z: The Ultimate Extended Edition

    Top Gear from A - Z: The Ultimate Extended Edition

    1 2016 HD

    John Bishop narrates this alphabetical collection of highlights from the long-running BBC motoring show presented by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond...

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  • 2015
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    Top Gear: Australian Road Trip

    Top Gear: Australian Road Trip

    10 2015 HD

    The presenters travel to Australia's Northern Territory for a road trip across the outback in three GT cars. On their trip they deal with crocodile...

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  • 2015
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    Top Gear: Australian Road Trip

    Top Gear: Australian Road Trip

    10 2015 HD

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  • 1988
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    This Morning

    This Morning

    5.7 1988 HD

    This Morning features a variety of news, as well as show business, fashion, beauty, lifestyle, home and garden, food, tech, live phone-ins, and...

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  • 1993
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    Shooting Stars

    Shooting Stars

    7.444 1993 HD

    Shooting Stars is a British television comedy panel game broadcast on BBC Two as a pilot in 1993, then as 3 full series from 1995 to 1997, then on...

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  • 2005
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    The F Word

    The F Word

    5.6 2005 HD

    The F Word is a British food magazine and cookery programme featuring chef Gordon Ramsay. The programme covers a wide range of topics, from recipes...

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  • 2006
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    Petrolheads

    Petrolheads

    1 2006 HD

    Petrolheads is a BBC panel game presented by Neil Morrissey, with team captains Richard Hammond and Chris Barrie. The show pitted motoring wits...

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  • 2016
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    James May's Build a Car in 24 Hours

    James May's Build a Car in 24 Hours

    1 2016 HD

    Every 68 seconds a brand new car drives off the production line at the MINI Plant in Oxford. James May goes behind the scenes to bring us this modern...

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  • 2002
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    Top Gear

    Top Gear

    7.5 2002 HD

    This fast-paced and stunt-filled motor show tests whether cars, both mundane and extraordinary, live up to their manufacturers' claims. The...

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  • 2006
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    Oz & James's Big Wine Adventure

    Oz & James's Big Wine Adventure

    8 2006 HD

    Oz and James's Big Wine Adventure was a BBC television programme of which two series have been broadcast. It was presented by wine expert Oz Clarke...

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  • 2007
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    James May's 20th Century

    James May's 20th Century

    7.5 2007 HD

    James May takes a look at some of the greatest developments of the 20th century.

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  • 2008
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    James May's Big Ideas

    James May's Big Ideas

    6 2008 HD

    James May's Big Ideas is a three-part British television miniseries in which James May, a journalist and self-acknowledged geek travels the globe in...

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  • 2019
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    Al Murray's Great British Pub Quiz

    Al Murray's Great British Pub Quiz

    8 2019 HD

    Pub Landlord comedian, All Murray hosts an hour-long show quiz show that pits the UK's most passionate pub quiz teams against each other.

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  • 2009
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    Oz & James Drink to Britain

    Oz & James Drink to Britain

    7.5 2009 HD

    Oz Clarke and James May travel through Britain and Ireland to discover the amazing array of drinks that is on offer.

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  • 2011
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    James May's Things You Need To Know

    James May's Things You Need To Know

    7.4 2011 HD

    James May gives a straightforward guide to some of science's big ideas, explaining everything from evolution and Einstein to engineering and...

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  • 2010
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    James May's Man Lab

    James May's Man Lab

    7.3 2010 HD

    James May's Man Lab sees James attempting redeem the reputation of the modern man by teaching them skills that were cherished by their forefathers.

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  • 2002
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    Top Gear

    Top Gear

    7.5 2002 HD

    This fast-paced and stunt-filled motor show tests whether cars, both mundane and extraordinary, live up to their manufacturers' claims. The...

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  • 2019
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    James May's Big Trouble in Model Britain

    James May's Big Trouble in Model Britain

    7.5 2019 HD

    James May follows a year inside Hornby Hobbies – an iconic British toymaker on the brink of collapse.

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  • 2014
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    James May's Cars of the People

    James May's Cars of the People

    7.6 2014 HD

    James May takes a look at the 'peoples car'. Covering every form of cars for the masses - from the Beetle to the Kei Car, May looks at the many forms...

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  • 2016
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    The Grand Tour

    The Grand Tour

    7.99 2016 HD

    Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are back with a show about adventure, excitement and friendship... as long as you accept that the...

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  • 2016
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    James May: The Reassembler

    James May: The Reassembler

    7.1 2016 HD

    When we look around our homes, sheds and garages we see an array of household objects that with one click of a button or twist of a knob will spring...

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  • 2009
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    James May's Toy Stories

    James May's Toy Stories

    7.1 2009 HD

    James May is out to prove why traditional, old fashioned toys are still relevant today when he pushes them to the limit in spectacular, supersize...

