I am beginning to think that Richard Hammond has a death wish. That or he is the most incredibly accident prone man around.
Just three years ago, the Top Gear presenter suffered brain damage after crashing a dragster racing car at almost 300 miles per hour. Yesterday he was involved in a four car pile up, causing thousands of pounds worth of damage to his £110,000 Morgan AeroMax.
This week’s show sees presenter Richard Hammond on the magnificent Total Wipeout set in Argentina. Total Wipeout is the action-packed game show with spectacular crashes and hilarious mud splashes on one of the world’s most demanding yet hilarious obstacle courses.
See him explain the Do’s and Don’ts of tackling the sucker punches from the er, comfort of mud pit below!
SATURDAY 1ST AUGUST, 7:05PM, BBC ONE
Richard Hammond has admitted that he has no intention of taking part in Total Wipeout’s obstacle course, saying that he prefers to watch from the sidelines.
Speaking to We Love Telly! magazine, he commented: “What do you want me to do, admire the people who do it? They’re lunatics. Why would you do that to yourself?
“Watching The Sweeper, you’re doubled up and cringing – not with sympathy, just imagining: ‘God, what if I was doing it?’ And it’s a relief that you’re not. I’ve conceded that it is marginally terrifying.”
Richard Hammond dons his black tie for a one off glitzy special of Total Wipeout.
The Total Wipeout Awards will capture all the high and lows of series one and celebrate key moments in the much loved show.
Series one of Total Wipeout was packed with muscle, grit, entertainment, action and impressive wipeouts. Contestants from all walks of life competed on one of the world’s largest and most extreme obstacle courses. Eight lucky people walked away with a fabulous cash prize, after beating their rivals on the spectacular Wipeout Zone.
Top Gear presenters, Jermey Clarkson and Richard Hammond sure do like to play it close to the edge. Hammond suffered from brain injury during a car crash for the TV show just a few years ago and now the pair had yet another close call, this time in a helicopter.
On Friday they had just taken off and were 400ft over Auckland Harbour in New Zealand on Friday when a seagull flew into a rotor blade of their vehicle.
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Presented by Richard Hammond, Total Wipeout is a truly action-packed game show returns for round two. Men and women from all walks of life compete on one of the world’s largest, extreme obstacle courses, hoping to win a fabulous cash prize.
It’s week two, and in Argentina 20 daring contestants take on four of the toughest, most ridiculous and physically demanding games ever created.
TO APPLY TO BE A CONTESTANT ON BBC’S TOTAL WIPEOUT CLICK HERE!
Hosted by Richard Hammond, Total Wipeout is a truly action-packed game show. Men and women from all walks of life compete on one of the world’s largest, extreme obstacle courses, hoping to win a fabulous cash prize.
Don’t miss this new show, Richard Hammond’s Blast Lab, that’s “a science-based game show for CBBC” but as Richard’s in it, I’ll be watching, kids programme or not!
It’s set in a fictitious underground laboratory in the grounds of his supposed stately home in which Richard invites two groups of three friends into his lab to take part in his crazy experiments and compete against each other to win prizes. Read more & comment »
Top Gear bosses are reportedly going to have to double Richard Hammond’s pay if they want to keep him on the show.
The TV presenter reportedly wants to up his pay from between £10,000 and £15,000 per show to £30,000. Read more & comment »
We already know that Richard and Judy are leaving Channel 4. Some say they jumped, some say they were pushed, but the latest rumour is that Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond will be the man to fill their shoes.
So Television plan to make a pilot of Richard’s new chat show this month, and Channel 4 will then decided whether or not it airs.
A Channel 4 spokeswoman said: “We are doing a number of pilots for daytime slots and this Richard Hammond show is one of them.”
Top Gear’s death-defying presenter Richard Hammond reveals he forgot he was married in the aftermath of his horrific crash when he makes a return visit to the Ross sofa tonight on BBC One’s Friday Night With Jonathan Ross.
“I didn’t forget Mindy, I fancied her – thank God – I attempted to chat her up.” His wife, who has co-written his new book documenting life before and after the crash, confirms “he didn’t believe we were married! He said you’re lovely, but I’ve got to stop talking to you because I’ve got to go back to my wife, she’s French.”
Hammond – who can’t remember his interview with Jonathan last year – says he’s still very much in recovery: “It was a big event, it’s a long old journey. You get to the end of each week and realise you weren’t actually better, and it goes on and on. Read more & comment »
Not even a year after the car crash that almost claimed his life, Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond has been involved in yet another motor accident.
Richard (or Hamster as we like to call him!) skidded off a race track during a 24-hour Le Mans-style race at Silverstone on Saturday, the BBC said.
“During the race, at night, Richard was driving and another car shunted him off the track,” said a BBC spokesman.
“Richard wasn’t hurt at all but the car was damaged. It was taken back to the pits and repaired before Richard carried on with the race.”
It’s the ultimate test of man against machine – or should that be dog against machine – as the Top Gear team set out on their most ambitious and arduous challenge to date.
Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond are undertaking a Polar Challenge. It is an epic land race starting in the town of Resolute, Northern Canada, and – if all goes to plan – finishing 450 miles later at the Magnetic North Pole. The terrain they tackle is some of the toughest on Earth – a mix of mountainous land masses and jagged sea ice where temperatures can drop to a mind-numbing minus 65 degrees Centigrade. And then there are the polar bears. The Arctic is home to 80 per cent of the world’s polar bear population and, when it comes to lunch, they really don’t care if it’s seal or human. Read more & comment »
You would think that after his almost fatal crash last year, Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond would be sticking to bicycles from now on.
But Richard Hammond has laughed in the face of danger and is now showing off on his new 175mph Ducati 1098 motorbike.
Richard told The Sun: The Sun, “This is a toy I am going to enjoy a lot.
“You don’t know whether to pet it, caress it or leap on and cane it round the lanes.”
The Sun has reported that the BBC is in talks to move its hugely popular motoring show, Top Gear, across the Atlantic.
It is reported that the show will be fronted by current presenters Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May. The US show would follow the UK format very closely, but with American cars such as Cadillacs replacing British models.
As a female who is not very interested in cars I would never have expected to like Top Gear, however even I have become a huge fan of the show. It really does have universal appeal, and I think it will do well in the states.
I have to say I really admire Richard Hammond. Just a few months since his almost fatal accident and not only is he back at work, but he is penning an autobiography, writing more newspaper columns than most of us have time to read and now in talks about launching his career in America.
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