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Richard Hammond
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Richard Mark Hammond (born 19 December 1969) is an

English presenter, writer, and journalist, famously known for Richard Hammond
co-hosting the BBC Two motoring programme Top Gear
from 2002 until 2015 with Jeremy Clarkson and James May.
He has also presented Brainiac: Science Abuse (20032006),

Total Wipeout (20092012) and Planet Earth Live (2012).
In 2016, Hammond began presenting The Grand Tour

television series, produced by W. Chump & Sons. The show
is co-presented with his former Top Gear co-hosts, Clarkson
and May, as an exclusive distributed via Amazon Video to
Amazon Prime customers.
In November 2016 Hammond, alongside the co-presenters of

The Grand Tour, Jeremy Clarkson and James May, launched
the automotive social media website DriveTribe, where he
regularly provides content on his tribe "Hammond's Fob
Jockeys (https://drivetribe.com/t/VXlDRsr_Sy-uZOvUQgQq Hammond in 2006
Bg?iid=G6q5v9TgRRubihgUmtAq3g)".[3]
Born Richard Mark Hammond
19 December 1969
Solihull, Warwickshire, England
Contents
Other names Hamster, Hammo
1 Early life Education Solihull School
2 Career Ripon Grammar School
2.1 Top Gear
2.2 Brainiac: Science Abuse Alma mater Harrogate College of Art and
2.3 Other television work Technology
3 Personal life Years active 1998present
3.1 Residences
3.2 Vehicle ownership Known for Presenting:
3.2.1 Cars Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[1][2]
3.2.2 Motorcycles
3.2.3 Other vehicles Spouse(s) Amanda Hammond (ne Etheridge)
4 Charity work (m. 2002)
5 Vampire dragster crash Children 2
6 Works
6.1 TV shows Parent(s) Eileen Hammond
6.2 Books Alan Hammond
6.2.1 Car and motorcycle books
6.2.2 Children's books
6.2.3 Biographies
6.3 Video games
6.4 DVDs
6.4.1 Top Gear DVDs
6.5 Television advertisements
6.6 Accolades
7 References
8 External links
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Early life
Hammond was born in Solihull, Warwickshire, and is the grandson of workers in the Birmingham car
industry.[4][5] In the mid-1980s Hammond moved with his family (mother Eileen, father Alan, and younger
brothers Andrew, writer of the 'Crypt' Series, and Nicholas) to the North Yorkshire cathedral city of Ripon
where his father ran a probate business in the market square. He attended Blossomfield Infant School in Shirley
from the age of 37. Originally a pupil of Solihull School, a fee-paying boys' independent school, he moved to
Ripon Grammar School, and from 1986 to 1988 attended Harrogate College of Art and Technology.
Career
After graduation, Hammond worked for several BBC radio stations, including Radio Cleveland, Radio York,
Radio Cumbria, Radio Leeds, Radio Newcastle and Radio Lancashire, before auditioning for Top Gear.[6]
Top Gear
Hammond became a presenter on Top Gear in 2002, when the show

began in its present format. He is sometimes referred to as "The
Hamster" by fans and his co-presenters on Top Gear due to his name
and comparatively small stature.[7] His nickname was further reinforced
when on three separate occasions in series 7, he ate cardboard,[8]
mimicking hamster-like behaviour.
Following a high-speed dragster crash while filming in September 2006

near York, Hammond returned in the first episode of series 9 (broadcast
Richard Hammond with James May and
on 28 January 2007) to a hero's welcome, complete with dancing girls,
Jeremy Clarkson at Top Gear Live Italia
aeroplane-style stairs and fireworks. The show also contained images of
in 2014
the crash, which had made international headlines, with Hammond
talking through the events of the day after which the audience broke
into spontaneous applause. Hammond then requested that the crash
never be mentioned on the show again, though all three Top Gear presenters have since referred to it in jokes
during the news segment of the programme. He told his colleagues, "The only difference between me now, and
before the crash, is that I like celery now and I didn't before".[9]
During the second episode of series sixteen, Hammond suggested that no one would ever want to own a
Mexican car, since cars are supposed to reflect national characteristics and so a Mexican car would be "lazy,
feckless, flatulent, overweight, leaning against a fence, asleep, looking at a cactus with a blanket with a hole in
the middle on as a coat."[10] Hammond finished with the remark "I'm sorry, but can you imagine waking up and
remembering you're Mexican?!"[11] Following complaints, the BBC defended the broadcast of this segment on
the grounds that such national stereotyping was a "robust part" of traditional British humour.[12]
Following the BBC's decision not to renew Clarkson's contract with the show on 25 March 2015,[13]
Hammond's contract expired on 31 March.[14] In April he ruled out the possibility of continuing to present Top
Gear, commenting via Twitter that "amidst all this talk of us 'quitting' or not: there's nothing for me to 'quit' not
about to quit my mates anyway".[15] On 12 June 2015 the BBC confirmed that Top Gear will return with a 75-
minute special, combining two unseen challenges featuring all three presenters from series 22, with studio links
from Hammond and May. It aired in the UK on BBC Two on 28 June at 8 p.m, and in the United States on
BBC America on 13 July at 9 p.m.
Brainiac: Science Abuse
In 2003, Hammond became the first presenter of Brainiac: Science Abuse; he was joined by Jon Tickle and
Charlotte Hudson in series 2.[16] After the fourth series it was announced that Hammond was no longer going
to present the Sky1 show after he signed an exclusive deal with the BBC. Vic Reeves took his place as main
presenter. [17]
presenter.[17]
Other television work
Early in his career, as well as his radio work, Hammond presented a number of daytime lifestyle shows and
motoring programmes such as Motor Week on Men & Motors.
He presented the Crufts dog show in 2005, the 2004 and 2005 British Parking Awards, and has appeared on
School's Out, a quiz show on BBC One where celebrities answer questions about things they learned at school.
He has also presented The Gunpowder Plot: Exploding The Legend.[18] Along with his work on Top Gear, he
presented Should I Worry About...? on BBC One, Time Commanders on BBC Two and the first four series of
Brainiac: Science Abuse on Sky 1. He was also a team captain on the BBC Two quiz show, Petrolheads, in
which a memorable part was one where Hammond was tricked into bumping his classic Ferrari while trying to
parallel park blindfolded in another car.
In 2006, Hammond fronted the Richard Hammond's 5 O'Clock Show with his co-presenter Mel Giedroyc.[19]
The programme, which discussed a wide range of topics, was shown every weekday on ITV between 17:00 and
18:00.[19]
In July 2005, Hammond was voted number one in a Heat magazine poll of top "weird celebrity crushes". Also
in 2005 he was voted one of the top 10 British TV talents.[20]
He presented Richard Hammond and the Holy Grail in 2006. During the special, he travelled to various
locations around the world, including the Vatican Secret Archives, exploring the history of the Holy Grail.[21]
In one episode of Top Gear, fellow presenter James May was mocked by both Hammond and Clarkson for
being named the celebrity with the worst hairstyle, while Hammond was named the celebrity with the best.
As part of Red Nose Day 2007, Hammond stood for nomination via a public telephone vote, along with Andy
Hamilton and Kelvin MacKenzie, to be a one-off co-presenter of BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour on 16 March
2007.[22] However, he was defeated by Andy Hamilton.
In April 2007, Hammond presented a one off special on BBC Radio 2 for Good Friday followed by another in
August 2007 for the bank holiday.
Hammond recorded an interview with the famed American stuntman

