Series
Richard Hammond's Big
Documentary
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.
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Seasons & episodes
1World's Biggest Car Factory15 Jan 2020 · 45m · ★ 8.5Richard explores Volkswagen's giant car plant in Wolfsburg, Germany. He checks out its futuristic technology and discovers how this mega-factory works!
2Super Galaxy Plane22 Jan 2020 · 45m · ★ 8.5Richard 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.
3Austria's Mega Dam29 Jan 2020 · 45m · ★ 7.0Richard 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!
4Mega Ship5 Feb 2020 · 45m · ★ 9.0Richard 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.
5World's Longest Railway Tunnel12 Feb 2020 · 45m · ★ 7.5Richard ventures 2km beneath the Alps into the world's longest underground railway connection, the Brenner Base Tunnel, riding some giant machines!
6Super Stadium19 Feb 2020 · 45m · ★ 10.0Richard 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!
7Tallest Building on Earth26 Feb 2020 · 45m · ★ 8.5Richard visits the world's tallest building: the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. His vertical mission includes climbing the biggest lightening conductor on earth!
8Gulf Oil Platform4 Mar 2020 · 45m · ★ 7.5Richard takes a helicopter ride out to one of the most remote places on earth: the Appomattox production platform in the Gulf of Mexico.
9Mankind’s Biggest Builds11 Mar 2020 · 45mRichard explores elements that engineering projects have in common. And, he reveals how the challenges get bigger when something is built big!
Details
- First aired
- 15 Jan 2020
- Last aired
- 11 Mar 2020
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- Discovery
- Episodes
- 9
- Votes
- 16 on TMDB
Cast
Richard HammondHimself - Presenter
