Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections - Season 3
Season 3
Episodes
Burj Al Arab
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.
Formula 1
Richard Hammond reveals the surprising engineering connections behind the Formula 1 car, including a revolutionary 19th-century cannon and ancient sailing boats.
Super Tanker
Richard Hammond reveals the ingenious engineering required to transport one of the most potentially hazardous cargoes in some of the biggest vessels afloat.
The Earthquake Proof Bridge
Richard Hammond reveals how engineers made one of the longest bridges in the world earthquake-proof, with solutions inspired by incense and a tobbogan.
The Space Shuttle
Richard Hammond visits the Kennedy Space Centre to reveal the engineering connections behind NASA's Space Shuttle, the first re-usable space craft.
Bullet Train
Richard Hammond reveals surprising engineering connections between Japan's Bullet Train and ancient charioteers, a crowbar, a medieval clock and a 19th-century car.
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