Richard Hammond's Big
2020 · Discovery · 60 min · 1 season
S01E09 · Mankind's Biggest Builds
Thu, 12 Mar, 8:00 am
Richard explores elements that engineering projects have in common. And, he reveals how the challenges get bigger when something is built big!
About
Richard Hammond's Big sees him go behind-the-scenes of the largest structures and machines in the world to gain insight into the science of ‘big'. Richard will investigate how engineers go about building, maintaining and using these superstructures.
With each episode comes a new location and mega structure, which takes him around the globe exploring the likes of the world's longest underground railway tunnel to a cargo ship the size of four football pitches.
Richard will meet the unsung heroes behind their development and delve into the science needed to create them via a series of incredible experiments, proving that it's the tiny that makes the truly massive possible.
Episodes
- E01
World's Biggest Car Factory
Thu, 16 Jan· 60 minRichard explores Volkswagen's giant car plant in Wolfsburg, Germany. He checks out its futuristic technology and discovers how this mega-factory works!
- E02
Super Galaxy Plane
Thu, 23 Jan· 60 minRichard 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.
- E03
Austria's Mega Dam
Thu, 30 Jan· 60 minRichard 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!
- E04
Mega Ship
Thu, 6 Feb· 60 minRichard 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.
- E05
World's Longest Railway Tunnel
Thu, 13 Feb· 60 minIn this edition, Richard ventures beneath the Alps into the world's longest underground railway connection, the Brenner Base Tunnel.
- E06
Super Stadium
Thu, 20 Feb· 60 minRichard visits the huge Tottenham Hotspur Football Stadium in London, where he explores a pitch that splits and rolls away, and takes a terrifying walk on the stadium roof.
- E07
Tallest Building On Earth
Thu, 27 Feb· 60 minRichard visits the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, where he finds himself climbing the biggest lightening conductor on earth.
- E08
Gulf Oil Platform
Thu, 5 Mar· 60 minRichard takes a helicopter ride out to one of the most remote places on earth: the Appomattox production platform in the Gulf of Mexico.
- E09
Mankind's Biggest Builds
Thu, 12 Mar· 60 minRichard explores elements that engineering projects have in common. And, he reveals how the challenges get bigger when something is built big!
Cast
Richard Hammond
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