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Post by lymaze on Jul 10, 2008 10:51:52 GMT
Familiar BBC2 faces returning include Louis Theroux, who joins the Philadelphia police department; Bruce Parry journeying to the source of the Amazon river; historian Simon Schama following the US presidential election and Top Gear presenter James May travelling the world seeking answers to questions that perplex him in James May's Big Ideas. (From Media Guardian) New this Autumn.  |
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Post by Wyvern on Jul 10, 2008 10:58:39 GMT
So that'll be the new science series I'll look forward to that very much. A-E may even watch it without complaining! |
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Post by lew on Jul 10, 2008 11:08:15 GMT
Sounds good at least the kids will watch this too |
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Post by beckstar on Jul 10, 2008 11:10:31 GMT
Sounds great. That Bruce Parry series sounds pretty interesting too - looks like my VCR will be busy this autumn!!
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Post by dutchdiva on Jul 10, 2008 11:18:45 GMT
finally the programme has a name. I'm so looking forward to this
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Post by dutchdiva on Jul 10, 2008 12:04:58 GMT
I think it will
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Post by Liz on Jul 10, 2008 12:31:49 GMT
"seeking answers to questions that perplex him".... Crikey, are you sure it's just one programme then?!  |
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Post by lymaze on Jul 10, 2008 12:33:39 GMT
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Post by Liz on Jul 10, 2008 12:37:46 GMT
Oh, that does look good.... right up James' street!!  |
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Post by lew on Jul 10, 2008 12:38:45 GMT
A flying car, I'll have one of those please |
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Post by Liz on Jul 10, 2008 12:52:03 GMT
I'll have the replica of James please, if it's as good as the original that will do nicely. Well thought out DD... they could make copies for all of us!! ;D |
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Post by adco on Jul 10, 2008 13:49:07 GMT
I'll have the replica of James please, if it's as good as the original that will do nicely. Those could be a very popular item. |
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Post by dutchdiva on Jul 10, 2008 14:12:09 GMT
I have been searching for info for hours now on the BBC pages and you beat me with it.  lovely picture |
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Post by dutchdiva on Jul 10, 2008 14:49:02 GMT
same picture only a lot bigger ;D  |
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Post by maibee on Jul 10, 2008 18:37:41 GMT
I posted a comment about the flying car on the DT the week it was previewed in New York a few months back, but it didn't go up. I had heard about it on Heart Radio, but the only press coverage I could find at the time was in the Daily Mail |
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Post by aaurora on Jul 10, 2008 19:58:17 GMT
I can't wait to see this (surely someone will upload it, please!) and your Autumn is our Spring so....around October, I guess. Weee!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2008 20:35:03 GMT
Woohoo another fantastic programme ;D I can't wait |
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Post by starfish on Jul 10, 2008 22:07:03 GMT
I am so looking forward to this new series & wine adventure when it starts. To answer DD's question I would expect he will have a book out for this like he did with 20th centuary & I bet he does more book signings. & I will put my order in for my cloned James May.
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Post by maureen on Jul 11, 2008 10:06:53 GMT
I can't wait to see this. Tapes at the ready. |
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Post by dutchdiva on Aug 19, 2008 11:22:27 GMT
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Post by Eclair on Aug 19, 2008 11:29:55 GMT
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Post by stigalicious on Aug 19, 2008 12:53:49 GMT
*stiggie notices shes sat in puddle of drool*
Hmm, red car. Hmm, our James...
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Post by lindenchase on Aug 19, 2008 14:13:24 GMT
More information about the new series has been posted on the this of TopGear today. James attempts to move around with only using the power of his mind. If anyone can do it, he can. ;D Good news is that the series is now scheduled for the end of September. The bad news is that apparently it is only three episodes.  I do hope they are an hour long and not just 30 minutes.
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Post by dutchdiva on Aug 20, 2008 8:57:20 GMT
You may remember a few weeks back that Top Gear executive producer Andy Wilman talked about how May and Hammond like to do other TV shows, whereas Clarkson doesn't.
Well, here's an example of those other shows, a forthcoming series called James May's Big Ideas - and by 'forthcoming' we mean 'at the end of September'.
The basic premise covers the ideas and thoughts that trouble James in the night, when even a good stiff mug of Horlicks won't get him off to sleep.
Filmed all over the world and set to run in three parts, May starts off by looking at transport, where he tries to find better ways of getting around than the old 19th and 20th Century methods that we're stuck with now.
Happily, as you can see from the picture, this leads him to trying out a Moller Skycar.
May then gets on to every futurist's favourite fantasy in episode two; robotics. He meets a man in Japan who's made an android double of himself, and then James attempts to move around with only using the power of his mind. If anyone can do it, he can.
(Well, Stephen Hawking kind of uses the power of his mind to move around, but we don't think that counts.)
May finishes the run with an episode dedicated to energy, and tries to find alternative fuels, such as thin air and something 20kms above the Earth. But what that is, he's not saying just yet.
So keep an eye out for James May's Big Ideas, at the end of September on BBC Two.
While he tries to bring humankind's vision of the future into the 21st Century, we'll try and find out when the show's on the telly box.
We're not as clever as him.
source topgear.com
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Post by wildcathammondette on Aug 20, 2008 9:01:03 GMT
WOOT!! I can see it coz we have BBC 2!! Oooh WOOHOO!!
Now I am becoming more and more intrigued by the thoughts that trouble James in the night.... and my thoughts are probably not the same as his lol
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Post by maureen on Aug 20, 2008 19:45:21 GMT
Thanks for all the great information about this. I really can't wait until it comes out now. More than likely, I'll be working late, so I'm going to have to set the VCR. I so don't want to miss any of it.
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Post by lindenchase on Aug 20, 2008 22:04:15 GMT
I hope the series will be a bit more in-depth than the 20th Century one. Much as I loved it, all subjects were only touched upon lightly and I really would like to see James getting his teeth into me a subject that interest him. |
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Post by stigalicious on Aug 21, 2008 1:47:27 GMT
I hope the series will be a bit more in-depth than the 20th Century one. Much as I loved it, all subjects were only touched upon lightly and I really would like to see James getting his teeth into me a subject that interest him. U never know, you might interest him ALOT! *stigalicious is such a tease...* |
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Post by Wyvern on Aug 21, 2008 2:15:52 GMT
*The following comment has been censored as it was way too rude for a public forum*
;D
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Post by stigalicious on Aug 21, 2008 2:31:31 GMT
You can whisper it to me Wy... go on!
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I do hope they are an hour long and not just 30 minutes.
