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James May

English television presenter and journalist

Person · Open Library

Born: 1963-01-16
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
Country: DE
Active from: 1842-02-25
Active to: 1912-03-30

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 1,171
Total plays: 5,444

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 75,924x
Special points for Brillouin-zone integrations
· 1976 · cited 66,940x
Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis
· 2012 · cited 64,727x
SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 34,272x
Structural equation modeling in practice: A review and recommended two-step approach.
· 1988 · cited 31,163x

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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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Key dates

Born: 16 January 1963

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Daniel
Family name: May
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Place of birth: Bristol
Occupation: presenter
Employer: BBC
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language

Article

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.