James May's Toy Stories

James May's Toy Stories
GenreDocumentary
Created byJames May
Written byJames May
Henry Dalton
Will Daws
Stuart Cabb
Directed byTom Whitter
Paul Buller
Alexander Dunlop
Graham Strong
Henry Dalton
Presented byJames May
Narrated byJames May
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6 (Episodes)
4 (Specials)
Production
Executive producersWill Daws
Stuart Cabb[1]
ProducersTom Whitter
Henry Dalton
Rebecca Magill
Dan Lewis
Production locationVarious
EditorsIan Holt
Henry Dalton
Running time60 minutes
Production companyPlum Pictures
Original release
NetworkBBC Two
Release27 October (2009-10-27) –
25 December 2009 (2009-12-25)
Release12 June 2011 (2011-06-12) –
25 December 2014 (2014-12-25)
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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.

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  2. ^ "BBC – Press Office - BBC Two presents James May's Toy Stories". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
  3. ^ "BBC2 lands first fruit of James May's Plum deal". Broadcast. Retrieved 6 August 2009.(subscription required)
  4. ^ "Plum Pictures". Plum Picture. Retrieved 6 October 2009.