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The Roku Channel
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Top Gear (2002)
This fast-paced and stunt-filled motor show tests whether cars, both mundane and extraordinary, live up to their manufacturers' claims. The long-running show travels to locations around the world, performing extreme stunts and challenges to see what the featured cars are capable of doing. The current hosts are Paddy Mcguinness, Chris Harris and Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff.
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Amazon Prime Video
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The Grand Tour (2016)
Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are back with a show about adventure, excitement and friendship... as long as you accept that the people you call friends are also the ones you find extremely annoying. Sometimes it's even a show about cars. Follow them on their global adventure.
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Amazon Prime Video
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James May: Our Man In… (2020)
James May embarks on a remarkable journey across Japan, from its icy north to its balmy south. He’ll see the sights, meet the locals, and eat the noodles in a bid to truly understand the Land of the Rising Sun.
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AMC+
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The Graham Norton Show (2007)
Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out.
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Have I Got News for You (1990)
Hilarious, totally-irreverent, near-slanderous political quiz show, based mainly on news stories from the last week or so, that leaves no party, personality or action unscathed in pursuit of laughs.
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Amazon Prime Video
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James May: Oh Cook! (2020)
James May is not a chef. But that’s the whole point: you don’t need to be a brilliant cook to make delicious food. Transporting us to the Far East, the Med, and the local pub – all from the comfort of a home economist’s kitchen – he’ll knock up delicious recipes that you can actually make yourself, with ingredients you can actually buy. And all without the usual television cooking format trickery.
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Shooting Stars (1995)
Shooting Stars is a British television comedy panel game broadcast on BBC Two as a pilot in 1993, then as 3 full series from 1995 to 1997, then on BBC Choice from January to December 2002 with 2 series before returning to BBC Two for another 3 series from 2008 until its cancellation in 2011. Created and hosted by double-act Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, it uses the panel show format but with the comedians' often slapstick, surreal and anarchic humour does not rely on rules in order to function, with the pair apparently ignoring existing rules or inventing new ones as and when the mood takes them.
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The Roku Channel
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James May's Man Lab (2010)
James May's Man Lab sees James attempting redeem the reputation of the modern man by teaching them skills that were cherished by their forefathers.
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The Roku Channel
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James May's Cars of the People (2014)
James May takes a look at the 'peoples car'. Covering every form of cars for the masses - from the Beetle to the Kei Car, May looks at the many forms of people's car, their origins and their effect on history. Each episode covers a particular theme; these being cars from dictatorships, microcars and the dream cars we aspire to.
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Top of the Pops (UK) (1964)
The biggest stars, the most iconic performances, the most outrageous outfits – it’s Britain’s number one pop show.
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The Roku Channel
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James May's Toy Stories (2009)
James May is out to prove why traditional, old fashioned toys are still relevant today when he pushes them to the limit in spectacular, supersize challenges.
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The Roku Channel
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The F Word (2005)
The F Word is a British food magazine and cookery programme featuring chef Gordon Ramsay. The programme covers a wide range of topics, from recipes to food preparation and celebrity food fads. The programme is made by Optomen Television and aired weekly on Channel 4. The theme tune for the series is "The F-Word" from the Babybird album Bugged.
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The Roku Channel
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James May: The Reassembler (2016)
When we look around our homes, sheds and garages we see an array of household objects that with one click of a button or twist of a knob will spring to life, and - most of the time - do exactly what we want them to. But how on earth do these objects work? To find out, James May (fuelled by endless cups of tea) heads into his workshop with thousands of little pieces to assemble some of our most beloved and recognisable objects from scratch to see what it actually takes to get them to work.
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This Morning (1988)
This Morning features a variety of news, as well as show business, fashion, beauty, lifestyle, home and garden, food, tech, live phone-ins, and competitions.
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The One Show (2006)
A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One.
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James May's Shed Load of Ideas (2025)
In "James May's Shed Load of Ideas," the beloved presenter fully leans into his persona as a modern-day, pragmatic philosopher. Freed from the world of high-octane automotive challenges, May returns to his natural habitat: a wonderfully cluttered shed. From this cozy HQ, he embarks on a series of intellectual and practical explorations, applying his signature curiosity and dry wit to everything from the history of mundane objects to grand futuristic concepts. The show is a testament to the fact that the subject is almost irrelevant; the true appeal is simply listening to James May think aloud. It's a comforting, witty, and deeply engaging series for anyone who finds joy in the art of thoughtful inquiry.
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Amazon Prime Video
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The Not Very Grand Tour (2025)
Richard Hammond and James May look back at nostalgic clips of The Grand Tour.
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James May's Great Explorers (2025)
There was a time, before football and rock'n'roll, when explorers were the A-listers of their day. Death-defying antics and tales of daring made them the stuff of legend: names like Columbus, Raleigh, and Cook, who sailed off over the horizon to discover new lands and bring home treasures unimaginable to those sitting at home in dark, damp Europe.    Intrepid explorers they may have been, but ‘great' might be pushing it. Across the seven seas, they spilled blood and spread disease. They enabled the destruction of civilisations and the growth of slavery.  And many of their ‘discoveries' weren't quite what you'd think...   
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James May and the Dull Men (2024)
James May recently discovered the online phenomenon of ‘Dull Men’s’ forums. Now, from his Wiltshire home, shed and pub, he embarks on a glorious ‘summer of dull’. Inspired by these forums, James creates his own solutions to the questions he finds there.
