James May lashes out against Amazon Prime as he confirms axe of new show

James May will no longer be travelling around the world as he confirmed his show had been cancelled.

After shooting to fame at the helm of and , starred in a travel series titled , which first aired in 2020 on Amazon Prime. During this show, James, 61, would travel a country and try various local activities.

But after venturing to Japan, Italy and India, James May has confirmed that he would no longer travel for the streaming giant who no longer wanted to commission any more seasons of his programme.

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Speaking to , James admitted he "wasn't so keen" on the show: "Well, Our Man In… is actually finished, they don’t want any more of that, so I won’t be doing that. But that does take you away from home for a long time, which I wasn’t so keen on these days anyway."

He then added: "I think the thing that appeals to me in these sort of more mature years of my life is arts and craft really, I want to make things, play musical instruments, and look at paintings."

"So, anything that involves that I’m very up for, and it may be a bit more of this [show, James May and the Dull Men]." When asked about the reasons for his series' cancellation, James bitterly continued: "Well, they just didn’t want it anymore, miserable b*****ds."

This comes after James May was after falling from his bicycle. During a charity bike ride in London, when he fell near Hammersmith Bridge in London and "bust" his wrist. However, it appears that this injury has now sparked chaos for his new Channel 5 programme, The Great Explorers With James May.

James, 61, has since said that he had been left "annoyed" by his injury which saw hum unable to film several scenes that were initially planned for the new series. At the time of his injury, James took to X, formerly known as to share the news with his online followers.

Taking to the social media platform, he penned: "I'm taking part in a charity bicycle ride today, with the Armonico Consort and me old mate Oz Clarke (OBE). But I'm going in the car, because I bust my wrist in a bicycle accident."

But his injury had caused frustration as he told The Telegraph: "At my age, this sort of thing takes much longer to heal." He then candidly said: "I woke up one day and the one thing I never thought would happen had happened: I felt old. It's partly my hair; my baggy face."

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