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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…
This story is from the November 02, 2024 edition of TV & Satellite Week.
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