
About this season
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 (9)

1. World's Biggest Car Factory
8.5Aired 15 January 2020 • 45 min
Richard explores Volkswagen's giant car plant in Wolfsburg, Germany. He checks out its futuristic technology and discovers how this mega-factory works!

2. Super Galaxy Plane
8.5Aired 22 January 2020 • 45 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.

3. Austria's Mega Dam
7.0Aired 29 January 2020 • 45 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!

4. Mega Ship
9.0Aired 5 February 2020 • 45 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.

5. World's Longest Railway Tunnel
7.5Aired 12 February 2020 • 45 min
Richard ventures 2km beneath the Alps into the world's longest underground railway connection, the Brenner Base Tunnel, riding some giant machines!

6. Super Stadium
10.0Aired 19 February 2020 • 45 min
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!

7. Tallest Building on Earth
8.5Aired 26 February 2020 • 45 min
Richard visits the world's tallest building: the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. His vertical mission includes climbing the biggest lightening conductor on earth!

8. Gulf Oil Platform
7.5Aired 4 March 2020 • 45 min
Richard takes a helicopter ride out to one of the most remote places on earth: the Appomattox production platform in the Gulf of Mexico.

9. Mankind’s Biggest Builds
Aired 11 March 2020 • 45 min
Richard explores elements that engineering projects have in common. And, he reveals how the challenges get bigger when something is built big!