Programme Index

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 22^nd May 2011, 18:10 on BBC HDLatest broadcast: Thu 21^st Jul 2011, 02:00 on BBC One Wales

Richard Hammond reveals the ingenious engineering required to transport one of the most potentially hazardous cargoes in some of the biggest vessels afloat. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Richard Hammond
Presenter:: Richard Hammond
Production Secretary:: Nicola Rowe
Producer:: Lynsey Neale
Assistant Producer:: Ronan Browne
Producer:: Jamie Crawford
Producer:: Jamie Crawford

Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections

Series 3

Episode 5: The Space Shuttle

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 5^th Jun 2011, 18:10 on BBC HDLatest broadcast: Thu 4^th Aug 2011, 02:40 on BBC One Wales

Richard Hammond visits the Kennedy Space Centre to reveal the engineering connections behind NASA's Space Shuttle, the first re-usable space craft. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Richard Hammond
Presenter:: Richard Hammond
Series Editor:: Nick Metcalfe
Producer:: Mike Slee
Producer:: Mike Slee
Director:: Mike Slee
Director:: Mike Slee
Executive Producer:: Tom Brisley
Executive Producer:: Tom Brisley

Genres

FactualScience & Nature

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Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections: Series 3

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Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections

Series 3

Episode 1: Burj Al Arab

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 8^th May 2011, 19:10 on BBC Two Northern IrelandLatest broadcast: Thu 7^th Jul 2011, 02:55 on BBC One Wales

Richard Hammond looks at how Dubai's sail-shaped hotel Burj Al Arab was built, including creating sea defences and coping with steel expansion due to extreme heat. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Richard Hammond
Presenter:: Richard Hammond
Camera Assistant:: Gail Jenkinson
Camera Assistant:: Simon de Glanville
Sound Recordist:: Grant Covacic
Sound Recordist:: Grant Covacic
Sound Recordist:: David Thirion
Director of photography:: Pete Allibone
Director of photography:: Damian Eggs
Director of photography:: Paul Williams
Producer:: Jake Cardew
Director:: Jake Cardew
Executive Producer:: Tom Brisley
Executive Producer:: Tom Brisley
Executive Producer:: Cassian Harrison
Executive Producer:: Cassian Harrison
Executive Producer:: Carol Sennett
Series Editor:: Nick Metcalfe

Genres

FactualScience & Nature

Brand

Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections: Series 3

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Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections

Series 3

Episode 2: Formula 1

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 15^th May 2011, 19:10 on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: Thu 14^th Jul 2011, 01:35 on BBC One Wales

Richard Hammond reveals the surprising engineering connections behind the Formula 1 car, including a revolutionary 19th-century cannon and ancient sailing boats. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Richard Hammond
Presenter:: Richard Hammond
Camera Assistant:: Gail Jenkinson
Sound Recordist:: Grant Covacic
Sound Recordist:: Grant Covacic
Sound Recordist:: Kenny Ralston
Director of photography:: Pete Allibone
Director of photography:: Damian Eggs
Director of photography:: Paul Williams
Producer:: Jake Cardew
Director:: Jake Cardew
Executive Producer:: Tom Brisley
Executive Producer:: Tom Brisley
Executive Producer:: Cassian Harrison
Executive Producer:: Cassian Harrison
Executive Producer:: Carol Sennett
Series Editor:: Nick Metcalfe

Genres

FactualScience & Nature

Brand

Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections: Series 3

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Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections

Series 3

Episode 4: The Earthquake Proof Bridge

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 29^th May 2011, 18:25 on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: Thu 28^th Jul 2011, 02:45 on BBC One Wales

Richard Hammond reveals how engineers made one of the longest bridges in the world earthquake-proof, with solutions inspired by incense and a tobbogan. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Richard Hammond
Presenter:: Richard Hammond
Series Editor:: Nick Metcalfe
Producer:: Nick Metcalfe
Director:: Nick Metcalfe

Genres

FactualScience & Nature

Brand

Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections: Series 3

Series

Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections

Series 3

Episode 6: Bullet Train

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 12^th Jun 2011, 18:10 on BBC HDLatest broadcast: Thu 11^th Aug 2011, 02:20 on BBC One Yorkshire

Richard Hammond reveals surprising engineering connections between Japan's Bullet Train and ancient charioteers, a crowbar, a medieval clock and a 19th-century car. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Richard Hammond
Presenter:: Richard Hammond
Series Editor:: Nick Metcalfe
Producer:: Nick Metcalfe

Genres

FactualScience & Nature

Brand

Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections: Series 3

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