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.
Richard Hammond's Big (Season 1)
World's Biggest Car Factory (Episode 1) 8.5
Air date: 2020-01-15
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: 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 (Episode 2) 8.5
Air date: 2020-01-22
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: 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 (Episode 3) 7.0
Air date: 2020-01-29
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: 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 (Episode 4) 9.0
Air date: 2020-02-05
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: 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 (Episode 5) 7.5
Air date: 2020-02-12
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Richard ventures 2km beneath the Alps into the world's longest underground railway connection, the Brenner Base Tunnel, riding some giant machines!
Super Stadium (Episode 6) 10.0
Air date: 2020-02-19
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: 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 (Episode 7) 8.5
Air date: 2020-02-26
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: 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 (Episode 8) 7.5
Air date: 2020-03-04
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: 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 (Episode 9)
Air date: 2020-03-11
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Richard explores elements that engineering projects have in common. And, he reveals how the challenges get bigger when something is built big!
