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James May's Big Ideas

Season 1 Episode 3: Power to the People

James examines some ways to tap into alternative, hopefully inexhaustible energy. Solar power can work great based on solar cells, even for a sports car, but a more ambitious solar tower in Andalusia uses reflection from 'heliostats'...

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Come Fly with Me

1. Come Fly with Me

Aired: Sep 28, 2008

James starts his world tour in search of novel modes of (air) transport in Si...

Episode 2 Man-Machine

Aired: Oct 5, 2008

James May sets off to discover if his childhood vision of a world populated b...

Episode 3 Power to the People

3. Power to the People

Aired: Oct 12, 2008

James examines some ways to tap into alternative, hopefully inexhaustible ene...

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Info about James May's Big Ideas

Current Status: Ended

Network: BBC Two

Production Country: United Kingdom

Genres:Documentary