James May's Toy Stories

Airfix

Oct 27, 200952 min

James takes model aeroplanes to a new level when he tries to make a full-size Spitfire out of Airfix. The venture soon hits problems when it becomes clear the giant 36-foot pieces may not be strong enough, and nobody knows how they will fit

Plasticine

Nov 3, 200952 min

James tries to make a garden entirely out of Plasticine and then enter it at the Chelsea Flower Show. He persuades thousands of members of the British public to help make the thousands of Plasticine flowers he needs, but will it be enough

Meccano

Nov 10, 200952 min

James joins forces with Edwina Currie to build a full-size bridge from nothing but Meccano. Top engineers pitch incredible designs, but the project soon careers out of control when the Meccano does not arrive and James realises it will take

Scalextric

Nov 17, 200952 min

James attempts to construct the world's longest Scalextric track at Brooklands in Surrey.

Lego

Dec 20, 200952 min

James attempts to build the world's first full-size house made entirely out of Lego bricks. With thousands of people and over three million Lego bricks, James attempts to do what no-one has ever managed, to build a two-storey house using t

Hornby

Dec 25, 200952 min

James links Barnstaple to Bideford with the world's longest model train set.