‎Building Cars - Apple TV

TV Show · Documentary

Every 68 seconds a brand new car drives off the production line at the MINI Plant in Oxford. In this ambitious new series, James May goes behind the scenes to bring us this modern miracle in real time. He's joined by Ant Anstead and Kate Humble to reveal the science, engineering and people that keep us all on the road, and see how a car is built from start to finish in a little over 24 hours.

2015 · 49m

Starring James May, Kate Humble, Ant Anstead

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.

44m
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.

44m
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.

44m

James May

Host
Kate Humble

Host
Ant Anstead

Host
Sarah Gibbs

Producer
Lisa Ausden

Producer