James May
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1963-01-16
Place of Birth
Bristol - England - UK
James May
Biography
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.
Also Known For
James May at the Edge of Space
Jun 20, 2009
Top Gear of the Pops
Mar 16, 2007
Top Gear: The Great Adventures Vol. 1
Mar 03, 2008
Top Gear: The Great Adventures 2
Mar 23, 2009
James May's Cars of the People
Aug 05, 2015
Top Gear: At the Movies
Nov 14, 2011
Top Gear: The Burma Special
Jun 02, 2014
Top Gear: The Worst Car In the History of the World
Nov 19, 2012
Top Gear: The Great African Adventure
Jun 03, 2013
Top Gear: The Challenges
Mar 10, 2007
Top Gear Festival: Sydney
Aug 25, 2013
James May's Toy Stories - Airfix
Oct 28, 2009
Top Gear: The Challenges 3
Jun 08, 2009
Top Gear: Apocalypse
Nov 22, 2010
Top Gear: The Great Adventure 5
Mar 26, 2012
Top Gear: The Great Adventures 4
Mar 28, 2011
Top Gear: Polar Special
Jul 25, 2007
Top Gear: The Challenges 4
Jun 07, 2010
Top Gear: The Challenges 5
Jun 13, 2011
Top Gear: The Challenges 6
Feb 08, 2012
Top Gear: Winter Olympics Special
Jun 05, 2006
James May: My Sisters' Top Toys
Dec 23, 2007
Top Gear - Planes, Rockets & Automobiles
Jan 01, 2008
James May on the Moon
Jun 21, 2009
Top Gear: Cars with Soul
Jan 04, 2011
Top Gear: US Special
Mar 03, 2008
Top Gear: Winter Blunderland
Nov 26, 2018
A Night with the Stars
Dec 18, 2011
Top Gear: The Best of the Specials
Nov 27, 2017
Top Gear: The Challenges 2
Jan 01, 2008
Top Gear: The Great Adventures 2
Dec 28, 2008
Top Gear - Best of the Challenges
Apr 01, 2007
Top Gear: Patagonia Special
Dec 27, 2014
James May's Top Toys
Dec 21, 2005
Top Gear - Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Oct 10, 2019
Top Gear: The Great Adventures 3
Mar 22, 2010
Top Ground Gear Force
Mar 14, 2008
Top Gear: Revved Up
Jun 06, 2005
Top Gear: Romania Special
Jan 03, 2010
Top Gear: The U.S. Special
Jan 02, 2011
Top Gear: Supercars Across Italy
Apr 23, 2012
Top Gear: Greatest Hits
Jun 01, 2015
Top Gear: Supercars
Mar 27, 2006
Top Gear: The Big Send Off Special
Jun 28, 2015
Top Gear: A Tribute to Sabine Schmitz
Apr 04, 2021
Top Gear: The Races
Nov 10, 2006
Joan Rivers at the BBC
Sep 08, 2024
Top Gear: Australian Road Trip
Feb 02, 2015
Top Gear: The Great Adventures 1
Nov 04, 2007
Top Gear: US Special 2008
Feb 11, 2007
Top Gear - Albania Special
Feb 08, 2011
Top Gear Burma Special
Mar 09, 2014
Top Gear: India Special
Dec 28, 2011
This Morning
Oct 03, 1988
Shooting Stars
Dec 27, 1993
The F Word
Oct 27, 2005
Petrolheads
Feb 12, 2006
James May's Build a Car in 24 Hours
Mar 06, 2016
Oz & James's Big Wine Adventure
Nov 22, 2006
James May's 20th Century
Jul 10, 2007
James May's Big Ideas
Sep 28, 2008
Al Murray's Great British Pub Quiz
Mar 07, 2019
Oz & James Drink to Britain
Jan 06, 2009
James May's Things You Need To Know
Jun 20, 2011
James May's Man Lab
Oct 31, 2010
Top Gear
Oct 20, 2002
James May's Big Trouble in Model Britain
Mar 06, 2019
James May's Cars of the People
Aug 10, 2014
The Grand Tour
Nov 17, 2016
James May: The Reassembler
Apr 04, 2016
James May's Toy Stories
Oct 27, 2009
Dara O Briain's Science Club
Nov 06, 2012
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
A Night with the Stars
Dec 18, 2011
Top Gear: Top Fails
Oct 22, 2012
The Graham Norton Show
Feb 22, 2007
James May: Our Man in…
Jan 03, 2020
Top Gear: The Races
Jan 18, 2016
James May: Oh Cook!
Nov 13, 2020
Top Gear: Ambitious But Rubbish
Dec 02, 2015
Driven
Oct 13, 1998
James May and the Dull Men
Nov 05, 2024
Top of the Pops
Jan 01, 1964
Have I Got News for You
Sep 28, 1990
James May's Great Explorers
Feb 13, 2025
The Not Very Grand Tour
Apr 18, 2025
The One Show
Aug 14, 2006
Perfect Pub Walks
Feb 20, 2024
James May's Shed Load of Ideas
Nov 11, 2025
Oz and James's Big Wine Adventure
Nov 22, 2006
