| James May's Toy Stories | |
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| 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[1] |
| 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 |
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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.[2][3][4] 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.
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. [5]
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- ^ "BBC2 lands first fruit of James May's Plum deal". Broadcast. Retrieved 6 August 2009.(subscription required)
- ^ "Plum Pictures". Plum Picture. Retrieved 6 October 2009.
- ^ "Naked Science –". YouTube.