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James May's Toy Stories is a television series presented by James May.[2][3] The series was commissioned for BBC Two from Plum Pictures.[3][4] The first episode, "Airfix", was shown on BBC Two at 8:00 pm on Tuesday 27 October 2009.[1]

The premise of the 6-part show was to bring favourite toys of the past into the modern era, by using the toys in real life large scale enterprises. In each episode, he also explores the history of each toy.

In Airfix, he builds a full size model of a Spitfire WWII fighter plane, using the plastic moulding and assembly technique used in the Airfix self assembly plastic toy scale model range. In Plasticine, he models a full size garden out of the toy modelling clay Plasticine, as an exhibit in the Chelsea Flower Show. In Meccano, he builds a full size footbridge out of the mechanical construction toy range Meccano, to cross a canal in Liverpool. In Scalextric, he reconstructs the Brooklands racing circuit in full size using the slot-car toy racing track used by the Scalextric range. In Lego, he builds a full size house in Dorking out of the Lego toy model brick range. In Hornby, he re-lays a railway track along 37 miles of a disused full size railway, the Tarka Trail, using the 1:76.2 scale track used in the Hornby Railways model train range.

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Wat een geweldige serie! Zag dat niemand m nog had 'gespot' dus daar kwam ik maar eens om de hoek kijken!