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  • 2016
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    The Grand Tour

    The Grand Tour

    7.99 2016 HD

    Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are back with a show about adventure, excitement and friendship... as long as you accept that the...

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  • 1990
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    Have I Got News for You

    Have I Got News for You

    7.1 1990 HD

    Hilarious, totally-irreverent, near-slanderous political quiz show, based mainly on news stories from the last week or so, that leaves no party,...

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  • 2012
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    Dara O Briain's Science Club

    Dara O Briain's Science Club

    8.3 2012 HD

    Dara Ó Briain's Science Club is a British science television series presented by Dara Ó Briain which first aired on BBC Two in 2012....

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  • 1970
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    Have I Got a Bit More News for You

    Have I Got a Bit More News for You

    6.9 1970 HD

    Based on the week’s news and fronted by guest hosts, this extended version of the satirical news quiz features more of the stuff that wouldn't...

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  • 2011
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    A Night with the Stars

    A Night with the Stars

    1 2011 HD

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

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  • 2012
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    Top Gear: Top Fails

    Top Gear: Top Fails

    1 2012 HD

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  • 2007
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    The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

    7.2 2007 HD

    Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun...

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  • 2020
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    James May: Our Man in…

    James May: Our Man in…

    7.7 2020 HD

    James May embarks on a remarkable journey across Japan, from its icy north to its balmy south. He’ll see the sights, meet the locals, and eat...

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  • 2016
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    Top Gear: The Races

    Top Gear: The Races

    1 2016 HD

    From very early on in Top Gear's life the phrase 'We decided to have a race' has appeared often. Some of the races have been brief, and some have...

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  • 2020
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    James May: Oh Cook!

    James May: Oh Cook!

    6.5 2020 HD

    James May is not a chef. But that’s the whole point: you don’t need to be a brilliant cook to make delicious food. Transporting us to the...

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  • 2015
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    Top Gear: Ambitious But Rubbish

    Top Gear: Ambitious But Rubbish

    8.5 2015 HD

    This compilation show presented by Richard Hammond takes a look back at Top Gear's most famous creations from the past 21 seasons. Relive many of the...

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  • 1970
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    Top Gear: Ambitious But Rubbish

    Top Gear: Ambitious But Rubbish

    7.5 1970 HD

    James May follows a year inside Hornby Hobbies – an iconic British toymaker on the brink of collapse.

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  • 1970
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    Top Gear: Ambitious But Rubbish

    Top Gear: Ambitious But Rubbish

    7.3 1970 HD

    James May's Man Lab sees James attempting redeem the reputation of the modern man by teaching them skills that were cherished by their forefathers.

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  • 1970
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    Top Gear: Ambitious But Rubbish

    Top Gear: Ambitious But Rubbish

    7.3 1970 HD

    James May's Man Lab sees James attempting redeem the reputation of the modern man by teaching them skills that were cherished by their forefathers.

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  • 1970
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    Top Gear: Ambitious But Rubbish

    Top Gear: Ambitious But Rubbish

    7.5 1970 HD

    James May follows a year inside Hornby Hobbies – an iconic British toymaker on the brink of collapse.

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  • 1970
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    Top Gear: Ambitious But Rubbish

    Top Gear: Ambitious But Rubbish

    7.99 1970 HD

    Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are back with a show about adventure, excitement and friendship... as long as you accept that the...

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  • 1970
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    Top Gear: Ambitious But Rubbish

    Top Gear: Ambitious But Rubbish

    7.5 1970 HD

    This fast-paced and stunt-filled motor show tests whether cars, both mundane and extraordinary, live up to their manufacturers' claims. The...

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  • 1970
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    Top Gear: Ambitious But Rubbish

    Top Gear: Ambitious But Rubbish

    7.1 1970 HD

    James May is out to prove why traditional, old fashioned toys are still relevant today when he pushes them to the limit in spectacular, supersize...

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  • 1970
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    Top Gear: Ambitious But Rubbish

    Top Gear: Ambitious But Rubbish

    7.99 1970 HD

    Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are back with a show about adventure, excitement and friendship... as long as you accept that the...

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  • 1970
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    Top Gear: Ambitious But Rubbish

    Top Gear: Ambitious But Rubbish

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Top Gear: Ambitious But Rubbish

    Top Gear: Ambitious But Rubbish

    7.8 1970 HD

    Motoring programme featuring reviews of and reports about cars of all types.

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  • 1970
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    Top Gear: Ambitious But Rubbish

    Top Gear: Ambitious But Rubbish

    7.7 1970 HD

    James May embarks on a remarkable journey across Japan, from its icy north to its balmy south. He’ll see the sights, meet the locals, and eat...

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