Busy being boring
TV & Satellite Week|November 02, 2024
James May tackles life's most tedious problems
Busy being boring

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James May & the Dull Men Tuesday, 9pm, Quest

After years travelling the world for Top Gear and The Grand Tour, James May could be forgiven for being a little less adventurous in his latest TV series.

In Quest’s eight-parter James May & the Dull Men, the 61-year-old invites innovators into his Wiltshire workshop to come up with practical answers to life’s mundane problems – from deterring deer from his garden to making a rainproof wooden bench.

Here, May tells us why making the series turned out to be anything but boring…

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