Jack May the voice for Igor, long-suffering butler to Count Duckula in the cartoon series of the same name. He also appeared as the waiter Garkbit in the television version of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", Théoden in the 1981 BBC Radio adaptation of "The Lord of the Rings", as General Hermack in the 1969 "Doctor Who" serial "The Space Pirates", and in "Bachelor Father". For 45 years the long-running BBC Radio 4 series, "The Archers" featured the voice of May as Nelson Gabriel, son of Walter Gabriel, making him (at the time of his death) the fourth-longest serving soap opera
In the Red (radio series) the Chair" (BBC Radio 4, 1998), and "In the End" (BBC Radio 4, 1999), as well as the TV production of In the Red (BBC Two, 1998), were featured in their own spin-off series "Absolute Power" (BBC Radio 4, 2000-2006/BBC Two, 2003-2005), which was also created and written by Tavener. In the Red is a seven-part BBC Radio 4 black comedy-crime drama series adapted by Mark Tavener and Peter Baynham from Tavener's novel of the same name (Hutchinson, 1989), and produced by Paul Schlesinger. The story features BBC Reporter George Cragge, played by Michael Williams, and Police Superintendent Frank Jefferson,