Alistair Smith
Director
Richard Hammond's Big (2020)
Season 1
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.
Released Jan. 15, 2020
Episode 45 min
None+
Genres: Adventure, Documentary
Keywords: tmdb.engineering, tmdb.size, mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.travel, imdb.engineering, imdb.big, imdb.name-in-title, imdb.science-and-technology-documentary
Watch Providers: Spectrum On Demand, Discovery +, Discovery+ Amazon Channel, Philo
Production Companies: Chimp Productions Limited
Network: Discovery
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
10.0
S1E1 - World's Biggest Car Factory
Richard explores Volkswagen's giant car plant in Wolfsburg, Germany. He checks out its futuristic technology and discovers how this mega-factory works!
Jan. 15, 2020, midnight
10.0
S1E2 - Super Galaxy Plane
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.
Jan. 22, 2020, midnight
7.0
S1E3 - Austria's Mega Dam
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!
Jan. 29, 2020, midnight
9.0
S1E4 - Mega Ship
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.
Feb. 5, 2020, midnight
8.0
S1E5 - World's Longest Railway Tunnel
Richard ventures 2km beneath the Alps into the world's longest underground railway connection, the Brenner Base Tunnel, riding some giant machines!
Feb. 12, 2020, midnight
10.0
S1E6 - Super Stadium
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!
Feb. 19, 2020, midnight
10.0
S1E7 - Tallest Building on Earth
Richard visits the world's tallest building: the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. His vertical mission includes climbing the biggest lightening conductor on earth!
Feb. 26, 2020, midnight
9.0
S1E8 - Gulf Oil Platform
Richard takes a helicopter ride out to one of the most remote places on earth: the Appomattox production platform in the Gulf of Mexico.
March 4, 2020, midnight
S1E9 - Mankind’s Biggest Builds
Richard explores elements that engineering projects have in common. And, he reveals how the challenges get bigger when something is built big!
March 11, 2020, midnight
Network: Discovery
Episode Runtime: 45 min.
Season Runtime: 405 min.
Released: Jan. 15, 2020
Last Air Date: March 11, 2020, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: PG
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