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  • 2014-08-10T20:00:00Z on BBC Two
  • 1h
  • 3h (3 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary
James May takes a look at the 'peoples car'. Covering every form of cars for the masses - from the Beetle to the Kei Car, May looks at the many forms of people's car, their origins and their effect on history. Each episode covers a particular theme; these being cars from dictatorships, microcars and the dream cars we aspire to.

3 episodes

Series Premiere

2014-08-10T20:00:00Z

1x01 Episode 1

Series Premiere

1x01 Episode 1

  • 2014-08-10T20:00:00Z1h

A look at European cars: the VW Beetle, the Trabant, the Wartburg 353, the Fiat 500, the Fiat 124 and the Lada which was based on the Fiat 124.

2014-08-17T20:00:00Z

1x02 Episode 2

1x02 Episode 2

  • 2014-08-17T20:00:00Z1h

A look at two extremes: the massive American gas-guzzling "automotive palaces" with their excess of chrome and fins, and the low-powered three-wheeler microcars which could be driven without a driving licence or on a motorbike licence.

2014-08-24T20:00:00Z

1x03 Episode 3

1x03 Episode 3

  • 2014-08-24T20:00:00Z1h

James continues to take a look at the examination of the social significance of cars by taking a look at how aspiration and new wealth were behind the development of some of the greatest cars ever built.

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