Richard Hammond
Department: Acting
Biography
Richard Mark Hammond (born 19 December 1969) is an English presenter, writer, and journalist. He is most noted for co-hosting the car programme Top Gear with Jeremy Clarkson and James May, as well as presenting series 1–4 of Brainiac: Science Abuse on Sky1. He also co-hosted Total Wipeout with Amanda Byram on BBC One. Hammond presented Planet Earth Live alongside Julia Bradbury.
Known For
Top Gear: Uncovered
2009
Richard Hammond Meets Evel Knievel
2007
The Gunpowder Plot: Exploding the Legend
2005
Top Gear: At the Movies
2011
Greatest Ever Screen Chases
2005
Top Gear: The Perfect Road Trip
2013
Hammond Meets Moss
2010
Richard Hammond and the Holy Grail
2006
Top Gear of the Pops
2007
Top Gear: The Great Adventures 2
2009
Top Gear: The Great Adventures Vol. 1
2008
Top Gear: The Burma Special
2014
Top Gear: Winter Olympics Special
2006
Top Gear: Cars with Soul
2011
Top Gear: The Great African Adventure
2013
Top Gear: The Perfect Road Trip 2
2014
Top Gear: The Challenges 3
2009
Top Gear: Apocalypse
2010
Top Gear: The Great Adventures 5
2012
Top Gear: The Great Adventures 4
2011
Top Gear: Back in the Fast Lane
2003
Top Gear: Polar Special
2007
Top Gear: The Challenges 4
2010
Top Gear: The Challenges 5
2011
Top Gear: The Challenges 6
2012
Richard Hammond's Blast Lab Blow-Ups
2009
Top Gear - Planes, Rockets & Automobiles
2008
Top Gear: US Special
2007
Top Gear: Winter Blunderland
2018
Top Gear: The Best of the Specials
2017
Top Gear: The Challenges 2
2008
Top Gear: The Great Adventures 2
2008
Top Gear - Best of the Challenges
2007
Top Gear: Patagonia Special
2014
Top Gear - Planes, Trains and Automobiles
2019
Top Gear: The Challenges
2007
Top Gear: The Great Adventures 3
2010
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
2012
Top Ground Gear Force
2008
Top Gear: Revved Up
2005
Top Gear: Romania Special
2010
Top Gear: The U.S. Special
2011
Top Gear: Supercars Across Italy
2012
Top Gear: Greatest Hits
2015
Top Gear: Supercars
2006
Top Gear: The Big Send Off Special
2015
Top Gear: A Tribute to Sabine Schmitz
2021
Top Gear: The Races
2006
Top Gear: Australian Road Trip
2015
Richard Hammond's Stunt Challenge
2008
Top Gear: The Great Adventures 1
2007
Top Gear - Albania Special
2011
The Interceptors
2011
Top Gear: From A-Z
2015
This Morning
1988
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
Petrolheads
2006
Brainiac: Science Abuse
2003
Top Gear
1978
Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections
2008
School's Out
2006
Total Wipeout
2009
Richard Hammond's Blast Lab
2009
GMTV
1993
Helicopter Heroes
2007
Planet Earth Live
2012
Richard Hammond's Jungle Quest
2015
Richard Hammond's Invisible Worlds
2010
Top Gear
2002
Timewatch
1982
Richard Hammond's Workshop
2021
Would I Lie to You?
2007
Richard Hammond's Journey to the Centre of the Planet
2011
Richard Hammond's Miracles of Nature
2012
The Grand Tour
2016
Richard Hammond's Crash Course
2012
Motor Week
1997
Richard Hammond's Brain Reaction
2022
Science of Stupid
2014
Richard Hammond's Crazy Contraptions
2022
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
Contraption Masters
2022
Wild Weather with Richard Hammond
2014
Celebrity Juice
2008
Time Commanders
2003
Top Gear: Top Fails
2012
8 Out of 10 Cats
2005
How to Build a Planet
2013
Richard Hammond's Big
2020
Top Gear's Top 41
2013
Top Gear: The Races
2016
Top Gear: Ambitious But Rubbish
2015
The Great Escapists
2021
Top of the Pops
1964
The Not Very Grand Tour
2025
Clarkson's Farm
2021
Richard Hammond's Secret Service
2013
Crackanory
2013
Top Gear From A-Z
2015
Top Gear's Top 40
2011