James May
James May is a TV show on BBC4. James May explores the intricacies and engineering marvels of objects by putting them back together again. The program has been available since 2025. A total of 12 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in June 2025.
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1:00:00James May
James is faced with reassembling a 1970s Honda Z50A Mini Trail Motorcycle, an exciting and portable mini motorcycle for all the family, from its 303 component parts.
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1:00:00James reassembles the 135 parts that make up a 1960s Kenwood Chef a701a Food Mixer, a literal food revolution responsible for mixing more cake batter than Mary Berry.
1:00:00James May reassembles his favourite childhood Christmas present, a Hornby Flying Scotsman with realistic chuffing sounds which he received on Christmas Day 1972.
Series 1
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1:00:00James continues his quest with an electric guitar - 147 pieces must be reassembled in a process entailing soldering, precision screwdrivers and fiddly electronics.
1:00:00James tackles a 1957 Bakelite dial telephone - 211 pieces, most of them very small indeed, must be reassembled in the correct order if this phone is ever to ring again.
1:00:00James tries to put a 1959 Suffolk Colt petrol lawnmower, a device which helped make mowing accessible to many by producing a smaller and affordable machine, back together.
Series 2 1:00:00
1:00:00James reassembles the past to hear what it sounded like as he pieces together the 195 parts of the 1963 Dansette Bermuda portable record player.
Series 3 1:20:00
1:20:00James May continues his epic quest to reskill the modern male as he attempts a risky stunt involving an ailing seaside town and a great big monster.
1:15:00James May goes in search of a wedding ring lost in the 1970s, the team launches its very own pirate radio station, and there are a couple of amazing inventions on offer.
1:00:00James takes to the air to help an Oxfordshire town with its diamond jubilee celebration and also tests whether it is possible to make your own luck.
1:00:00James's team try to catch a bolt of lightning, and James visits the Rock Paper Scissors World Championships and a Welsh coal mine while also recruiting some feline crime fighters.
Series 2 1:00:00
1:00:00James May tries to create a Christmas miracle by making it snow, invents a Christmas tree-decorating blunderbuss gun, and discovers the easiest way to wrap presents.