>>2106
Agreed, its wonderful.

"James May reassembles a lawnmower" is like something that Clarkson would joke about happening. Hats off to the BBC for approving it.

>>2108

I quite enjoyed watching 'James May Fannying Around In His Garage' . Like Radio 4 on the telly.

Each episode managed to retain the feeling of "slow TV" even when compressed into 30 minutes. Worth the licence fee alone!

>>2110
Talking of that, I loved the Handmade series - doesn't seem to be available, but the clips give you a sense of what it was like. Three episodes with no commentary whatsoever. The glass blowing and the knife making was absolutely fabulous. I would pay double the license fee or more for programmes like this, genuinely educational. It will never catch on.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02q6lkt
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05tpw1j
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05tpv83

If they're on YT, they're definitely worth your time.

^{Oh it appears you can buy them on the BBC shop online.}

>>2111

Who the fuck would buy something from the BBC? Yanks, maybe.

>>2112
This is the kind of thing you'd be able to afford if you made more than £13k a year.

>>2113
I wouldn't buy them if I earnt 10x that.

>>2111
>Oh it appears you can buy them on the BBC shop online.
Should be free (to stream at least, if not download) to TV License holders. They are a cheeky bunch of fuckers charging for that.
It would be like funding someone's kickstarter and then not getting a free copy of the album.

Apparently he has a decent bicycle maintenance video about, but I've never bothered to find it.

I love stuff like this as it reminds me that there is sense of decency that we can all tap into which is extremely ordinary, yet profound.

Bethany Hughes doing a series on calligraphy through history would be my ultimate comfort telly.

>>2113
We can't all be BBC managers, m8.

>>2106

It would have made my day if the final scene was cutting down the flowers on a war memorial, because he couldn't find any grass.