James May: The Reassembler
TV Show · Documentary

James May reassembles a whole host of objects which have been carefully taken apart to all their hundreds of individual component parts. Each episode focuses on one object and carefully puts it back together, screwing every screw, tightening every bolt and vigilantly rebuilding the object to its complete form, then testing its competency having gone through the process.

2016 · 47m
Starring James May
Director James May

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    Lawnmower
    In the opening episode, James is faced with the 331 pieces that make up a 1959 petrol lawn mower. The "Suffolk Colt" helped make lawnmowing accessible to the masses by producing a smaller and affordable machine to keep our nations lawns at regulation height.
    29m
  • EPISODE 2
    Telephone
    James continues in his quest to put history back together again one piece at a time by tackling a 1957 Bakelite dial telephone. This was one of the first phones that contained the bell on the inside and it took some very impressive engineering to create what was at the time a revolutionary object.
    29m
  • EPISODE 3
    Electric Guitar
    James concludes his quest to truly understand everyday objects by putting them back together piece by piece with an electric guitar. 147 pieces must be reassembled carefully and in the correct order, to rebuild his 1984 Japanese copy of a classic electric guitar.
    29m
  • EPISODE 1
    Christmas: Hornby Train Set
    In this festive special James reassembles all 138 tiny components that make up the Christmas present that set him on the path of mechanical interest and reassembly - The Hornby Flying Scotsman with realistic chuffing sounds.
    29m
  • EPISODE 2
    Food Mixer
    When it comes to cooking James May is not the first name that comes to mind, but when it comes to reassembling cooking appliances James is your man. In this episode James pieces together the 235 parts that make up a 1960's Kenwood Chef Food Mixer.
    29m
  • EPISODE 3
    Mini Motorcycle
    James May is faced with reassembling a 1970's Honda Z50a mini Motorcycle from all its 303 component parts. This exciting mini motorcycle was fun for all the family and got a whole generation of kids hooked on Motorcycles for the rest of their lives.
    29m

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Cast & Crew

  • James May
    Host
  • James May
    Director
  • James May
    Writer

About

James May: The Reassembler

Documentary

James May reassembles a whole host of objects which have been carefully taken apart to all their hundreds of individual component parts. Each episode focuses on one object and carefully puts it back together, screwing every screw, tightening every bolt and vigilantly rebuilding the object to its complete form, then testing its competency having gone through the process.

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Studio
BBC Four
Released
2016
Rated
TV-PG
© 2016 Plum Pictures

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  • Bahrain
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  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea-Bissau
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