Evel Knievel, which aired on 23 December 2007 on BBC Two, and was
Knievel's last interview before his death on 30 November 2007.[23]
In September 2008, Hammond presented the first episode of a new

series; Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections on the National
Geographic Channel.[24] In this show, Hammond discovered how the
inventions of the past, along with assistance from nature, help designers
today. Episodes include the building of the Airbus A380, Taipei 101
Hammond driving a diesel BMW 3
and the Keck Observatory.[24] Series 2 of Richard Hammond's
Series in the 2007 Britcar 24 Hours, as
Engineering Connections began in May 2010 and has included the
part of an episode of Top Gear
building of the Wembley Stadium and the Sydney Opera House.
Hammond appeared in an advertisement for Morrisons supermarkets in

2008,[25] and joined the cast of TV show Ashes To Ashes for a special insert on the 2008 Children in Need
special.
While in New Zealand for Top Gear Live 2009, Hammond filmed several television commercials for Telecom
New Zealand's new XT UTMS mobile network. Telecom claimed that the new network was "faster in more
places", compared to its competitors and its existing CDMA network. After the network suffered three highly
publicised outages in late 2009 and early 2010, Hammond became the butt of a joke when he did not return to
New Zealand for Top Gear Live 2010. His fellow Top Gear co-hosts said he was too embarrassed to come back
to New Zealand, and in a supposed live feed back to Hammond, the feed suddenly drops out as the "XT
Network had crashed".[26] Hammond was later given the right of reply to his colleagues during an interview
with Marcus Lush on RadioLIVE's breakfast show in New Zealand.[27]
Hammond hosted the UK version of the US series Wipeout, called Total Wipeout for BBC One. It took place in
Argentina, and was co-presented by Hammond and Amanda Byram. Hammond presented and performed the
voiceover for the clips in a London studio, and Byram was filmed at the obstacle course in Buenos Aires.[28]
The series was cancelled at the end of 2012.[29]
Hammond also presented a science-themed game show for children, Richard Hammond's Blast Lab which aired
on BBC Two and CBBC.[30]
In March 2010, Hammond presented a three episode series called Richard Hammond's Invisible Worlds, which
looked at things too fast for the naked eye to see, things that are beyond the visible spectrum (e.g., ultraviolet
and infra-red light), as well as microscopic things.
One of Hammond's lesser known television roles was as presenter of the BBC Two gameshow Time
Commanders, a sophisticated warfare simulator which used a modified version of Creative Assembly's Rome:
Total War game engine.[31]
Since February 2011, Hammond has presented an online technology series Richard Hammond's Tech Head.[32]
In July 2011, Hammond presented a two-part natural science documentary Richard Hammond's Journey to the
Centre of the Planet, focused on Earth geology and plate tectonics.[33][34]
In April 2012, Hammond hosted a BBC America programme titled Richard Hammond's Crash Course,[35]
which was also shown in the UK from September 2012[36] on BBC Two. In May 2012, Hammond co-presented
an animal documentary for BBC One called Planet Earth Live alongside Julia Bradbury. The programme
recorded animals living in extreme conditions.
In June 2014, Hammond presented a scientific fourteen part series on National Geographic Channel titled
Science of Stupid which focused on the application of physics in everyday life.[37] In December, Hammond
presented a three-part science documentary for BBC One called Wild Weather with Richard Hammond which
focuses on the hidden world of our Earth's extreme weather system.[38]
In September 2015, Hammond presented a two-part documentary for Sky 1 called Richard Hammond's Jungle
Quest, supported by Sky Rainforest Rescue.[39]
In March 2017, whilst filming for The Grand Tour in Mozambique, Hammond fell off a motorbike. He
reportedly hit his head and became unconscious, further details, however, will only be revealed in series two of
the show.[40][41]
On 10 June 2017 Hammond crashed a Rimac Concept One whilst filming for The Grand Tour in Hemberg,
Switzerland. Hammond was on his last run up a timed hill climb course when, just after crossing the finish line,
he lost control of the car rolling it several times before it came to rest on its roof. He suffered a fractured knee,
but was "conscious and talking" after the crash, according to a source from the show.[42]
Personal life
Richard Hammond has been married to Amanda "Mindy" Hammond (ne Etheridge, born 6 July 1965),[43] a
columnist for the Daily Express,[44] since May 2002. They have two daughters.[4]
Hammond is known for owning a large number of animals on Bollitree farm including several horses, dogs,
cats, chickens, ducks, sheep, and a peacock.[45][46] He and his family adopted TG, the official Top Gear dog,
after it became apparent that the labradoodle was afraid of cars. The dog died aged 11 in January 2017.[47]
The presenter plays the bass guitar, on which he accompanied the other Top Gear presenters when they
performed alongside Justin Hawkins on Top Gear of the Pops for Comic Relief in 2007.
He likes to ride his bicycle, scooter, or motorbike in cities, for which he is mocked mercilessly by fellow
presenter Jeremy Clarkson.[48]
During the news segment of Top Gear's 2010 USA Road Trip special, Hammond openly expressed his dislike
of the band Genesis. This fact was later exploited by his co-presenters (particularly by Clarkson) in three
special episodes: during the Middle East Special, when they installed a secret second stereo unit in his Fiat
Barchetta that only plays the band's Seconds Out album; in the India Special, Clarkson played the same song
used in the previous special through the megaphone mounted in his Jaguar XJS, despite Hammond driving a
different car (a Mini Cooper Sport). In the 2013 Africa Special, Clarkson once again played Genesis in an
attempt to get Hammond to let him pass.
In 2007, Hammond went to Africa on a Top Gear special across Botswana, with his choice of car being a 1963
Opel Kadett, which he subsequently named Oliver. A week after the special was aired, Hammond announced
during the news section that he had shipped Oliver back to the UK, where it was restored by a team from
Practical Classics magazine. Oliver features on Hammond's children's science television show Richard
Hammond's Blast Lab and in another episode of Top Gear as a kind of "Hill-holder" in the trailer truck
challenge (after it acquired the fake personal plate "OLI V3R"). Oliver is also mentioned in Hammond's second
autobiography As You Do.[49]
In 2010, Hammond was the president of the 31st Herefordshire Country Fair held at Hampton Court in Hope
under Dinmore. His involvement caused unprecedented attendance with "nearly 15,000 people" drawn to the
event to meet the presenter.[50]
In March 2012, Hammond passed his B206 LST helicopter licence and has since owned a Robinson R44 Raven
II helicopter.[51]
Residences
The Hammond family lives in a mock castle in Herefordshire and also

