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James May and the Dull Men

Having recently discovered the online phenomenon of ‘Dull Men’s’ forums, James May is embarking on a glorious ‘summer of dull’ and creating his own solutions to the questions he finds.

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James May and the Dull Men – Season 1, Episode 8

  • Monday 24 Feb

G James takes on a hundred years of hand dryer struggles, investigates the optimum number of chews for your food and invents a brand-new culinary sensation: Mac ‘n’ Choc.

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Season 1, Episode 8
  • Monday 24 Feb
      • Monday 24 Feb

      G James takes on a hundred years of hand dryer struggles, investigates the optimum number of chews for your food and invents a brand-new culinary sensation: Mac ‘n’ Choc.

      • Monday 17 Feb

      PG Applying suncream solo? James thinks he’s got the solution for you. Noisy neighbours? He’s got a plan for them too. And how to play your records on a pottery wheel.

      • Monday 10 Feb

      PG Can James become merely adequate at hair dressing with just 10,000 seconds of training? He also attempts to make summer in an umbrella and give broken bit of pottery a new life.

      • Monday 3 Feb

      PG James designs a fully integrated desk/workout station. He’s on a mission to use up all the ink in a Bic pen and make spaghetti in a paper shredder.

      • Monday 27 Jan

      PG James attempts to prove the superiority of roundabouts, tackles toothpaste wastage and the problem of cheese and crackers never running out at the same time.

      • Monday 20 Jan

      G James attempts to build a home in a phone box. He also investigates the great baked bean conspiracy and creates a device that could allow our plants to tell us when they need watering.

      • Monday 13 Jan

      G James invents a homemade solution for potholes, attempts to build an automated rain proof bench and fulfils a life-long ambition to make glue out of his own fingernails.

      • Monday 6 Jan

      G James builds a device to stop a herd of deer destroying his garden, makes a pencil-stub holder and attempts to cook dinner in his washing machine whilst also doing his whites.