Dan Prosser and Andrew Frankel are joined in the studio by the wonderful James May. The Top Gear host turned Grand Tour presenter talks about his early career working for car magazines, how he got his break in television, the extraordinary global success of Top Gear and what the secret to that success was.

James also explains what it was like to drive across the Sahara desert in a Maserati for Sand Job, the latest Grand Tour special, and he shares his view on EVs and hydrogen fuel cells. He also talks about his Ferrari 458 Speciale, Porsche 911 and the rest of his eclectic car collection.

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1:30 James's early career
6:03 Getting fired from Autocar magazine
13:13 Writing for Car magazine
20:35 Getting started in television
21:45 Top Gear
45:00 The Grand Tour
58:20 Electric cars and hydrogen fuel cells
1:19:48 James's cars

This is episode 200 of The Intercooler podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts.

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