Just saw the first of the two shows James has recorded called "James May on the Moon" on BBC Knowledge.
Misty-eye stuff. The best thing he's ever done. Cool and concise, he interviewed people like Al Bean, Harrison Schmitt and Charlie Duke like they've probably never been interviewed before - in their own homes, and all with a deadpan sense of the preposterous majesty of what they'd done without it being just another "what was it like?" episode for them.
This show took us through his preparation to fly in the U2 in which he flew the Vomit Comet and spun on the centrifuge. Not entirely technical, it suits people of all levels of interest in what went on in those heady days. Really well presented, it's different from the shows we've all seen a hundred times before yet still love. A big thumbs up form me.
Can't wait to see the second episode "James May: Edge of Space" which concentrates on his jaunt.