James May on The Moon

[Eric Mc]

Sunday 21.00.

This should be worth watching

[knight]

Saw the trailer the other day and I have it to record on sky +

[Russ35]

If you then switch to BBC4 there is

22:00 - 22:30 - James May at the edge of space (overlaps with the last few mins of programme on BBC2, but is repeated later on.

22:30 - 23:30 - The Moon

23:30 - 1:30 - Sky at Night - Appollo 11, A night to remember

then the first 2 programmes are repeated again

[Mojocvh]

OKOK guys I'm "offshore" but is their an online guide to these programs anywhere please.....

[knight]

Seeing as they are on the beeb, then I assume they will be on "I player" not long after broadcast.

[kiteless]

It does look very interesting, as he gets to fly to the edge of space in a U-2! Let's hope it's not over Cuba......

[dudleybloke]

what a brill sunday night. top gear then james may at high altitude. thanks beeb!

[XJSJohn]

Is this a new series of James May docu's like the "Big Ideas" 3 episodes or a one off??

Brit in exile suffering from too many re-runs on local telly

[jmorgan]

Just saw the ad. Gets a ride in a U2 by the looks of it?

[Eric Mc]

There's a good article in this week's Radio Times on these programmes.

Do I sense a bit of a return to the BBC's old interest in space and aviation?
Are we seeing the Top Gear mafia finally exerting their influence on programming decisions?

I do hope so.

[jmorgan]

Got to be more in the pipe line for the landing date?

[Oily Nails]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8110001.stm


May in a U2 eating Peaches......at 70,000ft.....LUCKY BARSTEWARD!

[Eric Mc]

Off hand I can recall him having flights in the following -

Taylor Aerocar
BAe Typhoon two seater
BAe Harrier T10

and now a Lockheed U-2R

[Oily Nails]

• Awaits "James May's Search for Stealth"* where by he gains access to a B2 and goes buzzes Clarkson's house

[Mr_B]

Eric Mc said:

Off hand I can recall him having flights in the following -

Taylor Aerocar
BAe Typhoon two seater
BAe Harrier T10

and now a Lockheed U-2R

Don't forget the three Spitfire T-9's used in the Brits V Germans TopGear. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS9ftRbtUlY&fea...

[fluffnik]

Eric Mc said:

Do I sense a bit of a return to the BBC's old interest in space and aviation?
Are we seeing the Top Gear mafia finally exerting their influence on programming decisions?

I do hope so.

Me too.

Even though I'll have to consider getting a telly and un-cancelling my licence...

Bring back Tomorrow's World.

[Dr Jekyll]

fluffnik said:

Eric Mc said:

Do I sense a bit of a return to the BBC's old interest in space and aviation?
Are we seeing the Top Gear mafia finally exerting their influence on programming decisions?

I do hope so.

Me too.

Even though I'll have to consider getting a telly and un-cancelling my licence...

Bring back Tomorrow's World.

And whatever happened to James Burke?

[FourWheelDrift]

Dr Jekyll said:

And whatever happened to James Burke?

Still writing and doing this too ----> http://www.k-web.org/

[Eric Mc]

Burke lives in the US.

There was an article in this month's "Sky at Night" magazine by Cliff Mitchelmore on the BBC's coverage of the first moon landing.
The BBC's main presenters for the Apollo missions were Mitchelmore, Patrick Moore and James Burke. ALL of them were ex-RAF. Moore had been a navigator in Bomber Command - Burke and Mitchelmore had both been pilots.

We need people like this in the media - instead of media luvvies with a degree in Media Studies and a fixation on Reality Television.

[caz4213]

Only one thing i can say about that program, awesome.
I wonder how much that cost to get the Yanks to send him up? Bloody awesome, I'd go in a second if I had the chance.