James May

Quick Facts

Full Name	James May
Occupation	TV Show Host
Date Of Birth	Jan 16, 1963(1963-01-16)
Age	61
Birthplace	Bristol
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Capricorn

James May Biography

James May is one of the most popular and richest TV Show Host who was born on January 16, 1963 in Bristol, England, United Kingdom. Became known as Captain Slow or Mr. Slowly, the host of popular shows such as Top Gear and The Grand Tour. He also wrote a weekly column for The Daily Telegraph from 2003 until 2011.

He beat Gordon Ramsay on an episode of The F Word by eating rotten shark, fish pie, and animal body parts.

During the early 1980s, May worked as a sub-editor for The Engineer and later Autocar magazine, from which he was dismissed for performing a prank. He has since written for several publications, including the regular column England Made Me in Car Magazine, articles for Top Gear magazine, and a weekly column in The Daily Telegraph.

In an interview with Richard Allinson on BBC Radio 2, May confessed that in 1992 he was dismissed from Autocar magazine after putting together an acrostic in one issue. At the end of the year, the magazine’s “Road Test Yearbook” supplement was published. Each spread featured four reviews and each review started with a large red letter (known in typography as an initial). May’s role was to put the entire supplement together.

He has two sisters and a brother. He began dating dance critic Sarah Frater in 2000.

James May Net Worth

James May is one of the richest TV Show Host from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, James May 's net worth $25 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He attended Lancaster University and worked as an editor for The Engineer and Autocar magazine.

In 2006, he starred in Oz and James’s Big Wine Adventure, where he traveled around France with wine expert Oz Clark.

James Daniel May (born 16 January 1963), is an English television presenter and journalist. He is best known as a co-presenter of the motoring programme Top Gear alongside Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond from 2003 until 2015. As of 2016 he is a director of the production company W. Chump & Sons (founded July 2015) and is also a co-presenter in the television series The Grand Tour for Amazon Video, alongside his former Top Gear colleagues, Clarkson and Hammond, as well as Top Gear’s former producer Andy Wilman.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is James May Dating?

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May has owned many cars including a 2005 Saab 9-5 Aero, Bentley T2, Rolls- Royce Phantom, Triumph 2000, Rover P6, Alfa Romeo 164, 1971 Rolls-Royce Corniche, Jaguar XJS, 1992 Range Rover Classic Vogue, Fiat Panda, Datsun 120Y, Vauxhall Cavalier Mk1, Ferrari F430, Ferrari 458 Italia, 1984 Porsche 911, 2005 Porsche Boxster S (which he claims is the first car he has ever purchased new). May currently owns a Ferrari 308 GTB, a 2009 Porsche 911 Carrera S facelift, a 2014 BMW i3, a 2018 Alpine A110, a 2019 Tesla Model S 100D, a 2015 Toyota Mirai, a 2015 Ferrari 458 Speciale which he ordered following his exit from Top Gear and the VW Beach Buggy used in The Grand Tour Special “The Beach Buggy Boys”. He often uses a Brompton folding bicycle for commuting. He passed his driving test on his second attempt and justified this by saying “All the best people pass the second time”.

Facts & Trivia

James Ranked on the list of most popular TV Show Host. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. James May celebrates birthday on January 16 of every year.

In late 2006, the BBC broadcast Oz and James’s Big Wine Adventure, a series in which May, a committed bitter drinker, travelled around France with wine expert Oz Clarke. A second series was broadcast in late 2007, this time with May and Clarke in the Californian wine country, and was followed by a third series in 2009 called Oz and James Drink to Britain.

Why was James May in hospital?

“Paramedics confirmed no heart attack but not surprisingly he was clearly suffering from stress and the effects of a not so healthy lifestyle. “After a snooze, he declared he felt better and he would go ahead with the evening’s performance.”

Do Clarkson Hammond and May like each other?

Speaking to press including Express.co.uk, James May, 58, said he doesn’t see his The Grand Tour pals Jeremy Clarkson, 61, and Richard Hammond, 51, as best friends , but loves the dynamic that they have. His colleagues are often seen pulling pranks on him, which he said he actually enjoys most of the time.

Are James and Brian May related?

He revealed: “No he’s not sadly [my brother], I would love to have Brian May as my brother because he’s great and has fantastic hair. “He’s slightly older than me, so he’d have to be my big brother. “ We are not in any way related , I haven’t even met him.”

Why is James May called Captain Slow?

May was briefly a co-presenter of the original Top Gear series during 1999. He first co-presented the revived series of Top Gear in its second series in 2003, where he earned the nickname “Captain Slow” owing to his careful driving style.

Does Richard Hammond still have brain damage?

Richard Hammond has ‘no capacity for remembering’ due to brain damage after horror crash. Richard Hammond is still suffering the long term effects of his jet-powered crash on Top Gear in 2006, in which he suffered severe head injuries.