James May's Man Lab
TV Show · Reality

James May returns for a new action-packed series, as he continues his epic quest to re-skill the modern male.

2010 · 52m
Starring James May, Alexander Armstrong, John Sergeant
Director Tom Whitter

Season 1

  • Episode 1
    EPISODE 1
    Episode 1
    From his Man Lab HQ, James and his team set out on a series of action-packed challenges that will help modern man relearn some of the vital skills, once cherished by his forefathers, that are now in danger of being lost forever. We learn how to defuse an unexploded bomb, build a kitchen out of concrete, how to serenade a woman, transform a fishfinger sandwich, and create the world's first motorised picnic table.
    51 min
  • Episode 2
    EPISODE 2
    Episode 2
    James navigates the high seas the old-fashioned way - instead of SatNav, he must avoid sand banks and shipping lanes using only a compass and a dog as navigational tools. James also engages in a duel over a parking space, starts an orchestra and builds a pub. John Sergeant changes a tyre in Celebrity Man Skills.
    51 min
  • Episode 3
    EPISODE 3
    Episode 3
    Two men battle it out in a sabre duel to resolve a dispute and there's a new invention to defeat the pesky wasp.
    51 min
  • Episode 1
    EPISODE 1
    Episode 1
    A handcuffed James and Oz Clarke break out of Dartmoor prison and must navigate their way across the treacherous moors, with trackers in hot pursuit and just an Ordnance Survey map and a compass to help them. James also builds a genuine slate-bed pool table, turns his hand to portrait painting, and squares up to one of the most terrifying scenarios the modern male can face – how to remember people’s names at a party. Please note, this version may differ slightly from the UK TX version.
    57 min
  • Episode 2
    EPISODE 2
    Episode 2
    James and the team reunite a teenage rock band, now middle aged, and get them to play their first concert in 20 years - in front of 5,000 unsuspecting festival goers. James also demonstrates his own axe skills as he fells a tree, makes toilet paper out of Richard Hammond’s autobiography, and learns how to tame his fears by going on a good old-fashioned ghost hunt in one of Britain’s most haunted castles. Please note, this version may differ slightly from the UK TX version.
    58 min
  • Episode 3
    EPISODE 3
    Episode 3
    James takes to the catwalk to liberate men from the tyranny of fashion and promote the one item of clothing they’ll ever need: a cunningly modified boiler suit. He also does his bit for the British space project by sending the ashes of a cat and a budgie 100,000 feet into the stratosphere, re-forms some impractical kitchen items into the perfect lemon squeezer in his very own foundry, and teaches Man Lab’s musically-challenged males how to cheat at playing the guitar. Please note, this version may differ slightly from the UK TX version.
    57 min

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  • James May's Cars of the People
  • The Woodland Workshop
  • Big Dreams, Small Spaces
  • Inside the Factory
  • Monty Don's Japanese Gardens
  • George Clarke's Amazing Spaces
  • Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares
  • Plane Reclaimers
  • James May's Toy Stories

Cast & Crew

  • James May
    Self
  • T‌W
    Tom Whitter
    Director
  • W‌D
    Will Daws
    Producer
  • S‌C
    Stuart Cabb
    Writer
  • Alexander Armstrong
    Guest Star
  • John Sergeant
    Guest Star
  • Neil Ruddock
    Guest Star
  • Hugh Dennis
    Guest Star
  • Oz Clarke
    Guest Star

About

James May's Man Lab

Reality

James May returns for a new action-packed series, as he continues his epic quest to re-skill the modern male.

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Studio
BBC Two
Released
2010
Rated
Caution
© 2010 ABC Australia

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