James May
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James Daniel May (born January 16, 1963, in Bristol), is best known as a co-presenter of the Top Gear motoring show, along with Richard Hammond and Jeremy Clarkson. He also writes a weekly column for The Daily Telegraph's motoring section.
May often refers to himself as "the other bloke off Top Gear". He is known for finishing last in nearly all of the Top Gear challenges between the presenters, which, along with his generally slow driving style, has earned him the nickname "Captain Slow" among his co-presenters and fans. He generally refuses to run when being filmed on outside broadcasts, although he has been caught running during the Cessna 182 vs. Veyron challenge on Top Gear.
James May went to Oakwood Comprehensive School (now Oakwood Technology College) in Rotherham, and graduated from Lancaster University with a degree in music. He is unmarried, and lives in Hammersmith, West London, with his cat, Fusker. He has a brother and two sisters.
During the early nineties, May worked as a sub-editor for The Engineer and later Autocar magazine. He has also written for several publications, such as a column called England Made Me in CAR magazine, articles for Top Gear Magazine, and a weekly article in The Daily Telegraph. He has written a book titled May on Motors, which is a collection of columns he has written for various publications. In October 2006, the book 'Oz and James's Wine Adventure' was published. The book, which James co-authored, accompanied the TV series (to be shown on BBC TV in Autumn 2006) in which James, a committed beer drinker, travelled around France with wine expert Oz Clarke. He has also written the afterword to 'Long Lane with Turnings', published in September 2006, the final book by motoring legend LJK Setright, and in the same month co-presented a tribute to Raymond Baxter.
His past television credits include presenting Driven on Channel 4, narrating an eight part BBC1 series called Road Rage School, writing and presenting a one-off Christmas special called James May's Top Toys (also for BBC1), and co-hosting the ITV1 coverage of the 2006 London Boat Show. He first co-presented Top Gear in 1999, before it was cancelled by the BBC, due to low ratings. He rejoined the show in the second series of the present Top Gear format. On 29 January 2006 he presented Top of the Pops on BBC2. In August 2006, it was revealed that May is a frequent contributor to the online motoring humor magazine Sniff Petrol. He also presented a documentary for Sky about sharks.
He owns several cars, including a Bentley T2, a Jaguar XJS, a Range Rover, a Mini Cooper (which he bought off Ebay on advice from Top Gear colleague Richard Hammond), a Fiat Panda, a Porsche 911, a Porsche Boxster S, and several motorbikes. May has a penchant for prestige cars like Rolls Royce and Bentley, or, conversely, simple, & basic cars.
May is training for a light aircraft pilot's licence at White Waltham Airfield. Although not yet qualified he was still able to fly a Cessna 182 in a Top Gear challenge. He lacked the necessary rating to fly at night, and was therefore unable to complete the challenge in the aircraft.