S01E01 World's Biggest Car Factory
Richard explores Volkswagen's giant car plant in Wolfsburg, Germany. He checks out its futuristic technology and discovers how this mega-factory works!
Richard Hammond's Big
S01E09: Mankind’s Biggest Builds
Richard explores elements that engineering projects have in common. And, he reveals how the challenges get bigger when something is built 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.
Episodes
S01E02 Super Galaxy Plane
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.
S01E03 Austria's Mega Dam
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!
S01E04 Mega Ship
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.
S01E05 World's Longest Railway Tunnel
Richard ventures 2km beneath the Alps into the world's longest underground railway connection, the Brenner Base Tunnel, riding some giant machines!
S01E06 Super Stadium
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!
S01E07 Tallest Building on Earth
Richard visits the world's tallest building: the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. His vertical mission includes climbing the biggest lightening conductor on earth!
S01E08 Gulf Oil Platform
Richard takes a helicopter ride out to one of the most remote places on earth: the Appomattox production platform in the Gulf of Mexico.
S01E09 Mankind’s Biggest Builds
Richard explores elements that engineering projects have in common. And, he reveals how the challenges get bigger when something is built big!
Cast
Richard Hammond
Himself - Presenter
