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Richard Hammond's Big
2020 7.4 (12 votes) 1 Seasons
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Discovery

Richard Hammond's Big

Overview

Richard Hammond embarks on a global adventure to explore the world’s biggest structures and machines and discover how engineers build, maintain and use them.

Key Crew

Director: Alistair Smith

Producer: Alistair Smith

Top Cast

Richard Hammond
Richard Hammond

Himself - Presenter

Seasons

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Season 1 (2020)

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9 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: World's Biggest Car Factory
2020-01-15

Richard explores Volkswagen's giant car plant in Wolfsburg, Germany. He checks out its futuristic technology and discovers how this mega-factory works!

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 2: Super Galaxy Plane
2020-01-22

Richard takes flight aboard the US Air Force's biggest cargo plane: The C-5M Super Galaxy. Climbing inside its inner workings he learns why it's a record breaker.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 3: Austria's Mega Dam
2020-01-29

Richard explores one of the world's biggest man-made engineering projects: the Kölnbrein Dam, which can hold back an incredible 200 million tonnes of water!

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 4: Mega Ship
2020-02-05

Richard joins the crew of one of the biggest moving objects on earth, the Marie Maersk container ship, on her continuous 28,000-mile voyage from Asia to Europe.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 5: World's Longest Railway Tunnel
2020-02-12

Richard ventures 2km beneath the Alps into the world's longest underground railway connection, the Brenner Base Tunnel, riding some giant machines!

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 6: Super Stadium
2020-02-19

Richard explores the huge Tottenham Hotspur Football Stadium in London. He explores a pitch that splits and rolls away and takes a terrifying walk on the stadium roof!

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 7: Tallest Building on Earth
2020-02-26

Richard visits the world's tallest building: the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. His vertical mission includes climbing the biggest lightening conductor on earth!

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 8: Gulf Oil Platform
2020-03-04

Richard takes a helicopter ride out to one of the most remote places on earth: the Appomattox production platform in the Gulf of Mexico.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 9: Mankind’s Biggest Builds
2020-03-11

Richard explores elements that engineering projects have in common. And, he reveals how the challenges get bigger when something is built big!

Runtime: 45 min

Videos

Richard Hammond's BIG | Discovery UK

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