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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 2022 02:50
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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

Presenter James May
Executive Producer Tracy Jeune
Director Claudine King-Dabbs

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