has an apartment in London.[48] In an interview with The Sunday Times
in February 2008, it was reported that Hammond had moved briefly
from Gloucestershire to Buckinghamshire, then back again, because he
missed the country life.[52]
In October 2012, it was reported he had spent over 2 million buying

Bollitree Castle which is situated near Weston under Penyard, Ross-on-
Wye. It has been rumoured he has also bought a large house in the small
town of Wantage, Oxfordshire.[53][54]
Bollitree Castle in Weston under
Penyard
Vehicle ownership
Cars
Hammond currently owns or has owned many different cars including:
1931 Lagonda 2-litre Supercharged.[55]

1942 Ford GPW[56]
1963 Opel Kadett, a car he bought for Top Gear's Botswana special. He named the car Oliver and had it
shipped from Botswana to the UK.
1968 Ford Mustang GT 390 in Highland Green.[57]
1969 Dodge Charger R/T[58]
1969 Jaguar E-Type, purchased for 50,000 in 2009[59]
1985 Land Rover Range Rover Classic.
1987 Land Rover Defender-110, known as "Buster" which he

spent over 70,000 rebuilding in 2008[60]
2008 Dodge Challenger SRT-8 which was purchased in the
United States on a Series 12 episode of Top Gear[61]
2015 Porsche 911 GT3 RS which he purchased on 17 April 2016.
2016 Ford Mustang convertible in white with black Shelby
stripes, which he bought as a Christmas present for his wife.[62]
Bentley S1[63]
Land Rover 110 Station Wagon, which was christened "Wallycar"
by his eldest daughter and has been owned by him twice.[64]
Land Rover Discovery 4 SDV6 HSE[65]
Cars known not to be in Hammond's possession anymore:
1976 Toyota Corolla liftback, which was his first car.[66]

