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James May: Our Man in...

★ 8.2 10K votes 2020–2024 3 seasons · 15 episodes Canceled Prime Video
DocuseriesNonfiction storytelling across episodes.This show: 8/10Easy watchingLow-demand television where half your attention is enough.This show: 8/10Dry humorDeadpan, understated wit.This show: 7/10British TVThe British television sensibility: tone, restraint and format traditions.This show: 7/10EpisodicSelf-contained episodes you can watch in almost any order.This show: 7/10
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About

"Petrolhead comedy swapped for solo travel and calm"

James May, best known for Top Gear and The Grand Tour, ditches the stunts and swaps a crew of mates for a solo journey through a single country per season, starting with Japan. He drives, eats, wanders temples and back roads, and chats with locals, letting curiosity rather than comedy set-pieces drive things. It's gentle, unhurried travel television: dry narration, genuine wonder, and a middle-aged man quietly figuring out where he is. No explosions, no rivalry banter, just one bloke absorbing a place at his own pace.

Watch it for

the calm, curious, unforced way James May actually gets to know each country he visits.

Maybe skip if

you want the loud car-based banter and stunts of his Top Gear and Grand Tour days.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

Japan2020
8.13K64h 55m
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.
Italy2022
7.71K65h 8m
James May is on an Italian job: to explore this great country’s history, culture, landscape, industry, and people. Can a bumbling, middle-aged, British bloke discover the secrets of 'la dolce vita'?
India2024
7.467632h 32m
James May takes on his greatest adventure yet: a 3,000 mile coast-to-coast epic across India, the most populous – and perhaps most extraordinary – country in the world. Starting by the Arabian Sea and finishing at the Bay of Bengal, his journey will encompass incredible landscapes, from the baking deserts of Rajasthan to the dramatic Himalayan foothills, and explore environments as diverse as the mangrove forests of the Sundarbans, through to the global megacities of Mumbai, Delhi, and Kolkata.

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

James May Self - Host, Self
Yujiro Taniyama Self
Paolo Damiano Self
Aditi Mittal Self
Makiko Kobayashi Self
Masayo Fujii Self
Guia Scognamiglio Self
Claudia Traina Self
Vikramjit Singh Self
Hacchan Hatanaka Self

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