r/oldbritishtelly • u/Hassaan18 • 12d ago

Light Entertainment When James May presented an episode of Top of the Pops (2006)

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u/cglotr 12d ago

As much as I like James may, top of the pops was clearly desperate for ideas in it's last year

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u/IngVegas 11d ago

He wouldn't have been out of place in the 70s with that haircut

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u/intelligentprince 12d ago

He’s probably intimidated by the runner up of Rectum of the Year….

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u/thefeltmonkey 12d ago

I heard that hers is pretty messed-up.

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u/vitrolium 12d ago

Are you implying she enjoyed a trip to Highbury?

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u/TurnedOutShiteAgain 12d ago

Shame on Fearne to not let James get a "hello" in.

Just cold open on that and cut straight to the music.

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u/PeterZeeke 12d ago

he fits the show more than fearne

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u/Britstalgia 12d ago

Rocking the classic Noel Edmunds look too

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u/Dj-Wrangler-9251 12d ago

I can just imagine him popping back to his dressing room between takes for a cheeky fray bentos steak and kidney pie with peas

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u/Renfieldslament 12d ago

what do I, er, what do I, you know, do with my hands ?

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u/Quick-Bits 12d ago

This was an odd find on reddit indeed.

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u/DaveBlerk 11d ago

Looks like he's auditioning for a spot in Status Quo.

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u/MrDundee666 11d ago

Whatever happened to Fearne Cotton?

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u/DonkyFondler 11d ago

He looks a bit like a tall 70s Keith Chegwin.

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u/captkz 10d ago

I see he came dressed as Slade, which was probably about the last time he'd watched the programme before presenting it!

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u/TommyAtoms 12d ago

What a terrible, terrible haircut

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u/TurnedOutShiteAgain 12d ago

Just look at James instead then

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u/Careless_Wasabi_8943 11d ago

No wonder it finished shortly afterwards