1982 Porsche 911 SC (sold in the mid-2000s)[67][68]
1994 BMW 850Ci, which was used to race against Clarkson's
Mercedes CL600, which they both bought on the show to prove
that one could purchase second-hand V12 cars which were a
better buy than the Nissan Pixo (Britain's cheapest new car at the Richard Hammond at Bonhams Charity
time) for less money. He sold this after a week on the challenge. Auction in 2015
1994 Porsche 928, purchased in 2004 for the purpose of daily
driving.[58] He later sold the car.
2006 Porsche 911 (997) Carrera S.[69] He sold it in 2013 following the announcement of the GT3.
2007 Fiat 500 TwinAir, which he discussed purchasing during Series 18 of Top Gear. It is unknown
when he sold it.
2009 Aston Martin DBS Volante, which he purchased for 175,000.[70] Hammond later sold the car.
2009 Morgan Aeromax, in which he was involved in a car accident on 9 August 2009. He later sold it.
2009 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 Spyder which he purchased in 2010. He later sold it in 2012.
2013 Porsche 911 GT3, which he discussed purchasing during Series 21 of Top Gear. This car was
subsequently recalled because of multiple reports of the cars catching fire.[71] He later sold it in 2016.
VW camper van, which was customised in pink for his daughters.[72]
Ferrari 550 Maranello, which he mentioned in Top Gear as the car he regretted selling.
Motorcycles
Hammond is a keen motorcyclist, having ridden for over 30 years.[73] He currently owns or has owned many
different motorcycles including:
1925 Sunbeam Model A, with an asthmatic side-valve 350cc single-cylinder engine, a hand-shift three-
speed gearbox, a manual oil pump, acetylene gas lights and no milometer[74]
1927 Sunbeam Model 2[75]
1935 Indian[76]
1947 Harley Davidson[76]
1951 BMW R51, with a 600cc conversion, a Hoske rank and cut down mudguards[74]
1959 Norton Dominator[75]
1961 Triumph Bonneville T120C[77]
1962 Triumph Bonneville[78]
1970s Moto Guzzi 750 S[79]
1974 Kawasaki Z900[75]
1976 BMW R90S, which is an "[i]rresistible low mileage example of BMWs first attempt at a sportsbike.
The tank's been repainted, but the rest is original."[74]
1976 Honda Gold Wing[75]
1976 Kawasaki Z900, which was a 40th birthday present from his wife[74][80]
1976 Moto Guzzi Le Mans (Mk1). "I've always wanted a Guzzi. They've got a tractor-like quality. This
one is fitted with a period accessory fairing from Apple Motorcycles", Hammond said in an interview for
Bike Magazine.[74][75]
1976 Yamaha FS-1E [75]

1976 Yamaha FS-1E[75]

1981 BMW R100RT, which Hammond bought "when some friends, including James May, started a thing
called the Crap Motorcycle Camping Club of GB. [...] It's called Eric, after the previous owner and it's
done 105,000 miles".[75]
1988 BMW R100GS[74]
1990 BMW K1, with a unique BMW Motorsport inspired paintjob[74]
1990 BMW K100RS, which has a batch painted by Dream Machine in BMW Motorsport colours to
celebrate Nick Jeffries finishing 8th in the 1984 Production TT on one[74]
1991 Suzuki GSX-R1100. In an interview for Bike Magazine in 2014, Hammond stated: "When I was a
kid I saw a GSX-R 1100 being filled up in a petrol station. I thought it was amazing. I know this isn't the
collectable slab-sided one, but I don't care."[74][75]
1992 Kawasaki KR1-S[74][75]
1992 Kawasaki ZXR750. In a Bike Magazine interview, Richard stated: "I just love the hoses from the
fairing ducts to the engine. I remember seeing these in Mick Staiano Motorcycles in Harrogate and
dreaming of owning one."[74]
1998 Ducati 916 SPS Fogarty Replica[74]
2012 BMW R1200RT, which is according to Richard "[t]he best bike in the world." In 2014, he told Bike
Magazine: "I love to hustle on the RT. It's done 8000 commuting miles and is used as a tool."[74][81]
2014 Norton Commando 961 SE[75]
Bimota SB8R[82]
Bimota YB9[75]
Brough Superior SS80 period race replica[75]
Brough Superior SS100[75]
Ducati 900 Super Sport Desmo[83]
Honda SS50. In 2014, Richard told Bike Magazine that the Honda had been disassembled and was being
restored by his daughter.[74]
Moto Guzzi Daytona 1000[84]
Suzuki GS1000[75]
Vespa GTS 300 Super Sport scooter[85]
Vincent Black Shadow[86]
Yamaha Virago[74]
Motorcycles known not to be in Hammond's possession anymore:
BMW R1150GS[74]
Honda CBR1000F[75]
Honda CBX750F[75]
Honda MTX50, which was his first motorcycle.[75]
Honda NSR125R[75]
Honda XL100[75]
Kawasaki GP100[75]
Kawasaki ZZR600[75]
Suzuki GSX-R750WP[75]
Other vehicles
Furthermore, Hammond owns or has owned the following vehicles:
2005 Robinson R44 Raven II helicopter[87]

John Deere 6210 SE tractor[65]
Charity work
Richard Hammond has been an ambassador of UK children's brain injury charity The Children's Trust,
Tadworth for many years.[88]
On 29 September 2013, terminally-ill eight-year-old Emilia Palmer was driven by Richard Hammond in a pink
Lamborghini Aventador Roadster. Hammond flew his Robinson R44 helicopter, G-OHAM, to Shobdon
Aerodrome, then picked Palmer up from her home in Kimbolton, Herefordshire and drove her back to the
airport for a high-speed run on the main runway. The event was arranged at short notice by Rays of
Sunshine.[89][90][91][92]
Vampire dragster crash

