James May's Great Explorers TV Listings

TV Times

James May's Great Explorers is scheduled to air at these times (may include spoilers):

• Mon 16

  12:50 am ends 2:20 am

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  Sir Walter Raleigh — James May's Great Explorers

  Season 1 · Episode 2

  James follows Walter Raleigh's rise from rural Devon to London high-society. He meets top barrister Benet Brandreth KC at The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple to learn the techniques of persuasion that allowed Raleigh to talk his way to the top. James also explores the darker and more complex corners of Raleigh's legacy

  More details for James May's Great Explorers, Mon 16, 12:50 am
• Wed 18

  9:00 pm ends 10:30 pm

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  Captain Cook — James May's Great Explorers

  Season 1 · Episode 3

  Captain James Cook was the last explorer in the age of sail - and one of the busiest, charting one third of the globe. His voyages brought huge advancements in navigation, biology, and geography, and in Britain he is generally thought of as a hero - but in other parts of the world, that's not the story. James May examines how this studious and serious son of a farmer broke through the class ceiling to become the greatest naval captain of his age

  More details for James May's Great Explorers, Wed 18, 9:00 pm
• Mon 23

  1:45 am ends 3:10 am

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  Captain Cook — James May's Great Explorers

  Season 1 · Episode 3

  Captain James Cook was the last explorer in the age of sail - and one of the busiest, charting one third of the globe. His voyages brought huge advancements in navigation, biology, and geography, and in Britain he is generally thought of as a hero - but in other parts of the world, that's not the story. James May examines how this studious and serious son of a farmer broke through the class ceiling to become the greatest naval captain of his age

  More details for James May's Great Explorers, Mon 23, 1:45 am