Tag Archives: Richard Hammond

Top Gear Thursday: Richard Hammond is Demolition Man

By | Posted on May 10th, 2012
Hard-hatted Hammond.

Forget about the nineties action movie starring Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes. This century’s demolition man is… The Hamster.

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Top Gear Thursday: Richard Hammond – Out of the Landfill and Into the Fire

By | Posted on May 3rd, 2012
Top Gear: Fire Walk With Me

“I’m off to a good old-fashioned Texas barbeque,” said Richard Hammond of his challenge in next week’s Crash Course (premiering Monday, May 7, 10p/9c).

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Top Gear Thursday: Richard Hammond Says NASCAR Driving is ‘Like Climbing into the Belly of a Dragon’

By | Posted on April 26th, 2012
Richard Hammond with NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson. (Oisin Tymon/BBC Worldwide)

It seems as though Richard Hammond has become Top Gear’s go-to guy for anything about cars – or about life, for that matter – in these former British colonies.

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Top Gear Thursday: Richard Hammond’s ‘Crash Course’ with a Dangle Head Processor

By | Posted on April 19th, 2012
Richard Hammond takes on logging machines in 'Crash Course'

This past Monday (April 16), in the premiere of Richard Hammond’s Crash Course, Richard’s challenge was an Abrams tank, a 1500-horsepower deliverer of destruction, nicknamed “Whispering Death.” Fortunately, there were no ...

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WATCH: Surveying Richard Hammond’s Career Away from ‘Top Gear’

By | Posted on April 13th, 2012

As you surely know, Richard Hammond is setting out on his own – without the other two rascals – in his first American series, Richard Hammond’s Crash Course, which premieres this Monday, April 16, at 10p/9c.

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Top Gear Thursday: In ‘Crash Course,’ Richard Hammond Says, ‘Tanks for the Memories’

By | Posted on April 12th, 2012
Say hello to my little friend.

Richard Hammond is, of course, used to driving fast cars. Very fast cars. But it wasn’t a fast car that gave him the biggest challenge in his new series, Richard Hammond’s Crash Course (premiering Monday, Apr.

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Top Gear Thursday: The Game’s on for Richard Hammond

By | Posted on April 5th, 2012
The game's on.

How many television shows arrive with free, online computer games? Downton Abbey? Rock Center?

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Top Gear Thursday: A Week of Loopy Records

By | Posted on March 22nd, 2012

China holds many obvious world records. It’s the world’s most populous country, with an estimated 1.

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Top Gear Thursday: ‘Crash Course’ First Trailer Revealed

By | Posted on March 15th, 2012

“It’s mayhem in the name of modern machinery — multi-car pileups, rampant street fires and loose goats,” writes Wired magazine about Richard Hammond’s Crash Course. And they’re only talking about the first trailer, which ...

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Top Gear Thursday: Richard Hammond’s Great Floridian Adventure

By | Posted on February 23rd, 2012

• “What I’ve been doing is basically bumming around America driving really big, exciting vehicles,” Richard Hammond told Jalopnik’s Matt Hardigree about the upcoming series Crash Course, premiering April 16.

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