During filming of a Top Gear segment at the former RAF Elvington
airbase near York on 20 September 2006, Hammond was injured in the
crash of the jet-powered car he was piloting.[93][94][95]:1 He was travelling
at 288 mph (463 km/h) at the time of the crash.[96]
His vehicle, a dragster called Vampire, was theoretically capable of

travelling at speeds of up to 370 mph (595 km/h).[94] The vehicle was the
Hammond in the Vampire same car that in 2000, piloted by Colin Fallows, set the British land speed
immediately before the crash. The
record at 300.3 mph (483.3 km/h).[95]:3[97] The Vampire was powered by a
front-right tyre has burst.
single Bristol-Siddeley Orpheus afterburning turbojet engine producing
5,000 lbf (22 kN) of thrust.[98]
Some accounts suggested that the accident occurred during an attempt to break the British land speed
record,[93][99] but the Health and Safety Executive report on the crash found that a proposal to try to officially
break the record was vetoed in advance by Top Gear executive producer Andy Wilman, due to the risks and
complexities of such a venture.[95]:4 The report stated: "Runs were to be carried out in only one direction along
a pre-set course on the Elvington runway. Vampires speed was to be recorded using GPS satellite telemetry.
The intention was to record the maximum speed, not to measure an average speed over a measured course, and
for (Hammond) to describe how it felt."[95]:1
Hammond was completing a seventh and final run to collect extra footage for the programme when his front-
right tyre failed,[95]:8[100] and, according to witness and paramedic Dave Ogden, "one of the parachutes had
deployed but it went on to the grass and spun over and over before coming to a rest about 100 yards from
us."[101] The emergency crew quickly arrived at the car, finding it inverted and partially embedded in the
grass.[99] During the roll, Hammond's helmet had embedded itself into the ground, flipping the visor up and
forcing soil into his mouth and damaging his left eye. Rescuers felt a pulse and heard the unconscious
Hammond breathing before the car was turned upright.[99] Hammond was cut free with hydraulic shears, and
placed on a backboard.[95]:9 "He was regaining consciousness at that point and said he had some lower back
pain".[99] He was then transported by the Yorkshire Air Ambulance to the neurological unit of the Leeds
General Infirmary.[93][95]:9[102] Hammond's family visited him at the hospital along with Top Gear co-
presenters James May and Jeremy Clarkson.[101][102] Clarkson wished Hammond well, saying "Both James
and I are looking forward to getting our 'Hamster' back", referring to Hammond by his nickname.[93][101]
The Health & Safety Executive report stated that "Hammond's instantaneous reaction to the tyre blow-out
seems to have been that of a competent high performance car driver, namely to brake the car and to try to steer
into the skid. Immediately afterwards he also seems to have followed his training and to have pulled back on
the main parachute release lever, thus shutting down the jet engine and also closing the jet and afterburner fuel
levers. The main parachute did not have time to deploy before the car ran off the runway."[95]:13 The HSE notes
that, based on the findings of the North Yorkshire Police (who investigated the crash), "the accident may not
have been recoverable", even if Hammond's efforts to react were as fast as "humanly possible".[95]:13
The crash was shown on an episode of Top Gear on 28 January 2007; this was the first episode of the new
series, which had been postponed pending Hammond's recovery. Hammond requested at the end of the episode
that his fellow presenters never mention the crash again, a request which has been generally observed, although
occasional oblique references have been made by all three presenters. On The Edge: My Story, which contains
first-hand accounts from both Hammond and his wife about the crash, immediate aftermath, and his recovery,
was published later that year. Hammond also appeared on the BBC chat show Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
revealing he was "a bit fighty" right after the crash and then in a coma for two weeks.[103]
In February 2008 Hammond gave an interview to The Sunday Times newspaper in which he described the
effects of his brain injuries and the progression of his recovery.[104] He reported suffering loss of memory,
depression and difficulties with emotional experiences, for which he was consulting a psychiatrist.[104][105] He
also talked about his recovery in a 2010 television programme where he interviewed Sir Stirling Moss and they
discussed the brain injuries they had both received as a result of car crashes.[106]
Works
TV shows
Year Title Notes
19982002 Motor Week (Men & Motors TV series) Presenter
19982002 Car File (Men & Motors TV series) Presenter
20022015 Top Gear Presenter
2003 Top Gear: Back in the Fast Lane Presenter
20032006 Brainiac: Science Abuse Presenter, co-producer
Crufts Presenter
20042005
Should I Worry About...? Presenter
The Gunpowder Plot: Exploding The Legend Presenter
2005 Time Commanders Presenter
Inside Britain's Fattest Man Presenter
Richard Hammond's 5 O'Clock Show Presenter
Petrolheads Contestant
School's Out Contestant
2006 Richard Hammond: Would You Believe It? Presenter
Richard Hammond and the Holy Grail Presenter
Battle of the Geeks Presenter
Scragg 'n' Bones Scragg (voice)
Last Man Standing Narrator
2007 Helicopter Heroes Narrator
Richard Hammond Meets Evel Knievel Presenter
2008 BBC Timewatch Narrator
2008, 2010 Sport Relief Presenter
20082012 Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections Presenter
2009 Top Gear: Uncovered Presenter, co-producer
Richard Hammond's Blast Lab Presenter, co-producer

20092011
Total Wipeout Presenter
Richard Hammond's Invisible Worlds Presenter
2010 Hammond Meets Moss Presenter
Top Gear: Apocalypse Presenter
Richard Hammond's Journey to the Centre of the Planet Presenter
Richard Hammond's Journey to the Bottom of the Ocean Presenter

2011
Top Gear: At the Movies Presenter
Richard Hammond's Tech Head Presenter
Richard Hammond's Crash Course Presenter
Planet Earth Live Presenter

