James May's 20th Century(2007)
Documentary
First Air Date: 2007-07-10
Average Runtime: 30m
Rating: 7.6
Votes: 5
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 6
James May takes a look at some of the greatest developments of the 20th century.
Keywords
technologyinvention
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Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 6E01
Honey, I Shrunk The World
Air Date: 2007-07-10
At the beginning of the 20th Century, long distance travel was for the military-minded, the uprooted and the plain ri...
E02
Blast Off
Air Date: 2007-07-10
Like many small boys James May dreamt of becoming an astronaut. Even though he may not have realised his dream he set...
E03
Body Fantastic
Air Date: 2007-07-17
James sets out to discover how far he can push his body and finds out about some of the most remarkable medical advan...
E04
Take Cover
Air Date: 2007-07-17
In Take Cover, James looks at how warfare drives ingenuity and gets to fly in the RAF’s latest supersonic jet. It’s a...
E05
Inventing The Teenager
Air Date: 2007-07-24
In the 20th Century the teenager emerged as a separate species. But how? Was it the promise of sex? The power of pop?...
E06
Big City, Bright Lights
Air Date: 2007-07-24
Each day, 180,000 people move into a city somewhere on the planet. In Big City, Bright Lights, James sets out to disc...
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