James May's Cars of the People

James May's Cars of the People
Genre	Factual Cars & Motoring
Written by	James May Tom Whitter Henry Dalton
Directed by	Tom Whitter
Presented by	James May
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	6 (as of 1 February 2016) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Tom Whitter
Producer(s)	Tom Whitter
Editor(s)	Henry Dalton Greg Coyne
Running time	60 minutes
Production company(s)	BBC
Distributor	BBC Worldwide
Release
Original network	BBC Two HD
Picture format	1080i (HDTV)
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	10 August 2014 – present
External links
Website

James May's Cars of the People is a British television series, which began airing on 10 August 2014 on BBC Two HD and is presented by James May. May looks at how the car became an everyday part of people's lives.^[1] The second series began on 24 January 2016, although it was planned for 2015.^[2]

Series overview

Series		Episodes	Originally aired
			Series premiere	Series finale
	1	3	10 August 2014	24 August 2014
	2	3	24 January 2016	7 February 2016

Episodes

Series 1 (2014)

No.	Title	Original air date	U.K. viewers (millions)
1	"Episode 1"	10 August 2014	2.43[3]
2	"Episode 2"	17 August 2014	2.60[4]
3	"Episode 3"	24 August 2014	2.16[5]

Series 2 (2016)

No.	Title	Original air date	U.K. viewers (millions)
4	"Episode 1"	24 January 2016	N/A
5	"Episode 2"	31 January 2016	N/A
6	"Episode 3"	7 February 2016	N/A

Broadcasting

Region	Channel	Source(s)	Episode 1		Episode 2		Episode 3
			Date	Viewers	Date	Viewers	Date	Viewers
Australia	BBC Knowledge	[6]	11 August 2014		18 August 2014		25 August 2014
United Kingdom	BBC Two HD	N/A	10 August 2014	2.430.000	17 August 2014	2.600.000	24 August 2014	2.160.000
United States	BBC America	[7]	25 August 2014		1 September 2014		8 September 2014
Netherlands	Veronica	N/A	8 May 2015	258.000	8 May 2015	195.000	15 May 2015	182.000
Norway	NRK	[8]	10 December 2014		17 December 2014		24 December 2014
Japan	BS Fuji	[9]	21 December 2014		25 January 2015		1 February 2015

References

1. "James May's Cars of the People", BBC Two. Retrieved on 21 August 2014.
2. "Top Gear: James May rules out returning without Jeremy Clarkson". The Guardian. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
3. "Made in Chelsea NYC launches with 520,000 on E4", Digital Spy, 11 August 2014. Retrieved on 21 August 2014.
4. "Made in Chelsea NYC climbs by 200k on Sunday", Digital Spy, 18 August 2014. Retrieved on 21 August 2014.
5. "Made in Chelsea NYC audience drops by 350k on Bank Holiday Sunday", Digital Spy, 25 August 2014. Retrieved on 25 August 2014.
6. "James May's Cars Of The People Is On Foxtel Tonight", Gizmodo, 11 August 2014. Retrieved on 18 August 2014.
7. "Cars of the People", BBC America. Retrieved on 14 September 2014.
8. "Top Gear Special: Cars of the people (In Norwegian)", NRK. Retrieved on 6 December 2014.
9. Top Gear Backnumber, BS Fuji, Retrieved on 30 January 2016.

External links

• James May's Cars of the People at BBC Programmes
• James May's Cars of the People at the Internet Movie Database