James May joins Simon Mayo to talk about The Grand Tour season five
He revealed what happened on their Scandanavian trip
Last updated 29th Sep 2022
TV presenter James May joined Simon Mayo on his Drivetime Show to chat about The Grand Tour season five's A Scandi Flick. The first episode of the new series follows their journey and adventure through Scandinavia, which included James crashing his car. While on Greatest Hits Radio, James explained to Simon how it all came about.
James has appeared on The Grand Tour since it began in 2016, alongside Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond. The Prime Video show is now in its fifth season and follows them as they travel the world, putting different cars through various challenges.
The new episode saw James damage a car and crack his ribs in an accident while on the Arctic Circle trip and he got into what happened in his conversation with Simon.
Watch James May explain how his crash on The Grand Tour happened:
Describing a tunnel they chose to drive down, James told Simon: "One of the competitions we organised was driving down a tunnel in a disused submarine base, so a service tunnel and it comes to a very abrupt halt at the end."
Explaining what happened when the three of them took turns driving their rally cars down the tunnel, he added: "It was a stupid idea actually now that I think about it. You had to go as fast as you could but still stop before the end. And two of them did, and I didn't."
He revealed that the problem was that he was trying so hard to win, saying: "I was trying to win. Which I don't really do normally because I don't really care, but I suddenly thought 'right I'll show them'."
In the rest of the interview, James got chatting more to Simon about filming The Grand Tour, as well as birthdays, Sunday drives and The Beatles.
Watch the full interview with Simon Mayo and James May:
When is the new Grand Tour coming out?
After a break from filming due to the pandemic, the fifth season of The Grand Tour launched on 16th September.
How can I watch The Grand Tour?
You can find all the episodes for seasons 1-4 of The Grand Tour on Amazon Prime, and you can also watch episodes of season 5 as they are released.
Seasons 1-3 are also available to buy on DVD.
Watch the trailer for The Grand Tour: A Scandi Flick
Does James May have a cooking show?
James revealed to Simon that filming has wrapped for the second season of his cooking programme, James May: Oh Cook. While a release date hasn't been set, he thinks it will come out in early 2023.
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Ken Bruce
Greatest Hits Radio is the home of the legend that is Ken Bruce, weekdays 10am-1pm - including PopMaster, the UK's biggest music quiz for 25 years and counting.
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Simon Mayo
Simon Mayo hosts Drivetime every weekday at 4pm and The Album Show on Sundays from 1pm.
Simon said of his Drivetime show: "I think the thing about Drivetime is that it is like the flip side of breakfast. You kind of know what an awful lot of people are doing, it's the end of most people's day, they're doing some final bits of work, they're shutting the laptop, they're doing a bit of food preparation, they're driving home. I think it is that sense of camaraderie, it's the end of the day, people want to be cheered up and they want to spend some time with some decent folk on the radio!"
Find out more about Simon Mayo here.
Paul Gambaccini
Paul brings us his famous America's Greatest Hits programme every Saturday between 5pm-7pm, featuring two hours of the Greatest Hits that made it big in America.
Sharing some of the things he loves about his show, Paul said: "Radio is the perfect form of one-to-one communication. TV can be direct, too, but the camera operator is always in your line of vision! I enjoy sharing my favourite music, and my admittedly freakish knowledge of it, with people who care about that music. I love the opportunity for challenging talk overs, too!"
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Alex Lester
The Dark Lord keeps you company in the small hours. Join him for the Music Marathon from 1am and the Best Time Of The Day Show 4-6am weekdays.
Alex brings: "Your favourite songs. Bizarre insights and unusual thoughts," to his show and told us that he loves that during his show: "It's just the two of us. You and me. (Against the world)."
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Jenny Powell
Jenny plays the biggest songs of the 70s, 80s and 90s on Greatest Hits Radio to kickstart your weekend, every Saturday and Sunday from 6am.
On Jenny's show, listeners can look forward to The Breakfast Club, which she says is: "A warm-up for the weekend, full of positive vibes and feel-good factor when you wake up on Saturdays and Sundays. I insist you have a dance with me on the Kitchen Disco, I share some fun news stories from the previous week on The Headliners and get you smiling no matter what, sharing some of my favourite tracks from the 70s, 80, and 90s."
Find out more about Jenny Powell here.
Andy Crane
Join Andy's late-night community of music and company, Sunday-Thursday at 10pm.
Andy has three hours of the biggest songs from the 70s, 80s and 90s as well as The Top 10 at 10 and Midnight Music Marathon. His show is full of: "Great music and plenty of laughing."
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Martin Kemp
Join our resident pop star Martin Kemp as he kicks off your Friday night with his Mixtape – three hours of handpicked essential weekend songs from the 70s, 80s and 90s to get you in the mood and dancing round the kitchen.
Then on Saturdays, it's side-two as he brings you nothing but the greatest decade of all time on The 80s Mixtape.
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Jackie Brambles
Jackie Brambles hosts The Evening Show every Monday to Thursday from 7pm - 10pm.
Jackie promises to deliver: "Great music and great conversations! Every night we're joined by one of your favourite artists of the 70s, 80s and 90s for an in-depth chat about the highs and lows of their careers and their musical influences over the years."
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Kate Thornton
Join Kate at the weekend.
Saturday afternoons are all about the best 70s, 80s & 90s pop soundtrack, bringing you the weekend Good Times – expect One Hit Wonders, Anthems, Nostalgia and plenty of opportunities for you to get involved in the show live.
On Sundays, it's 'The UK Pop 40' as Kate counts down the UK Top 40 as it was on this day in history – exactly where the chart should be. Get the tape recorder out the loft!
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Richard Allinson
Weekend Good Times never sounded so good!
He's a broadcasting legend with a voice like silk that, alongside the Biggest Songs of the 70s, 80s & 90s, make the perfect weekend soundtrack – Saturday and Sundays at 9am.
Saturdays kick off with your chance to guess the year on The Top 10 Til 10, while Sundays are reserved for an hour of your special songs and dedications.
Speaking about his show, Richard said: "The idea is to recreate all those great memories I have of weekends growing up, a bunch of us meeting up to buy clothes, records, maybe sort a date…everything happened on a weekend and we remember the records we played at that time."
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Des Paul
Join Des for Rhythm Of The Night every Friday and Saturday night from 10pm, where he plays all the greatest soul, funk, disco and Motown hits to start your weekend.
Des explained what he loves the most about his show: "The favourite bit of presenting Rhythm of the Night is when listeners contact me to say how much they've loved hearing a particular track and then tell us all about when and where they used to hear it."
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