BBC Two 2015 - 2016 1 season 3 eps Ended

James May: Building Cars Live

Name: James May: Building Cars Live
Genre: Documentary

2015 - 2016 1 season 3 eps

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Season 1

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90 min

S1 · E1 Oct 19, 2015

Episode 1 Episode 1

James makes friends with an army of diligent robots and busts the myth that British manufacturing is dead. Kate sees if she has what it takes to work on the assembly line and Ant explores the history and heritage of one of the most iconic cars ever built.

52 min

S1 · E2 Oct 19, 2015

Episode 2 Episode 2

In this episode of Building Cars James races against the clock on the production line and embraces the Japanese philosophy of Kaizen. Kate heads to Norway to discover why the electric car is King of the Norwegian road and Ant learns why loading a triple decker car transporter requires nerves of steel.

52 min

S1 · E3 Oct 20, 2015

Episode 3 Episode 3

The MINI plant in Oxford is one of the biggest in the UK, building over a thousand cars a day. In this episode James tests his wheel fitting skills on the assembly line and learns how to engineer the sound of a car door. Kate gets to the bottom of how manufacturers test car seats and Ant heads to Germany to put his faith in a driverless car on the autobahn.

3 episodes in Season 1

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Buckle up for an incredible journey into the fascinating secret world of the car factory, which will see BBC Two getting under the bonnet of the UK car industry. James May, Kate Humble and Ant Anstead are live behind the scenes at one of the biggest and busiest car factories in the country - the MINI Plant in Oxford. Over two nights they’ll reveal the science, engineering and people that keep us all on the road and see a car built from start to finish in a little over 24 hours.

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Kate Humble Creator · James May Creator

Creator

Kate Humble

Creator

James May

Total runtime 3h 0m · Episode length 60 min · Country United Kingdom

Show info

Premiered

October 19, 2015

Final episode

March 21, 2016

Status

Ended

Network

BBC Two

Country

United Kingdom

Type

Scripted

Episode length

60 min

Total runtime

3h 0m

Original language

English

Languages

Spoken on screen

English

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James May: Building Cars Live