2012
Richard Hammond's Miracles of Nature Presenter
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars Presenter
2013 Richard Hammond's Secret Service Presenter
Hammond meets Moss Presenter
Richard Hammond's How to Build a Planet Presenter
Top Gear: The Perfect Road Trip Presenter, writer
Phineas and Ferb Nigel (voice)
2014 Richard Hammond's Wildest Weather Presenter
Top Gear: The Perfect Road Trip 2 Presenter
20142015 Science of Stupid Presenter
2015 Richard Hammond's Jungle Quest Presenter
2016 The Grand Tour Presenter
Books
Car and motorcycle books
Hammond, Richard (13 October 2005). What Not To Drive. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 276 pages.
ISBN 978-0-297-84800-4.
Hammond, Richard (5 October 2006). Richard Hammond's Car Confidential. Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
pp. 144 pages. ISBN 978-0-297-84445-7.
Hammond, Richard (28 May 2009). A Short History of Caravans in the UK. Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
pp. 144 pages. ISBN 978-0-297-84446-4.
Hammond, Richard (20 May 2010). Richard Hammond's Caravan Confidential. Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
pp. 144 pages. ISBN 978-0-7538-2671-3.
Hammond, Richard (6 October 2016). A Short History of the Motorcycle. Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
pp. 208 pages. ISBN 978-0-29760990-2.
Children's books
Hammond, Richard (29 June 2006). Can You Feel the Force?: Putting the Fizz Back into Physics.
Dorling Kindersley Publishers. pp. 96 pages. ISBN 978-1-4053-1543-2.
Hammond, Richard (2 June 2008). Car Science (Hardback). Dorling Kindersley Publishers. pp. 96
pages. ISBN 978-1-4053-3200-2.
Hammond, Richard (1 September 2008). Car Science (Paperback). Dorling Kindersley Publishers.
pp. 96 pages. ISBN 978-0-7566-4026-2.
Hammond, Richard (2009). Blast Lab: More than 30 Mind-Blasting Experiments!. Dorling Kindersley
Publishers. pp. 96 pages. ISBN 978-0-7566-5648-5.
Biographies
Hammond, Richard (20 September 2007). On The Edge: My Story (Hardback). Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
pp. 308 pages. ISBN 978-0-297-85327-5.
Hammond, Richard (29 May 2008). On The Edge: My Story (Paperback). Phoenix. pp. 308 pages.
ISBN 978-0-7538-2404-7.
Hammond, Richard (7 August 2008). On The Edge: My Story (Abridged). Phoenix. pp. 256 pages.
ISBN 978-0-7538-2330-9.
Hammond, Richard (18 September 2008). As You Do: Adventures with Evel, Oliver and the Vice-
President of Botswana (Hardback). Orion Publishing Co. pp. 268 pages. ISBN 978-0-297-85520-0.
Hammond, Richard (28 May 2009). As You Do: Adventures with Evel, Oliver and the Vice-President of
Botswana (Paperback). Orion Publishing Co. pp. 314 pages. ISBN 978-0-7538-2562-4.
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ISBN 978-0-297-85521-7.
Hammond, Richard (20 May 2010). Or Is That Just Me? (Paperback). Phoenix. pp. 352 pages.
ISBN 978-0-7538-2562-4.
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(Hardback). Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 256 pages. ISBN 978-02978-6943-6.
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(Paperback). Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 288 pages. ISBN 978-17802-2509-8.
Video games
Title Developer Year Role
Forza Motorsport 5 Turn 10 Studios 2013 Voice over
Forza Motorsport 6 Turn 10 Studios 2015 Voice over
DVDs
1. Brainiac: The Best of Series 1 (2003, ITV).

2. Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections: Complete Series (2008, Umbrella Entertainment,
Australia release).
3. Brainiac: The Complete Series (2008, ITV).
4. Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections: Series One (2009, Nat Geo DVD).
5. Richard Hammond's Blast Lab Blow-Ups (2009, Universal Pictures UK).
6. Richard Hammond's Invisible Worlds (2010, 2|Entertain).
7. Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections: Series Two (2010, Nat Geo DVD).
8. Hammond Meets Moss (2010, Acorn Media UK).
9. Richard Hammond's Journey To The Centre Of The Planet (2011, 2|Entertain).
10. Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections: Series Three (2011, Nat Geo DVD).
11. Total Wipeout: Series 5 Celebrity Specials and Final (2012, endemol).
12. Richard Hammond's Crash Course Series 1 (2012, BBC, Australia release).
13. Richard Hammond Builds a Planet (2013, BBC, Australia release).
14. Richard Hammond's Miracles of Nature (2013, Acorn Media).
15. Richard Hammond's Wildest Weather (2014, SBS, Australia release).
16. Richard Hammond's Jungle Quest (2015, SBS, Australia release).
Top Gear DVDs
1. Top Gear: Back in the Fast Lane - Best of BBC Series 1 & 2 (With Jeremy Clarkson and James May)
(2003, 2|Entertain).
2. Top Gear: Revved Up (2005, 2|Entertain).
3. Top Gear: Winter Olympics (With Jeremy Clarkson and James May) (2006, 2|Entertain).
4. Top Gear: Collection Box Set - Back in the Fast Lane + Revved Up + Winter Olympics (With Jeremy
Clarkson and James May) (2006, 2|Entertain).
5. Top Gear: Interactive Challenge Quiz (2007, 2|Entertain).
6. Top Gear: Series 9 (With Jeremy Clarkson and James May) (2007, BBC/ Studio Hamburg Enterprises,
Germany release).
7. Top Gear: The Challenges (With Jeremy Clarkson and James May) (2007, 2|Entertain).
8. Top Gear: Interactive Stunt Challenge Quiz (2008, 2|Entertain).
9. Top Gear: The Great Adventures - Polar Special (With Jeremy Clarkson and James May) (2008, BBC,
Australia release).
10. Top Gear: The Great Adventures - US Special (With Jeremy Clarkson and James May) (2008, BBC,
Australia release).
11. Top Gear: The Challenges 2 (With Jeremy Clarkson and James May) (2008, 2|Entertain).
12. Top Gear: The Challenges 1 & 2 Collection (With Jeremy Clarkson and James May) (2008, 2|Entertain).
13. Top Gear: Uncovered - The DVD Special (2009, 2|Entertain).
14. Top Gear: Polar Special (With Jeremy Clarkson and James May) (2009, 2|Entertain).
15. Top Gear: The Great Adventures 2 (With Jeremy Clarkson and James May) (2009, 2|Entertain).
16. Top Gear: The Great Adventures - Vietnam Special (With Jeremy Clarkson and James May) (2009, BBC,
Australia release).
17. Top Gear: The Great Adventures - Botswana Special (With Jeremy Clarkson and James May) (2009,
BBC, Australia release).
18. Top Gear: The Great Adventures 1 & 2 Box Set (With Jeremy Clarkson and James May) (2009,
2|Entertain).
19. Top Gear: Best of the Stig (With Jeremy Clarkson and James May) (2009, 2|Entertain).
20. Top Gear: Series 10 (With Jeremy Clarkson and James May) (2010, 2|Entertain).
24. Top Gear: Apocalypse (With James May) (2010, 2|Entertain).
25. Top Gear: The Challenges 1-4 Collection (With Jeremy Clarkson and James May) (2010, 2|Entertain).
30. Top Gear: At The Movies (With James May) (2011, 2|Entertain).
32. Top Gear: The Great Adventures 1 - 4 Box Set (With Jeremy Clarkson and James May) (2011,
2|Entertain).
33. Top Gear: Double Bill - The Hammond & May Specials - At the Movies + Apocalypse (With James
May) (2011, 2|Entertain).
34. Top Gear: Series 14 (With Jeremy Clarkson and James May) (2012, 2|Entertain (2011 US release)).
39. Top Gear: Triple - The Great Adventures Polar Special + The Great Adventures US Special + The
Challenges Volume One (With Jeremy Clarkson and James May) (2012, 2|Entertain).
43. Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars (2013, 2|Entertain).
44. Top Gear: The Perfect Road Trip (With Jeremy Clarkson) (2013, BBC).
45. Top Gear: Series 19 (With Jeremy Clarkson and James May) (2013, BBC, Australia release).
46. Top Gear: Series 19 and Series 20 Boxset (With Jeremy Clarkson and James May) (2013, 2|Entertain).
47. Top Gear: The Great African Adventure (With Jeremy Clarkson and James May) (2013, 2|Entertain).
48. Top Gear: Season 21 (With Jeremy Clarkson and James May) (2014, BBC DVD).
49. Top Gear: The Perfect Road Trip 2 (With Jeremy Clarkson) (2014, BBC DVD).
50. Top Gear: Burma Special (With Jeremy Clarkson and James May) (2014, 2|Entertain).
51. Top Gear: Best of British (With Jeremy Clarkson and James May) (2014, 2|Entertain).
52. Top Gear: The Complete Specials Box Set (With Jeremy Clarkson and James May) (2015, 2|Entertain).
53. Top Gear: The Patagonia Special (With Jeremy Clarkson and James May) (2015, 2|Entertain).
54. Top Gear: Season 22 (With Jeremy Clarkson and James May) (2015, DFW).
55. Top Gear: Greatest Hits (With Jeremy Clarkson and James May) (2015, 2|Entertain).
56. Top Gear: The Perfect Road Trip 1 & 2 (With Jeremy Clarkson) (2015, 2|Entertain).
57. Top Gear: Ambitious But Rubbish (2015, BBC, Australia release).
58. Top Gear: A-Z - The Ultimate Extended Edition (With Jeremy Clarkson and James May) (2016,
2|Entertain).
Television advertisements
1. Morrisons (2008)
2. Morrisons (Christmas 2008)
3. Morrisons (2009)
4. Morrisons (Christmas 2009)
5. Top Gear Turbo Challenge Trading Cards Test Set (2009)

6. Top Gear Turbo Challenge Trading Cards (2010)
7. Top Gear Interactive Challenge DVD (2007)
8. Top Gear Interactive Stunt Challenge DVD (2009)
9. Top Gear Uncovered DVD (2009)
10. Top Gear [Re-Runs On Dave] (2009)
11. Telecom XT network NZ (2009)
12. BBC Iplayer Touching the Stars (2011)
Accolades
Year Accolade Category Nominated work Result Ref.
Most Popular Factual

2004 National Television Awards Entertainment Programme Top Gear Nominated [107]
(shared)
Satellite/Digital TV [108]
Television and Radio Industries Won
Personality
Club Awards
New TV Talent Won [108]
2005 Non-Scripted Entertainment [109]

International Emmy Awards Top Gear Won
(shared)

National Television Awards Entertainment Programme Top Gear Nominated [107]
(shared)
Television and Radio Industries Satellite/Digital TV [108]

Won
Club Awards Personality

2006 [107]
National Television Awards Entertainment Programme Top Gear Won
(shared)
Heat Weird Crush Awards Heat's Weird Crush Won [110]
Television and Radio Industries Satellite/Digital TV [108]

Won
Club Awards Personality
Best Presenter (shared with

Royal Television Society [108]
Jeremy Clarkson and James Top Gear Nominated
2007 Television Awards
May)

National Television Awards Entertainment Programme Top Gear Won [107]
(shared)

(shared)
2008
Television and Radio Industries TV Entertainment [107]
Top Gear Won
Club Awards Programme (shared)
TV Quick Awards Best Lifestyle Show (shared) Top Gear Won [107]
British Academy Children's Richard Hammond's Blast [111]

Best Presenter Won
Awards Lab

Top Gear Won
2009
TV Quick Awards Best Lifestyle Show (shared) Top Gear Won [107]
TV Quick Awards Best Gameshow (shared) Total Wipeout Nominated [112]
TV Choice Awards Best Lifestyle Show (shared) Top Gear Won [113]

