James May's Toy Stories
James May's Toy Stories is a UK documentary television series created and presented by James May, and produced by Plum Pictures for the BBC. The programme focused on bringing some of the most notable toys conceived in the past into the modern era to a "new generation of children", by putting each toy into a complex, large-scale project involving the nature of the toy. The projects, often ambitious, required an extensive team of experts, and in some cases required a large group of volunteers to help achieve the project's goal.
| James May's Toy Stories | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Documentary |
| Created by | James May |
| Written by | James May Henry Dalton Will Daws Stuart Cabb |
| Directed by | Tom Whitter Paul Buller Alexander Dunlop Graham Strong Henry Dalton |
| Presented by | James May |
| Narrated by | James May |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 (Episodes) 4 (Specials) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Will Daws Stuart Cabb |
| Producers | Tom Whitter Henry Dalton Rebecca Magill Dan Lewis |
| Production location | Various |
| Editors | Ian Holt Henry Dalton |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company | Plum Pictures |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC Two |
| Release | 27 October – 25 December 2009 |
| Release | 12 June 2011 – 25 December 2014 |
The programme was originally commissioned for BBC Two as a six-episode series for 2009, between 27 October to 25 December, but later received four specials after the series concluded – one in June 2011 and three more for the Christmas broadcast schedules between 2012 and 2014.
The programmes are currently available on the Naked Science YouTube channel.