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''James May's Big Ideas'' is a three-part British television miniseries in which
James May James Daniel May (born 16 January 1963) is an English television presenter and journalist. He is best known as a co-presenter of the motoring programme '' Top Gear'' alongside Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond from 2003 until 2015. He also ...
, a journalist and self-acknowledged
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travels the globe in search of implementations for concepts widely considered
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, or his ''big ideas''. The series was produced by the
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and began airing at 8pm on Sundays on 28 September 2008. The first episode documents his search for the ultimate form of personal transport, ranging from
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s to
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s. In the second episode, May looks at bionics and
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and if robots can exceed the boundaries of their programming. The third episode focuses on energy.


Episode list


See also

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James May's 20th Century ''James May's 20th Century'' is a television series first aired on 10 July 2007 on the British terrestrial channel BBC Two. The series is a co-production by the BBC and the Open University. The series covers various inventions and discoveries o ...
'' – series broadcast on the BBC with a similar format involving inventions.


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