James May
James May is a TV show on BBC4. James May discovers how the car became an everyday part of normal people's lives. The program has been available since 2025. A total of 13 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in December 2025.
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James May tries to create a Christmas miracle by making it snow, invents a Christmas tree-decorating blunderbuss gun, and discovers the easiest way to wrap presents.
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50:00James May continues his quest to reskill the modern male by attempting to prove the impossible - that an Englishman can take a penalty and score - in front of 20,000 Germans.
1:00:00It'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.
50:00James May continues his quest to reskill modern man as he and Oz Clarke navigate their way across Dartmoor - with a team of trackers in hot pursuit - while handcuffed together.
Series 1
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50:00James May helps modern man reacquire vital skills as he attempts to construct a new weapon designed to defeat one of man's mortal enemies - the wasp.
Series 2 50:00
50:00James May continues his epic quest to reskill the modern male by reuniting a former teenage rock band for their first concert in 20 years, felling a tree, and hunting ghosts.
Series 1 55:00
55:00James May helps modern man reacquire vital skills as he navigates the high seas the old-fashioned way, engages in a duel over a parking space, and builds a pub.
50:00James May helps modern man reacquire vital skills that are in danger of being lost as he learns how to defuse an unexploded bomb, build a concrete kitchen and serenade a woman.
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'.
Series 3 1:20:00
1:20:00James May continues his epic quest to reskill the modern male as he attempts a risky stunt involving an ailing seaside town and a great big monster.
1:15:00James May goes in search of a wedding ring lost in the 1970s, the team launches its very own pirate radio station, and there are a couple of amazing inventions on offer.
1:00:00James takes to the air to help an Oxfordshire town with its diamond jubilee celebration and also tests whether it is possible to make your own luck.
1:00:00James's team try to catch a bolt of lightning, and James visits the Rock Paper Scissors World Championships and a Welsh coal mine while also recruiting some feline crime fighters.