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Top Gear: The Races (2016)
From very early on in Top Gear's life the phrase 'We decided to have a race' has appeared often. Some of the races have been brief, and some have been simply epic. Matt LeBlanc, one of the fastest ever celebrities round the Top Gear test track, presents a selection of the greatest and most entertaining races from the past 13 years.
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Perfect Pub Walks (2024)
The comedian, musician and nature lover takes fellow comedian Alan Davies to the Peak District National Park, walking the Monsal Trail to Derbyshire's highest pub, Abney Moor and Mam Tor. These two have been friends for 30 years and Bill was Alan's best man. As they walk, they chat about the perils of ageing, the stresses of modern life and the loss of their friend Sean Lock
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Driven (1998)
Driven was a motoring television programme launched by Channel 4 in 1998 as a rival to the successful and long-running BBC series Top Gear. The style was similar to its rival, but with additional features such as the "Driven 100", a road test of three cars in the same class, where each car would be given marks for qualities such as practicality, desirability and cost of ownership. The car with the highest total score would be the winner. The programme launched with the concept that the presenters should interact with each other rather than present items on their own, as was then the case on Top Gear. The first series also featured a "headquarters", a racing team truck, set on a former air force base at which cars were put through their paces. These concepts resurfaced in the reborn Top Gear soon after.
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James May's Build a Car in 24 Hours (2016)
Every 68 seconds a brand new car drives off the production line at the MINI Plant in Oxford. James May goes behind the scenes to bring us this modern miracle in real time. He's joined by Ant Anstead and Kate Humble to reveal the science, engineering and people that keep us all on the road, and see how a car is built from start to finish in a little over 24 hours.
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Have I Got a Bit More News for You (2007)
Based on the week’s news and fronted by guest hosts, this extended version of the satirical news quiz features more of the stuff that wouldn't fit into the regular programme.
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The Roku Channel
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Top Gear: Ambitious But Rubbish (2015)
This compilation show presented by Richard Hammond takes a look back at Top Gear's most famous creations from the past 21 seasons. Relive many of the greatest and boldest endeavors in all their splendor, including the Train-Cars, James' Caravan Airship, the Hammerhead Eagle-i Thrust and the Hovervan.
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Oz & James Drink To Britain (2009)
Oz Clarke and James May travel through Britain and Ireland to discover the amazing array of drinks that is on offer.
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Al Murray's Great British Pub Quiz (2019)
Pub Landlord comedian, All Murray hosts an hour-long show quiz show that pits the UK's most passionate pub quiz teams against each other.
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James May's Big Trouble in Model Britain (2019)
James May follows a year inside Hornby Hobbies – an iconic British toymaker on the brink of collapse.
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Petrolheads (2006)
Petrolheads is a BBC panel game presented by Neil Morrissey, with team captains Richard Hammond and Chris Barrie. The show pitted motoring wits against each other and included car stunts shot on location. There were two guests each episode. The show was produced by Brian Klein, directed by John L Spencer and executive producers were Marie-Claire Walton and Steve Ayres. The theme music was by British composer Leigh Haggerwood. It was created and scripted by prolific author Norman Giller, with input from Top Gear writer Richard Porter and comedy scriptwriter Ged Parsons. In October 26, 2012, Richard Osman, writing for The Guardian named Petrolheads among four of UK TV's worst ever gameshows.
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James May's Things You Need To Know (2011)
James May gives a straightforward guide to some of science's big ideas, explaining everything from evolution and Einstein to engineering and chemistry.
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James May's Big Ideas (2008)
James May's Big Ideas is a three-part British television miniseries in which James May, a journalist and self-acknowledged geek travels the globe in search of implementations for concepts widely considered science fiction, or his big ideas. The series is produced by the BBC and the Open University and began airing at 8pm on Sundays on 28 September 2008. The first episode documents his search for the ultimate form of personal transport, ranging from jetpacks to flying cars. In the second episode, May looks at bionics and robotics and if robots can exceed the boundaries of their programming. The third episode focuses on energy.
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James May's 20th Century (2007)
James May takes a look at some of the greatest developments of the 20th century.
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Dara O Briain's Science Club (2012)
Dara Ó Briain's Science Club is a British science television series presented by Dara Ó Briain which first aired on BBC Two in 2012. Each week, the team take one subject and explore all possible angles, combining it with studio discussions in front of a live audience, films and on the spot reports.
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Oz & James's Big Wine Adventure (2006)
Oz and James's Big Wine Adventure was a BBC television programme of which two series have been broadcast. It was presented by wine expert Oz Clarke and motoring journalist James May, with Clarke aiming to educate May about wine while undertaking a road trip. The first season focused on France and the second on California. The sequel series Oz and James Drink to Britain, broadcast in 2009, made the change to a focus on the variety of beverages available in the United Kingdom.
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Oz and James's Big Wine Adventure (2006)
Top Gear's overgrown boy racer, scruff bag and beer drinker James May knows nothing about wine. Award winning wine writer and critic Oz Clarke, on the other hand, is one of the world's leading authorities on wine. The first season sees TV's oddest couple drive through some of France's most beautiful wine regions, while the second season sees them travel to California USA to taste what the Americans have on offer. Oz's mission is to educate and excite James about wine.
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Oz and James Drink to Britain (2009)
Oz Clarke and James May travel through Britain and Ireland to discover the amazing array of drinks that is on offer.
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The Roku Channel
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Top Gear: Top Fails (2012)
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