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James May: My Sisters' Top Toys

James May, stuck between his older and younger sister as a child, reveals how his toys were their hand-me-downs. He goes through the family toy box, rediscovering some classics.

James May celebrates the toys that made his childhood hell, as he opens the lid on his sisters' toy box. Sandwiched between elder sister Jane and younger one Sarah, many of their favourites he couldn't understand, or stand the sight of, or see the point of. This is both a tale of brotherly revenge, and the story from the other side of the toy room.

Each toy prompts a story - a history told via archive, anecdote and the occasional obsessive collector or inventor. Dolls, dolls' houses, dolls' prams, Tiny Tears, Girls' World, Look and Learn, Major Morgan the electronic organ get the May inspection... and sisters Jane and Sarah dish the dirt on their brother and their toy memories.

James blows up the Tree House Family, races in a converted Silver Cross pram, tries out his hair and make-up skills on Girls World, projects Spirograph on the side of the Royal Festival Hall, and appears in a Fuzzy Felt animated film... all jolly good clean fun.

1 hour

Last on

Sun 18 Dec 202202:50

Music Played

  • The Searchers

    Sweets For My Sweet

  • Kasabian

    Processed Beats

  • Lemon Jelly

    Ramblin Man

  • DJ Kay Slay

    King of The Streets (Explicit Album Intro)

  • Lemon Jelly

    Closer

  • The Chemical Brothers

    The Private Psychedelic Reel

  • The Funk Brothers

    My Girl

Credits

RoleContributor
PresenterJames May
Executive ProducerTracy Jeune
DirectorClaudine King-Dabbs

Broadcasts

  • Sun 23 Dec 200719:00
  • Christmas Day 200722:00
  • Fri 28 Dec 200702:20
  • Sun 10 May 200919:30
  • Fri 31 Dec 201017:30
  • Sat 23 Dec 201721:00
  • Christmas Eve 201703:00
  • Mon 20 Dec 202123:05
  • Thu 23 Dec 202102:30
  • Mon 12 Dec 202222:15
  • Sun 18 Dec 202202:50

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