Top Gear’s James May takes on toys

Never one to turn down a challenge, Top Gear’s James May is taking on some madcap toy adventures in a bid to get children out of their bedrooms and away from their Playstations. 3’s brand new series James May’s Toy Stories premieres on Wednesday, February 3rd at 7:30pm on 3.

In James May’s Toy Stories, James is going to take some of Britain’s best-loved toys and put generations of families at the heart of some ludicrously ambitious adventures that will remind us all of the joys of making something together, with toys that have long captured the imagination.

Proving the best toys don’t always need batteries, James’ toy adventures will see him using some of the best-loved toys of our generation, and reminding everyone that there’s a big kid in all of us.

In each episode James and his team will be faced with a new toy challenge. Over the series James May’s Toy Stories will see James attempting to build the world’s first full-size house made of Lego, the world’s first Plasticine garden, the world’s biggest ever model plane, the world’s greatest model train set, a world record beating Scalextric track, and a life-size bridge made out of Meccano.

“For too long now we have regarded the great toys as mere playthings, explains James.

“It’s time to use them to bring people together and achieve greatness. And I bet it’ll be a right laugh as well.”

Make sure not to miss these toy-tastic adventures when James May puts the batteries away and goes back to where it all started. James May’s Toy Stories premieres on Wednesday, February 3rd at 7:30pm on 3.

- TV3