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James May
Sign in to saveAlso known as James Daniel May, Captain Slow, BIM
English television presenter and journalist
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 22
Top works
- Trial, execution, and confession of the burkers
- Pierce Egan's Account of Trial of, for Murder
- Trial and execution of John Bishop and Thomas Williams
- The sorrowful lamentation and last farewell to the world, of the three unfortunate men, Bishop, May, and Williams
- Life trial and execution, of Bishop, May and Williams
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Film & TV
Acting · Bristol - England - UK
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…
Known for
- The Grand-ish Tour — Self2026
- James May's Great Explorers — James May2025
- The Not Very Grand Tour — Self2025
- James May's Shed Load of Ideas2025
- Joan Rivers at the BBC — Self (archive footage)2024
- James May and the Dull Men — Self - Host2024
- Perfect Pub Walks — Self2024
- Top Gear: A Tribute to Sabine Schmitz — Self2021
- James May: Our Man in… — Self2020
- James May: Oh Cook! — Self2020
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1963
Member of
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Listeners · Last.fm
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- 1,171
- Total plays
- 5,444
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James May (born January 16, 1963) is a British television presenter and motoring journalist famous for co-presenting motoring show Top Gear. In addition to this he writes a weekly column for The Daily Telegraph. Might I mention his nickname is Capitan Slow. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/James+May">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
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Key facts
- Born
- James Daniel May , ( 1963-01-16 ) 16 January 1963 (age 63) , Bristol , England
- Other name
- Captain Slow
- Alma mater
- Lancaster University
- Occupations
- Broadcaster columnist author journalist businessman
- Years active
- 1980 ( 1980 ) s–present
- Employer
- Amazon Prime Video Former employers: BBC Channel 4 ITV Sky The Engineer Autocar The Daily Telegraph
- Known for
- Top Gear (2002 Series) (2003–15) James May's Toy Stories (2009, 2011–14) The Grand Tour (2016–24) James May: Our Man in... (2020–24) James May: Oh Cook! (2020–23)
- Partner
- Sarah Frater (2000–present)
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- date of birth
- 1963-01-16
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- James May
- birth name
- James Daniel May
- social media followers
- 3235444
- catchphrase
- Oh, cock
- name in native language
- James May
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James Daniel May (born 16 January 1963) is an English television presenter, author and journalist. He is best known as a co-presenter, alongside Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond, of the motoring programme Top Gear from 2003 until 2015 and the television series The Grand Tour for Amazon Prime Video from 2016 to 2024. He also served as a director of the production company W. Chump & Sons.
May has presented other programmes on themes including travel, science and technology, toys, wine culture, and the plight of manliness in modern times. He wrote a weekly column for The Daily Telegraph's motoring section from 2003 to 2011.