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Richard Hammond's Big — Season 1

20209 episodes8.1/10 (14 votes)

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)

World's Biggest Car Factory
E1

1. World's Biggest Car Factory

8.5

Aired 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!

Super Galaxy Plane
E2

2. Super Galaxy Plane

8.5

Aired 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.

Austria's Mega Dam
E3

3. Austria's Mega Dam

7.0

Aired 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!

Mega Ship
E4

4. Mega Ship

9.0

Aired 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.

World's Longest Railway Tunnel
E5

5. World's Longest Railway Tunnel

7.5

Aired 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!

Super Stadium
E6

6. Super Stadium

10.0

Aired 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!

Tallest Building on Earth
E7

7. Tallest Building on Earth

8.5

Aired 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!

Gulf Oil Platform
E8

8. Gulf Oil Platform

7.5

Aired 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.

Mankind’s Biggest Builds
E9

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!

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