Richard Hammond's Big

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.

Documentary

Richard Hammond's Big

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.

Documentary

Created By
First Aired on: Jan 15, 2020
Popularity: 5.3847: 12 votes
Networks: (GB)
Production: Chimp Productions Limited
Status: Ended: Show Ended

Seasons & episodes

Total 1 seasons, 9 episodes

Season 1

Aired 6 years ago

9 Episodes

Episode 1World's Biggest Car Factory45 min
Richard explores Volkswagen's giant car plant in Wolfsburg, Germany. He checks out its futuristic technology and discovers how this mega-factory works!
Episode 2Super Galaxy Plane45 min
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.
Episode 3Austria's Mega Dam45 min
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!
Episode 4Mega Ship45 min
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.
Episode 5World's Longest Railway Tunnel45 min
Richard ventures 2km beneath the Alps into the world's longest underground railway connection, the Brenner Base Tunnel, riding some giant machines!