Richard Hammond
Richard Mark Hammond (born 19 December 1969) is an English presenter, writer, and journalist. He is most noted for co-hosting the car programme Top Gear with Jeremy Clarkson and James May, as well as presenting series 1–4 of Brainiac: Science Abuse on Sky1. He also co-hosted... Read full bio →
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The Grand-ish Tour
Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May host three special shows looking back at their favorite Grand Tour moments. Their fading memories stretch from California to Mongolia to Italy and everywhere in between.
Richard Hammond's Brain Reaction
Assisted by comedian and science geek Ria Lina, Richard Hammond presents this science-themed comedy panel show. The teams, captained by Victoria Coren Mitchell and Johnny Vegas, answer questions pitting arbitrary things against each other.
The Great Escapists
Shipwrecked on a remote desert island, Hammond and Belleci use their engineering and scientific skills to not only to survive, but to construct a paradise island playground.
Richard Hammond's Workshop
Richard Hammond starts a prestige classic car restoration and repair business near his hometown in Herefordshire.
Richard Hammond's Big!
Richard Hammond travels around the world exploring how engineers have designed and built some of the planet's largest structures and machines.
The Grand Tour
Jeremy, Richard and James embark on an adventure across the globe, driving new and exciting automobiles from manufacturers all over the world.
How to Build a Planet
Join host Richard Hammond on the ultimate engineering project. How to Build a Planet uses stunning interactive CGI to reveal step-by-step how a world is put together. With a little help from the world's top scientists and engineers, Hammond will build the Earth and Solar System piece by piece.
Top Gear: The Great Adventures 5
The gang embarks on a trade mission to India. Equipped with three old British cars and a range of uniquely British products, they set off on an epic road trip across one of the world's most fascinating and challenging countries.
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
Richard Hammond pays tribute to 50 years of Bond cars. And our show is, of course, anything but straightforward. Alongside the Goldfinger (1964) DB5, the most iconic Bond car ever has to be the white underwater Esprit from The Spy Who Loved Me (1977).
Top Gear: The Great Adventures 4
Clarkson, Hammond and May travel across the Middle East in a £3500 sports car to reach Jerusalem, and encounter all the political minefields (and the real ones) the Three Wise Men didn't.
Top Gear: The Great Adventures 2
The boys headed to Vietnam for epic road trip across the country. Each of them were given 15 million dong (about US$ 1000) to spend on buying some wheels and must make it to the north of Vietnam.
Top Gear: Polar Special
Clarkson and May, in a seriously modified Toyota, take on Hammond and his dog sled in a 450 mil race to the North pole as they drive over thin ice to face in-tent hostilities, polar bear fear and desperate food fantasies.
Top Gear: Botswana Special
Jeremy, James and Richard each buy a used two-wheel drive car for £1500 and drive it for 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometres) across Botswana from the Zimbabwe border across the Makgadikgadi salt plains and through the Okavango Delta to the Namibian border. The Stig's African cousin also makes an appearance.
Top Gear: Winter Olympics Special
The boys are having their very own Winter Olympic Games in Norway by using cars for each event. Jeremy and James races each other in the biathlon event using SUVs. Jeremy takes the Volvo XC90 while James chooses the Audi Q7. Richard attempts to see which one can survive cold temperatures, a Citroen C1 or a man (that man would be Richard).