2010 National Television Awards Entertainment Programme Top Gear Nominated [107]
(shared)
2011 Most Popular Factual

(shared)

Top Gear Won
TV Choice Awards Best Factual Entertainment Top Gear Won [113]

Show (shared)

(shared)
Best Factual Entertainment [107]

TV Quick Awards Top Gear Won
(shared)
Best Factual Entertainment [113]

2012 TV Choice Awards Top Gear Won
Show (shared)
Guinness World Records Most widely viewed factual [114]

Top Gear Won
Certificate TV programme (shared)
Best Popular Science &

Banff World Media Festival Richard Hammond's Journey [115]
Natural History Program Won
Rockie Awards to the Centre of the Planet
(shared)

(shared)
Most Popular Documentary [116]

2013 National Television Awards Planet Earth Live Nominated
Series (shared)
Richard Hammond's
Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Best Hosted & Presenter-led [117]
Miracles of Nature: Super- Won
Festival Awards Program (shared)
bodies
Outstanding Science and

Richard Hammond's How to [108]
Emmy Award Technology Programming Nominated
2014 Build a Planet
(shared)
Critics' Choice Television Award Best Reality Series (shared) Top Gear Nominated [107]
Most Outstanding General

ASTRA Awards Entertainment Program Top Gear Won [118]
(shared)

2015 [107]
National Television Awards Entertainment Programme Top Gear Nominated
(shared)
Best Entertainment Show [119]

TV Choice Awards Top Gear Nominated
(shared)
Television and Radio Industries Original OTT Streamed [120]

2017 The Grand Tour Nominated
Club Awards (shared)
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External links
Official website (http://www.thehamsterscage.co.uk)
Official twitter (https://twitter.com/RichardHammond)
Official DriveTribe (https://drivetribe.com/u/dvEjulQITdaxrn4hLk2xVg/MetEtqUvQWWkvAUFhNd6s
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Richard Hammond (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1414369/) on IMDb
Donations to Yorkshire Air Ambulance double as a result of their life-saving rescue of Richard
Hammond (http://www.cafonline.org/Default.aspx?page=14951&WT.mc_id=381)
Richard Hammond (http://www.topgear.com/uk/richard-hammond) on Top Gear
Q&A (https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/jan/03/richard-hammond-top-gear-interview)
The Guardian 2009-1-3. Hammond questions about himself. Retrieved 2009-6-29.
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18/8/2017 Richard Hammond - Wikipedia

Richard Mark Hammond (born 19 December 1969) is an

He has also presented Brainiac: Science Abuse (20032006),

In 2016, Hammond began presenting The Grand Tour

In November 2016 Hammond, alongside the co-presenters of

Hammond became a presenter on Top Gear in 2002, when the show

Following a high-speed dragster crash while filming in September 2006

Brainiac: Science Abuse

Other television work

Hammond recorded an interview with the famed American stuntman

In September 2008, Hammond presented the first episode of a new

Hammond appeared in an advertisement for Morrisons supermarkets in

The Hammond family lives in a mock castle in Herefordshire and also

In October 2012, it was reported he had spent over 2 million buying

Hammond currently owns or has owned many different cars including:

1931 Lagonda 2-litre Supercharged.[55]

1987 Land Rover Defender-110, known as "Buster" which he

Cars known not to be in Hammond's possession anymore:

1976 Toyota Corolla liftback, which was his first car.[66]

1976 Yamaha FS-1E [75]

1976 Yamaha FS-1E[75]

Motorcycles known not to be in Hammond's possession anymore:

Furthermore, Hammond owns or has owned the following vehicles:

2005 Robinson R44 Raven II helicopter[87]

Vampire dragster crash

His vehicle, a dragster called Vampire, was theoretically capable of

Year Title Notes

19982002 Motor Week (Men & Motors TV series) Presenter

19982002 Car File (Men & Motors TV series) Presenter

20022015 Top Gear Presenter

2003 Top Gear: Back in the Fast Lane Presenter

20032006 Brainiac: Science Abuse Presenter, co-producer

The Gunpowder Plot: Exploding The Legend Presenter

2005 Time Commanders Presenter

Inside Britain's Fattest Man Presenter

Richard Hammond's 5 O'Clock Show Presenter

School's Out Contestant

2006 Richard Hammond: Would You Believe It? Presenter

Richard Hammond and the Holy Grail Presenter

Battle of the Geeks Presenter

Scragg 'n' Bones Scragg (voice)

Last Man Standing Narrator

2007 Helicopter Heroes Narrator

Richard Hammond Meets Evel Knievel Presenter

2008 BBC Timewatch Narrator

2008, 2010 Sport Relief Presenter

20082012 Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections Presenter

2009 Top Gear: Uncovered Presenter, co-producer

Richard Hammond's Blast Lab Presenter, co-producer

Richard Hammond's Invisible Worlds Presenter

2010 Hammond Meets Moss Presenter

Top Gear: Apocalypse Presenter

Richard Hammond's Journey to the Centre of the Planet Presenter

Richard Hammond's Journey to the Bottom of the Ocean Presenter

Richard Hammond's Tech Head Presenter

Richard Hammond's Crash Course Presenter

Planet Earth Live Presenter

Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars Presenter

2013 Richard Hammond's Secret Service Presenter

Hammond meets Moss Presenter

Richard Hammond's How to Build a Planet Presenter

Top Gear: The Perfect Road Trip Presenter, writer

Phineas and Ferb Nigel (voice)