James May
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Series
Top Gear volume 5
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English
Description
Jeremy Clarkson goes mad in two fast estates, Richard Hammond invents 'motorhome racing', the new Honda Civic Type-R is put to its paces out on the test track, and James May pits an Alfa Romeo against a man who crosses the Humber Estuary without using a bridge!
Author
Series
Top Gear volume 3
Language
English
Description
Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond are on location with a forthcoming movie as they take charge of shooting the film's climactic car chase. Clarkson uses his expertise to choreograph the stunt driving while Hammond organizes an explosive finale.
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Series
Top Gear volume 1
Language
English
Description
Jeremy drives the new Swedish super - the Koenigsegg CCX, RIchard drives the new Nissan Micra convertible and James drives the new Honda Civic. They all make the first convertible people carrier and host a celebrity coffee morning on the Top Gear track with the new Top Gear car, the Chevrolet Lacetti.
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Series
Top Gear volume 4
Language
English
Description
The Top Gear team are challenged to drive from the heart of Switzerland to the North Western coast of England on just one tank of fuel with the winner getting to turn on the Blackpool Illuminations. Back at the track, James tackles his first ever power test in the amazing Pagani Zonda F Roadster and, after years of waiting, The Stig finally gets to set a lap time in the remarkable Bugatti Veyron. Plus, comedian Harry Enfield is the Star in a Reasonably...
Author
Series
Top Gear volume 1
Language
English
Description
Top Gear returns with Jeremy, Richard and James deciding to buy second-hand lorries, despite knowing almost nothing about the world of trucks, and then set about discovering how easy it is to be an HGV driver - which turns out to be a lot harder than they thought. Jeremy is also on the test track with a scary Porsche 911 and a tame Lamborghini Gallardo, and chat show legend Michael Parkinson is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car.
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Series
Top Gear volume 6
Language
English
Description
Jeremy, Richard and James celebrate 40 years of British Leyland by reviewing three of their cars that aren't that bad and Jeremy takes Aston Martin's new flagship, the DBS, out on the test track.
Author
Series
Top Gear volume 3
Language
English
Description
Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May explore the idea that you can't be a proper petrolhead unless you have owned an Alfa Romeo by buying three slightly used Alfas, each for less than £1,000. Jeremy also conducts possibly the least appropriate power test ever as he takes the gargantuan Bentley Brooklands onto the track, and Gavin and Stacey actors James Corden and Rob Brydon are the Stars in the Reasonably Priced Car.
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Series
Top Gear volume 5
Language
English
Description
Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May go all rural as they harness a group of high-tech tractors and attempt to grow their own petrol. The Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 dances with the devil on the test track. Jeremy discovers what happens when a locomotive hits a Renault Espace, and Kristin Scott-Thomas is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car.
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Series
Top Gear volume 11
Language
English
Description
The world's greatest power sliders grace the track. James attempts to re-create the Top Gear theme tune with a variety of car engine noises. Jeremy examines why the Ford F150 SVT Lightning pick-up is the world's bestselling car. In Spain, Richard takes part in the annual Pamplona bull run to see whether driving a Lamborghini Murcielago roadster gives him the same kick as 12 angry bulls. And actor Timothy Spall is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car....
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Series
Top Gear volume 4
Language
English
Description
The Cadillac CTS-V takes to the track, Richard tests the new BMW 3 season, and the presenters hand over reporting duties to their mothers, who test-drive a range of new small cars including the Renault Modus, Honda Jazz and Peugeot 1007. And the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car is comedian Omid Djalili.
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Series
Top Gear volume 2
Language
English
Description
The season continues at high speed as Jeremy falls in love with the Mercedes CLK Black, Richard uses the Audi RS6 to take on some annoyingly cool French skiers and James sets our in-house bravery expert an enormous challenge involving an MG Maestro. Plus, the new Mitsubishi Evo X and Subaru Impreza STi rally around the test track and Spooks actors Rupert Penry-Jones and Peter Firth go head-to-head in the Reasonably Priced Car.
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Series
Top Gear volume 4
Language
English
Description
In one of our most spectacular challenges yet, Richard Hammond travels to Cyprus where he pits the new Porshe Cayenne Turbo S against the RAF's freefall parachute display team, The Red Devils. Jeremy Clarkson employs a top interior designer to convert a Mercedes S Class into the ultimate luxury car - with suprising results. The BMW Z4M flexes its muscles when the Stig power tests it on the track and the star in the reasonably priced car is Hollywood...
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Series
Top Gear volume 3
Language
English
Description
James May goes back to the 1970s with the Maserati Bora supercar. Germany and Russia give us their interpretations of the classic British sports car with the Weismann MF3 and TVR Tuscan 2. Richard Hammond finds out what happens when you take the roof off an Aston Martin DB9 with the new DB9 Volante. Elsewhere, Jeremy makes a splash when he opens a local swimming pool, and the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car is actor Christopher Eccleston.
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Series
Top Gear volume 1
Language
English
Description
Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May set out to discover what Top Gear might have been like 60 years ago in a race from London to Edinburgh. James grabs himself a gorgeous old Jaguar XK120 whilst Richard chooses the brutal but rather fantastically named Vincent Black Shadow motorbike. Meanwhile, in an almost unprecedented move, Jeremy takes the train.
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Series
Top Gear volume 4
Language
English
Description
It's epic race time again as Jeremy Clarkson attempts to drive the Nissan GT-R across Japan faster than Richard Hammond and James May can make the same journey on the country's legendary 'bullet' train. Jeremy also tests the beautiful new Alfa Romeo 8C on the Top Gear track, and Fiona Bruce and Kate Silverton leave their news desks to become the Stars in a Reasonably Priced Car.
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Series
Top Gear volume 6
Language
English
Description
The team build their own stretch limos out of the most improbable cars and then use them to take some top celebrities to the Brit Awards. Plus a good ol' boy Ford Mustang whoops around the test track.
Author
Series
Top Gear volume 1
Language
English
Description
Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May set out to buy a bargain-priced police cruiser to take part in a dramatic chase without costing a packet. Jeremy tears up the track in the new Ferrari 430 Scuderia, and The Friday Night Project's Alan Carr and Justin Lee Collins are the Stars in a Reasonably Priced Car.
Author
Series
Top Gear volume 4
Language
English
Description
Jeremy Clarkson subjects the new Kia Cee'd to a road test involving eels, curry, a rock legend, an American cop, and a rather unusual game of rugby involving James May. Meanwhile, Richard Hammond is in Mexico for a road test of the Mastretta sports car, a trio of hot hatchbacks tear it up on the test track and another top celebrity takes their turn as the star in the Reasonably Priced Car.
Author
Series
Top Gear volume 2
Language
English
Description
Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May travel to the USA to take three new generation muscle cars on an epic road trip from San Francisco to the heart of Utah. And after the excitement of their last American road trip, this time they do their best to avoid letting a mob of angry locals pelt them with rocks. Meanwhile, back in the UK, Jeremy scampers around the test track in the feisty new Fiat 500 Abarth and pop idol Will Young is the Star...
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Series
Top Gear volume 3
Language
English
Description
Jeremy, Richard and James take their favorite supercars - the Ford GT, Ferrari F430 and Pagani Zonda - on a continental road trip. The Focus ST takes to the track, and car cultures clash when the Austin Healey Sprite takes on a Peugeot 306. Plus Dr Stephen Ladyman MP is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car.