James May's Things You Need to Know

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James May's Things You Need to Know
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Genre Science
Directed byJames Gray, Emma Parkins
Presented by James May
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes9
Production
Executive producerJohn Farren/Elliot Halpern
Running time29 minutes
Production companies360 Production, Yap Films
Release
Original network BBC Two & BBC HD
Original release20 June 2011 (2011-06-20) 
17 September 2012 (2012-09-17)
External links
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James May's Things You Need to Know is a British television series presented by Top Gear presenter James May. The first, three-part series was aired on BBC Two between 20 June and 4 July 2011. A second, six-part series was aired on BBC Two starting 13 August 2012. [1] The show answers key questions on aspects of everyday life, including what makes up the human body, what a cloud is and what makes the universe work so effectively. The first series has yet to be released on DVD.

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Episode list

Series One (2011)

# Title Director Airdate
1"The Human Body"Emma Parkins20 June 2011 (2011-06-20)
2"The Universe"James Gray27 June 2011 (2011-06-27)
3"The Weather"Elizabeth Trojian4 July 2011 (2011-07-04)

Series Two (2012)

# Title Director Airdate
1"Einstein"David Starkey13 August 2012 (2012-08-13)
2"The Brain"Catherine Ross20 August 2012 (2012-08-20)
3"Evolution"Alex Mcintosh27 August 2012 (2012-08-27)
4"Speed"Catherine Ross3 September 2012 (2012-09-03)
5"Engineering"David Starkey10 September 2012 (2012-09-10)
6"Chemistry"Robin Bicknell17 September 2012 (2012-09-17)

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