James May
James May is a TV show on BBC4. Top Gear's James May marks the 40th anniversary of the Apollo moon landings. The long-running program has been available since 2012. A total of 125 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in April 2024.
Last broadcast:24/04/2024 at 15:00
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James May
Top Gear's James May marks the 40th anniversary of the Apollo moon landings by meeting three men who walked on the moon and flying to the edge of the space in a U2 spy plane.
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It's back to the future for James May - he asks what happened to the cutting-edge motors our forebears promised, including fanciful steam cars and ludicrous jet turbines.
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James May goes off-road to explore how the 4x4 conquered the world - from Mount Fuji to the Mojave Desert, Captain Slow puts our favourite four-wheel drives to the test.
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The erstwhile Top Gear host can't get enough of driving... James reveals the cars that turned post-war Germany and Japan into motoring powerhouses at the expense of Britain.
Series 1
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Captain Slow finds out how we became a nation of car drivers - here James hears how aspiration drove the development of the Rolls Royce and stages a race-off.
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Top Gear's hairiest host explores the weird world of the microcar, revisiting Britain's infamous three-wheeled disasters as well as French deathtraps.
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James May takes a rare and privileged flight 70,000 feet above Earth in a U2 spy plane to a place known in the Air Force as the 'space equivalent zone' or the 'edge of space'.